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Bagri language
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<p>The Bagri language is a dialect of <a href="/facts/Rajasthani_languages/BKdEulmS">Rajasthani</a> that takes its name from the <a href="/facts/Bagar_region/mUoKRme8">Bagar tract</a> region of <a href="/facts/Northwestern_India/tIUqMm15">Northwestern India</a> in the states of <a href="/facts/Rajasthan/rC0MvrRD">Rajasthan</a>, <a href="/facts/Punjab%2c_India/bHPSN45a">Punjab</a> and <a href="/facts/Haryana/bo4Qo3c8">Haryana</a>. Bagri is a typical <a href="/facts/Indo-Aryan_language/hm2N7fYp">Indo-Aryan language</a> akin to Rajasthani and Haryanvi with <a href="/facts/Subject%25E2%2580%2593object%25E2%2580%2593verb/yqAybkWr">SOV</a> <a href="/facts/Word_order/nXtB9Gm2">word order</a>. The most striking <a href="/facts/Phonological/qWAsvnok">phonological</a> feature of Bagri is the presence of three lexical <a href="/facts/Tone_(linguistics)/eprhXrWJ">tones</a>: high, mid, and low, akin to Rajasthani, Haryanvi, Punjabi. Bagri is a language of earlier <a href="/facts/Bikaner_state/dwcLhP86">Bikaner state</a> which included district <a href="/facts/Sri_Ganganagar_district/tPuNNkxQ">Sri Ganganagar</a>, <a href="/facts/Hanumangarh_district/fM3PGSrw">Hanumangarh</a>, <a href="/facts/Churu_district/cB0gQFaS">Churu</a>, <a href="/facts/Bikaner_district/qblKrV1F"> Bikaner</a> of Rajasthan and <a href="/facts/Sirsa_district/LreWctxk">Sirsa(Haryana)</a>, <a href="/facts/Hisar_district/tESX1PJJ">Hisar (Haryana)</a>, <a href="/facts/Fazilka_district/oxtGloL2"> Fazilka (punjab)</a> at a point in time. </p><p>The speakers are mostly in <a href="/facts/India/1kKHcnxM">India</a>, with a minority of them in <a href="/facts/Bahawalpur/YQfLNU5L">Bahawalpur</a> and <a href="/facts/Bahawalnagar/sTv6WYJk">Bahawalnagar</a> areas in modern day <a href="/facts/Pakistan/cbIsvJy1">Pakistan</a>. According to the <a href="/facts/2011_census_of_India/U4V680pf">2011 census of India</a>, there are 234,227 speakers of Bagri in Rajasthan and 1,656,588 speakers of Bagri in Punjab and Haryana. </p>