Haryanvi language has been acclaimed as one of the most significant one amongst multitudes of regional languages that have originated in the soils of Indian Territory. Haryanvi is widely spoken in various states of India, namely, Haryana, Punjab, Karnataka, Delhi, Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh. As per the survey undertaken by SIL in the year 1994, 13,000,000 Haryans speak Haryanvi, thus comprising of eighty five percent of their total populace. It belongs to language family groups of Indo Aryan.
Many people identify Haryanvi in different names. Alternative names for Haryanvi are
Banger, Bangaru, Bangri ,Bangru, Chamarwa,Desari, Jatu, Hariani, Hariyani etc.
Various dialects have been branched out from Haryanvi language. Nowadays, "Bangru" is famous amongst the local residents of Jind province. Enriched Harynavi speech of Sonepat and Rohtak people is known as "Khadar" and is also spoken by the Jind localites. "Bagdi" is the Haryanvi dialect prevalent in regions like Fatehabad and Sirsa, and south of Bhiwani . Haryanvi has nearest similarity with Braj Bhasha. Almost ninety two percent of various words of Haryanvi dialects have been borrowed from Braj Bhasha.
Haryanvi language has an interesting development. It has been bestowed upon the status of second language, which has achieved fifty five percent of literacy rate over the years.
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