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 and Haryanvi language of the Indo-Aryan family, spoken by about five million speakers, which includes Hanumangarh and Sriganganagar districts of Rajasthan.[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; western parts of Bhiwani district in tehsils of Siwani, Behal and Loharu.[2][3][4][4]

In Rajasthan, it covers parts of tehsils of Ganganagar; Bhadra, Rajasthan, Nohar in Hanumangarh district; Rajgarh tehsil in Churu district; Pilani tehsil Jhunjhunu in Jhunjhunu 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]

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References

  1. ↑ Revised Land and Revenue Settlement of Hisar District 9006-9011
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Gusain, Lakhan: Reflexives in Bagri. Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, 1994
  3. 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
  4. 1 2 3 4 India District Census Handboook, 1961
  5. ↑ Census India 2001
  6. ↑ Gusain, Lakhan: Bagri Grammar. Munich: Lincom Europa (Languages of the World/Materials, 2000, p384
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