Haryanvi ( ' or '), also known as Bangru, is an Indo-Aryan language spoken in the state of Haryana in India, and to a lesser extent in Delhi. Haryanvi is considered to be part of the dialect group of Western Hindi, which also includes Khariboli and Braj. It is written in the Devanagari script.

In popular culture

Bollywood films like Dangal,

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, and Tanu Weds Manu: Returns have used the Haryanvi culture and language as the backdrop of their films. These movies have received warm appreciation throughout India and abroad. As a result, some non-native speakers have shown an interest in learning the language. Haryanvi has successfully made its presence count into Indian cinema, TV popular music albums & academia. With the influence of Haryana in the fields of sports, Bollywood, defense, industrialization & politics the Haryanvi language and culture has also been promoted in significant proportion. Some notable speakers of Haryanvi include the

Phogat sisters The Phogat sisters are six sisters from Haryana, India, all of whom are wrestlers. In order of their birth, they are Geeta, Babita, Priyanka, Ritu, Vinesh, and Sangeeta. While Geeta, Babita, Ritu, and Sangeeta are daughters of former wrestl ...

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, Baba Ramdev,

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, Randeep Hooda, Satish Kaushik. The character Virendra Pratap Singh of the show ''

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'' (2020-present), played by Amar Upadhyay, speaks Haryanvi.

In Pakistan

After Partition, 1.2 million Haryanvi-speaking Muslims migrated from Haryana and Delhi in India to Pakistan. Today in Pakistan, it is a "

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" of millions of

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and Ranghar Muslims. They live in thousands of villages in Punjab, Pakistan, and hundreds of villages in

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and all over Pakistan. After the independence of Pakistan in 1947, many Uttar Pradesh Ranghars also migrated to

in Pakistan and mostly settling in Karachi. These people have settled down mainly in the districts of Lahore,

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, Bahawalnagar, Rahim yar Khan District (specially in Khanpur tehsil), Okara, Layyah, Vehari, Sahiwal,

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District Sargodha and Multan of Punjab. In districts of

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, Okara, and Bahawalnagar which have the densest concentrations of Rāngrri Speakers, they consist mostly of small peasants, with many serving in the army, police and Civil Services. They maintain an overarching tribal council ( panchayat in the Rānghari language), which deals with a number of issues, such as punishments for petty crime or co-operation over village projects.Muslim Communities of South Asia Culture, Society and Power edited T N Madan pages 42–43 Haryanvi Speakers are also found in

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and Nawabshah Districts of Sindh. Most Ranghar are now bilingual, speaking

Urdu language Urdu (;"Urdu"
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as National.

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, Saraiki and Sindhi as Regional, as well as still speaking Rāngrri language as "First Language" or "Mother Language" or "Village Language" or "

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". A large number of Ranghars are also found in the capital city of Islamabad. They speak Urdu with Rāngrri accent.

s, in addition, the Odh community in Pakistan also speak Rānghari as their mother tongue.

References

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In popular culture

In Pakistan

See also

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