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One thing I've never fully gotten a grasp on is the `〜はる` form of "`敬語`", and
I have some questions about it.

  1. Is it official `敬語` recognized by the `文部省`, or is it just more of a regionally accepted politeness? 
    * What regions even use this form commonly?
  2. What is its politeness level, and how does it compare/fit it with `丁寧語・尊敬語・謙譲語`? 
    * I was once stopped in Osaka by the police (because my bicycle was _clearly_ stolen </sarcasm>) and they used it toward me - `どこで買わはりました？`
  3. Which `はる` is this, and how did it evolve to this usage of politeness?

Apologies if this is too many questions for one topic.
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Questions about `〜はる` 敬語
1. It's Kansai dialect. I don't think it's official 敬語 recognized by 文科省.  

  2. It's 尊敬語.

> 食べはる ≒ 食べられる, 召し上がる  
>  [来]{き}はる ≒ [来]{こ}られる, いらっしゃる  
>  先生が来はった。≒ 先生が来られた, 先生がいらっしゃった  
>

I think ~~はる sounds less polite/formal than the standard 尊敬語.

  3. I think it comes from なさる (--> なはる --> はる ?)
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