Purgi language

E375699

The Purgi language is an Indo-Aryan language spoken primarily in the Kargil region of Ladakh in northern India, known for its use by the Purgi ethnic community and its close relationship to other Western Himalayan languages.

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All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Purgi language canonical 2

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Indo-Aryan language
Western Himalayan language
language
belongsTo Dardic–Western Himalayan contact zone
branchOf Western Pahari language
surface form: Western Himalayan languages
closelyRelatedTo Balti language
Tibetan
surface form: Ladakhi language

Shina language
other Western Himalayan languages
country India
endangermentStatus minority language
regionally confined language
ethnicGroup Purgi community
geographicDistribution northern India
surface form: Northern India

western Himalayas
surface form: Western Himalayas
hasAlternativeName Purgi
Purgi Bhoti
hasDialect varieties within Kargil region
hasLexicalBorrowingFrom Arabic
Persian language
surface form: Persian

Urdu language
surface form: Urdu
hasPhonologicalInfluenceFrom Tibetic languages
ISOStatus has ISO 639-3 code
languageFamily Indo-Aryan languages
Indo-European language family
surface form: Indo-European languages

Indo-Iranian languages
linguisticArea Greater Himalayan region
linguisticTypology SOV word order
primaryReligionOfSpeakers Islam
Shia Islam
recognizedAs local language in Kargil
region Kargil district
surface form: Kargil region

Zanskar Valley
surface form: Zanskar area
script Nastaliq script
Perso-Arabic script
spokenBy Purgi people
spokenIn India
Kargil district
Ladakh
Ladakh
surface form: Union Territory of Ladakh
subclassOf Indo-Aryan languages
Western Pahari language
surface form: Western Pahari languages
usedAlongside Hindi
Ladakhi language
Urdu language
surface form: Urdu
usedFor folk literature
local media
oral communication

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Balti closelyRelatedTo Purgi language
Balti language closelyRelatedTo Purgi language