Alternate Names: Bangaru, Banger, Bangri, Bangru, Chamarwa, Desari, Hariani, Hariyani, Haryani, Jatu
Dialects: Bangaru Proper, Deswali, Khadar. Good intelligibility among dialects, but Haryanvi is not intelligible with Hindi. Reportedly most similar to Braj Bhasha ,. Lexical similarity: 92% among dialects.
Genealogy:
Demographics: 8,000,000 (2001 census). Ethnic population: 16,000,000 (1992 SIL).
Language Use: Home, religion. All ages. Positive attitudes. Also use Hindi [hin] with proficiency higher among the educated.
Language Development: Literacy rate in L2: 55% Hindi. Dictionary. Grammar. Bible portions: 2001.
Writing System: Devanagari
Nation of Origin: India
Other Comments: Ethnonym: Bangru, used for speakers in Jind area; Khadar used by speakers in Jind to refer to the speech of Rohtak and Sonipat. Hindu, Muslim.