Rangri dialect (Haryanvi)
| Rangri | |
|---|---|
| رانگڑی (ہریاݨوی) | |
| Native to | Pakistan |
| Region | Punjab, Sindh |
| Ethnicity | Ranghar |
| Arabic script (Nastaliq) | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | – |
| Glottolog | hary1238 |
Rangri (رانگڑی) is a dialect of the Haryanvi language spoken by Ranghars as a minority language in the Pakistani provinces of Punjab and Sindh.[1][2] It originated in Haryana, in present-day India, but is now primarily spoken in Pakistan by descendants of partition-era Haryanvi Muslim migrants.[3] Its spoken areas include Lahore, Sheikhupura, Bhakkar, Bahawalnagar, Khanpur, Okara, Layyah, Vehari, Sahiwal, Phularwan, and Multan Mirpur Khas Nawabshah, Naushahro Feroze, and Sanghar.
Demographics
After the partition of India, 1.2 million Haryanvi-speaking Muslims (Muhajirs) migrated from Haryana and Delhi in India to Pakistan. Today in Pakistan, it is a mother tongue of millions of Ranghar Muslims. They live in thousands of villages in Punjab, Pakistan, and hundreds of villages in Sindh. After partition, many Uttar Pradesh Ranghars also migrated to Sindh in Pakistan and mostly settled in Karachi.
Most Ranghar are now bilingual in either Urdu, Punjabi or Sindhi but due to state negligence as well cultural assimilation in Punjab and Sindh fewer speak the language with each passing generation, and it's estimated that slightly more than 500,000 may be the real number of Rangri speakers.[4]
Vocabulary
| Urdu | Rangri | Punjabi | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| یہ ye | یوہ yo (masculine) یاہ yā (feminine) |
ایہہ aih | this |
| وہ wo | وہ wo (masculine) واہ wā (feminine) |
اوہ oh | that |
| اس وجہ سے is wajah se | اس ماری is mārī | اس کرکے is karke | for this reason |
| بتاتا ہے batātā hai (masculine) بتاتی ہے batātī hai (feminine) |
بتاوَے سَے batāvai sai | دسدا اے dasdā ai (masculine) دسدی اے dasdī ai (feminine) |
(he/she) tells |
| چاہتا ہے chāhtā hai (masculine) چاہتی ہے chāhtī hai (feminine) |
چاہوَے سَے chāhvai sai | چاہندا اے chāhndā ai (masculine) چاہندی اے chāhndī ai (feminine) |
(he/she) wants |
| رہتے ہیں rehte haĩ | رہویں سیں rehvaĩ saĩ | رہندے نیں rehnde naĩ | (they) live |
| لڑکا laṛkā | چھورا chẖorā | منڈا munḍā | boy |
| لڑکی laṛkī | چھوری chẖorī | کڑی kuṛī | girl |
| والا wālā (masculine) والی wālī (feminine) |
آلا ālā (masculine) آلی ālī (feminine) |
والا wālā (masculine) والی wālī (feminine) |
(the) one |
| پانی pānī | پاݨی pāṇī | پاݨی pāṇī | water |
| دیوار dīvār | کندھ kandẖ | کندھ kandẖ | wall |
| ساتھ sātẖ | گیل gail | نال nāl | with |
| دروازہ darwāza | کواڑ kiwāṛ | بوہا būhā | door |
| وقت waqt | بکھت bakẖat | ویلا velā | time |
| گاؤں gāõ | گام gām | پنڈ pinḍ | village |
| زبان zabān | جیبھ jībẖ | جیبھ jībẖ | tongue |
| گھونسلہ gẖõsla | آہلݨا āhlṇā | آہلݨا āhlṇā | nest |
| گلہری gulehrī | کانٹو kā̃ṭo | کاٹو kāṭo | squirrel |
| خرگوش khargosh | سوسا sūsā | سہا sahā | rabbit |
| بیل bail | بݪد baḷad | بلد balad | ox |
| مویشی maveshī | ڈانگر ḍāngar | ڈنگر ḍangar | livestock |
References
- ↑ Surhone, Lambert M.; Tennoe, Mariam T.; Henssonow, Susan F. (11 January 2011). Ranghar. VDM. ISBN 9786134766029.
- ↑ "Punjabi Think Tank: Ranghari Speakers from Haryana". 24 June 2020.
- ↑ "A Word-and-Paradigm Analysis of Pluralization of Nouns in Rangri". Archived from the original on 2023-12-01.
- ↑ Nawaz, Hafiz Imran, Hassin ur Rehman, Nasir Khan, and Muhammad Sarfraz Rao. “Declining of Rangri Language: A Case Study in Karachi.” Journal of Applied Linguistics and TESOL (JALT), vol. 7, no. 4, 2024. ResearchGate. Accessed 5 July 2025.