Purgi language

Purki
Purigi, Purki
Native toIndia, Pakistan
EthnicityPurigpa
Native speakers
94,000 (2011 census)[1]
Sino-Tibetan
  • Tibeto-Kanauri ?
    • Bodish
      • Tibetic
        • Ladakhi–Balti
          • Purki
Perso-Arabic script
Tibetan script
Language codes
ISO 639-3prx
Glottologpuri1258
ELPPurik

Purgi is a Tibetic language spoken in the Pakistani Baltistan and Indian Ladakh regions. It is spoken by the historical Purigpa community of Kashmir. Purgi is closer to Balti than Ladakhi.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Purki at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. ↑ "Accueil" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-06-28. Retrieved 2022-06-09.
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