Bagri

BGQ

developing

Alternate Names: Bagari, Bagria, Bagris, Bahgri, Baorias

Dialects: None known. Lexical similarity: 81%–95% between all varietes of Bagri, 58%–63% with Eastern Panjabi ,, 56%–69% with Hindi ,, 56%–70% with Haryanvi ,, 51%–66% with Marwari ,, 58%–69% with Merwari ,, 69%–76% with Shekhawati ,, 47%–63% with Godwari ,, 63%–65% with Dhundari ,, 60%–66% with Mewati ,, 74% with Jandavra ,. A member of macrolanguage Rajasthani ,.

Genealogy:

Indo-European
Indo-Iranian
Indo-Aryan
Central zone
Rajasthani
Unclassified

Demographics: 647,000 in India (2001 census). Population total all countries: 847,000. 162,000 monolinguals.

Language Use: Vigorous. Home, village, school, market, religion. Positive attitudes. Majority are bilingual in Hindi [hin]. Educated people and men have greater proficiency.

Language Development: Most Bagri live in rural areas and are illiterate. Grammar.

Typology: SOV; tonal, 3 tones.

Writing System: Devanagari

Nation of Origin: India

Other Comments: A Scheduled Caste. Traditional religion.