Bagri | |
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बागड़ी , ਬਾਗੜੀ | |
Native to | India |
Region | Bagar |
Ethnicity | Bagris |
Native speakers | 8,556,652 (2011 census) [1] |
Devanagari, Gurmukhi | |
Official status | |
Recognised minority language in | Panjab, Rajasthan |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | bgq |
Glottolog | bagr1243 |
The Bagri is a dialect of Punjabi and takes its name from the Bagar tract region of Northwestern India in the states of Rajasthan, Punjab and Haryana. [3] The language has a very high (70%) lexical similarity with Puadhi Punjabi. Bagri is a typical Indo-Aryan language akin to Punjabi and Rajasthani with SOV word order. The most striking phonological feature of Bagri is the presence of three lexical tones: high, mid, and low, akin to Punjabi.
The speakers are mostly in India, with a minority of them in Bahawalpur and Bahwalnagar areas in modern day Pakistan. According to the 2011 census of India, there are 234,227 speakers of Bagri Rajasthani and 1,656,588 speakers of Punjabi Bagri. [4]
States | Districts and tehsils |
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Rajasthan |
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Punjab |
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Haryana |
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Bagri distinguishes 31 consonants including a retroflex series, 10 vowels, 2 diphthongs, and 3 tones.
Labial | Dental | Retroflex | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||
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plosive | Voiceless | p | t | ʈ ⟨ṭ⟩ | c | k | |
Aspirated | pʰ | tʰ | ʈʰ ⟨ṭh⟩ | cʰ | kʰ | ||
Voiced | b | d | ɖ ⟨ḍ⟩ | ɟ ⟨j⟩ | g | ||
Breathy | bʰ | dʰ | ɖʰ ⟨ḍh⟩ | ɟʰ ⟨jh⟩ | gʰ | ||
fricative | s | h | |||||
sonorant | Nasal | m | n | ɳ ⟨ṇ⟩ | |||
Approximant | l | ɭ ⟨ḷ⟩ | j ⟨y⟩ | w | |||
Flap | ɽ ⟨ṛ⟩ | ||||||
Trill | r |
/ɳ/, /ɭ/ and /ɽ/ do not occur word initially.
Front | Central | Back | |
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Close | iː ⟨ī⟩ | uː ⟨ū⟩ | |
Near-close | ɪ ⟨i⟩ | ʊ ⟨u⟩ | |
Close-mid | eː ⟨e⟩ | ə ⟨a⟩ | oː ⟨o⟩ |
Open-mid | ɛː ⟨ai⟩ | ɔː ⟨au⟩ | |
Open | aː ⟨ā⟩ |
All vowels have their nasalised counterpart, marked with ◌̃ (ँ in Devanagari).
Bagri has 3 tones in a similar way to the Punjabi language. A rising-falling tone ◌́, a rising tone ◌̀, and an unmarked mid tone. [9]
ਤੇਰਾ
Tera
ਨਾਂ
nāa
ਕੀ
ki
ਆ
aa
What is your name?
ਕਿੱਥੇ
kithe
ਜਾਣੇ
janne
ਪਏ
Pye
ਆ
a
Where are you going?
ਕਿੱਥੇ
kithe
ਆ
ā
Come here
ਕੌਣ
Kon
ਆ
a
ਤੂੰ
tu
How are you?
ਤੰਗ
Tang
ਕਾਹਤੋਂ
kahto
ਕਰੀ
kri
ਜਾਣਾ
Janna
ਆ
a
Do you only want to disturb things?
बातां
bātāṃ
गा
gā
पीसा
damrha
लागै
lāgai
है.
a
Talking costs money.
ਕੀ
ki
ਕਰਦਾ
karda
ਪਏ
pye
ਅ
a
What are you doing?
रोळो
rollo
है
ha
के
ke
कोई
koī
तेरै
terai
Do you have any problem?
तू
too
कठै
kithe
गयैड़ो
gayairo
हो
a
Where did you go?
ਕਿੱਥੇ
Kitho
ਆਉਣਾ
aunna
ਪਏ
Pye
ਆ
a
Where are you coming from?
ਭਾਂਡਾ
bhanda
Utensils
घोड़ो
Ghodo
होव
hov
जिओं
jiya
Like a horse
कोजवाड़
kojwād
Embarrassing.
ब्या
viahh
मे
ch
कुण
kon
आयो
pa
Who came in the marriage?
टाबरो
tabaro
के
ke
करो
karo
हो
ho
What are you doing kids?
ਕੁੱਤਾ
Kutta
Dog
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