The
Rangri dialect (Nardaki in India) of Haryanvi of the
Ranghar community is still spoken by Muslim Rajpoot
Muhajir emigres in the Pakistani provinces of
Punjab and
Sindh. The dialect is written in the
Nastaliq variant of the Arabic script.[6]
In popular culture
Bollywood films like
Dangal,[7]Sultan, and
Tanu Weds Manu: Returns have used the Haryanvi culture and language as the backdrop of their films.[8] These movies have received warm appreciation throughout India and abroad.[9][10] As a result, some non-native speakers have shown an interest in learning the language.[11][12]
After Partition, 1.2 million Haryanvi-speaking Muslims migrated from
Haryana and
Delhi in
India to
Pakistan. Today in Pakistan, it is a "
mother tongue" of millions of
Muley Jat and
Ranghar Muslims. They live in thousands of villages in
Punjab, Pakistan, and hundreds of villages in
Sindh and all over
Pakistan. After the independence of Pakistan in 1947, many Uttar Pradesh Ranghars also migrated to
Sindh in Pakistan and mostly settled in
Karachi.
These people have settled down mainly in the districts of
Lahore,
Sheikhupura,
Bhakkar,
Bahawalnagar,
Rahim Yar Khan District (specially in Khanpur tehsil),
Okara,
Layyah,
Vehari,
Sahiwal,
Phullarwan in
Sargodha District and
Multan of Punjab. In districts of
Pakpattan,
Okara, and Bahawalnagar which have the densest concentrations of Rāngri Speakers, they consist of both; small peasants and zamindar (landowners), with many serving in the army, police and Civil Services. They maintain an overarching tribal council (
panchayat in the Rānghari language), which deals with a number of issues, such as punishments for petty crime or co-operation over village projects.[39]Haryanvi Speakers are also found in
Mirpur Khas and
Nawabshah Districts of Sindh.
Most Ranghar are now bilingual, speaking
Urdu language as National.
Punjabi,
Saraiki and
Sindhi as Regional, as well as still speaking Rāngrri language as "First Language" or "Mother Language" or "Village Language" or "
Community language".
A large number of
Ranghars are also found in the capital city of
Islamabad.
Muley Jats and the
Odh community in Pakistan also speak Rānghari as their mother tongue.
^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.