Haryanvi language

Haryanvi
हरियाणवी
The word "Hariyāṇavī" written in Devanagari script
Native toHaryana and Delhi
RegionIndia, Pakistan[a]
EthnicityHaryanvi people
Native speakers
10 million (2011)[1]
Devanagari, Nastaliq[a]
Language codes
ISO 639-3bgc
Glottologhary1238
Distribution of native Haryanvi speakers in India

Haryanvi (हरियाणवी or हरयाणवी), also known as Jatu,[2] is an Indo-Aryan language spoken primarily in the Indian state of Haryana and the territory of Delhi.[3][4] 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.[5]

The Rangri dialect of Haryanvi of the Ranghar community is still spoken by Muhajir emigres in the Pakistani provinces of Punjab and Sindh though has become within Haryana itself. The dialect is written in the Nastaliq variant of the Arabic script.[6]


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  1. ^ Haryanvi at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon
  2. ^ Hukam Singh Pawar (1993). The Jats, Their Origin, Antiquity, and Migrations. Manthan Publications. ISBN 978-81-85235-22-6.
  3. ^ "The Languages of Delhi – A Microcosm of India's Diversity". The Wire. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
  4. ^ Grierson, George Abraham (1916). Linguistic Survey of India: Volume IX, Indo-Aryan Family: Central Group, Part 1, Specimens of Western Hindī and Pañjābī. Superintendent of Government Printing. p. 1.
  5. ^ Haryanvi at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon
  6. ^ Mehami, Hazrat Shah Muhammad Ramzan (c. 1825). عقائدِ عظیم [Aqaid-e-azim] (in Haryanvi).