Puroik language
The Puroik language (previously called Sulung, a derogatory term, by other tribes) is a possible language isolate spoken by the Puroik people of Arunachal Pradesh in India and of Lhünzê County, Tibet, in China.
| Puroik | |
|---|---|
| Sulung | |
| Native to | India, China |
| Region | Arunachal Pradesh |
| Ethnicity | Puroik people |
Native speakers | 20,000 (2011) |
Sino-Tibetan?
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | suv |
| Glottolog | puro1234 |
| ELP | Puroik |
Besides their own language, the Puroik also use Nishi, Hindi, and Assamese. Literacy is very low, at about 2%. Those who are literate use either the Bengali script, Devanagari or the Latin alphabet to write Puroik.
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