Puroik

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A language of India

ISO 639-3
suv
Alternate Names
“Sulung” (pej.)
Population

20,000 (2011 SIL).

Location

Arunachal Pradesh, East Kameng, Papumpare, Kurung Kumey, and Lower Subansiri districts, along Par river, 53 villages. Possibly in China.

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Language Status

6a (Vigorous).

Classification
Sino-Tibetan, Tibeto-Burman, Central Tibeto-Burman, Kho-Bwa
Dialects

A divergent language which may not be Sino-Tibetan but possibly Austro-Asiatic. Intelligible of Bugun [bgg] (Chowdhury 1996). Burling (2003) groups it with Sherdukpen [sdp] and Bugun; possibly also with Lish [lsh] and Sartang [onp]. Lexical similarity: 54%–67% between varieties; 57%–68% with Chug [cvg]; less than 15% with Bugun [bgg] and Nyishi [njz].

Language Use

Home, village. Positive attitudes. Everyone uses some Nyishi [njz]; some also use Hindi [hin], or Assamese [asm].

Language Development
Literacy rate in L2: 2%. Dictionary.
Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Puroik
Writing
Bengali script. Devanagari script. Latin script.
Other Comments

A satellite relationship to Nyishi and Bangni peoples, bonded economically. A Scheduled Tribe in India. Claim kinship with the Khoa or Bugun. Traditional religion, Christian, Hindu.