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.
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 ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.