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Turung language

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Turung
Native toIndia
RegionAssam
EthnicityTurung people
Native speakers
1,000 (2006)[1][2]
Eastern Nagari, Latin script
Language codes
ISO 639-3try
Glottologturu1249

The Turung language is an endangered Sino-Tibetan language, closely related to Singpho, spoken in seven villages in central Assam. Many Turung people now speak Assamese.[1]

The total population of the ethnic group is over 30,000, and they primarily live in the Jorhat, Golaghat and Karbi Anglong districts of Assam.

Possible Tai language existence

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The ancestors of the modern Turung people possibly spoke a Tai language that was called Turung or Tairong and is now extinct.[3] The modern Turung language is influenced by Tai languages.

References

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  1. ^ a b "Singpho Language of North East India (including Turung) | Endangered Languages Archive". www.elararchive.org. Retrieved 2022-12-20.
  2. ^ "Speakers". Ethnologue. 2022-12-20. Retrieved 2022-12-20.
  3. ^ Morey, Stephen (2004). "The Tai Languages of Assam". The Tai-Kadai Languages. doi:10.4324/9780203641873.

Sources

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  • Morey, Stephen. 2005. The Tai languages of Assam: a grammar and texts. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics.