Bagar region
Bagar (बागड़) refers to the sandy tract of north-western India and eastern parts of current Pakistan bordering India.[1]
Language
People of Bagar speak Bagri (बागड़ी), a dialect of overlapping Rajasthani language , Haryanvi language and punjabi language of the Indo-Aryan family, spoken by about five million speakers, which includes Hanumangarh , Sriganganagar districts and some villages of Taranagar tehsil of Rajasthan ,Sirsa and Fatehabad district of Haryana , Fazilka district and some parts of Muktsar district of Punjab .[2][3]
Geography
Bagar tract is long strip of shifting sand dunes called tibba (टिब्बा) and finer lands between them called lal (लाळ ) sandy tract in along the western border of Haryana and eastern border of Rajasthan.[4]
In Haryana, it covers southern parts of Sirsa district; western parts of Fatehabad district; parts of Hisar district.[2][3][4][4]
In Rajasthan, it covers parts of tehsils of Ganganagar; Bhadra, Nohar in Hanumangarh district; Taranagar tehsil in Churu district.[2][4]
In Punjab (India), bagar tract covers Fazilka district and southern villages of Muktsar district.[2][3][5]
In Punjab, Pakistan, Bagri as minor language is spoken in Bahawalpur and Bahawalnagar district, though these are not considered parts of Bagar tract.[2][3][6]
Gallery
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Bagar tract through eastern parts of Ganganagar district, Hanumangarh district, Churu district and Jhunjhunu district in Rajasthan
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Bagar tract through Fazilka district (now a separate district, formerly southern part of Firozpur district) and southern villages of Muktsar district of Punjab (India)
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Bagri as minor language is spoken in Bahawalpur and Bahawalnagar district of Punjab, Pakistan, though not considered parts of Bagar tract.
See also
- Deshwali dialect
- Bhattiana
- Jangladesh
References
- ↑ Revised Land and Revenue Settlement of Hisar District 9006-9011
- 1 2 3 4 5 Gusain, Lakhan: Reflexives in Bagri. Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, 1994
- 1 2 3 4 Gusain, Lakhan: Limitations of Literacy in Bagri. Nicholas Ostler & Blair Rudes (eds.). Endangered Languages and Literacy. Proceedings of the Fourth FEL Conference. University of North Carolina, Charlotte, 21–24 September 2000
- 1 2 3 4 India District Census Handboook, 1961
- ↑ Census India 2001
- ↑ Gusain, Lakhan: Bagri Grammar. Munich: Lincom Europa (Languages of the World/Materials, 2000, p384