Dingal is a ancient Indian language written in Nagri script and having literature in prose as well as poetry. It is a language of very high tone and requires a specific style of speaking. It was primarily used by Charans to motivate the troops in Rajput armies by praising the martial exploits of Rajputs and Charan war heroes. Several Rajput kings have also written poems in Dingal, particularly Maharaja Man Singh Rathore(Reign 1803-1843) of Marwar.
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Actually it is neither a language nor a dialect. It is a mode of rendering poetry, a mode with a distinct flair of its own, a mode that has sprouted from the original Rajasthani and been shaped by historical events.
This language was being spoken and used for writing in present Rajasthan, Gujarat and Sindh of Pakistan. There are many Rajasthani poets and writers who have written in dingal.
Dingal Poetry
Dingal Poetry incorporates heroic writing on the heroes of Rajasthan like Prithviraj Chauhan, Prince Khoman of Mewar etc. It is an admixture of inter-regional languages. In Rajasthan such languages formed pingal language.
Thakur Nathu Singh Mahiyariya
He was born in a Charan family in princely state of Mewar. He wrote many books such as Veer Satsai, Hari Rani Shatak etc.
Babu Ramnarayan Dugar
Born in 1857 A.D. in an Oswal family, Babu Ramnarayan Dugar was a prominent authority on Pingal language and was a close associate of Kaviraj Shyamaldasji, the author or Vir Vinod, the official history of rulers of Mewar. In later days he was associated with M.M. Ojha. His most prominent work is Hindi translation of Nainsi's khyat from Dingal language to Hindi.
Ingal
Ingal is an ancient Indian language, a form of Prakrit popular in Sind and nearby areas.
Pingal
Pingal is an ancient and now extinct Indian language, it was a form of Prakrit popular in Rajasthan and nearby areas. It was just the opposite of Dingal language as Dingal was primarily a language of warlike tone and Pingal was a language of love, softspoken.