Purgi

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Purgi is an Indo-Aryan language spoken primarily in the Kargil region of Ladakh in northern India.

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Purgi canonical 2

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Indo-Aryan language
language
natural language
belongsTo languages of Jammu and Kashmir (historical state)
languages of Ladakh union territory
country India
endangermentStatus minority language
vulnerable
geographicDistribution Drass region
linked to: Kargil district

Suru valley
linked to: Suru Valley

villages around Kargil town
hasAlternativeName Purgi Kishtwari
Purgi language
hasContactWith Balti
Hindi
Shina
Urdu
linked to: Urdu language
hasDialects varieties in different valleys of Kargil
hasLexicalBorrowingFrom Arabic
Persian
linked to: Persian language

Tibetic languages
Urdu
linked to: Urdu language
hasPhonologicalFeature influence from neighboring Dardic languages
hasScriptUsage primarily written in Urdu script in Kargil
hasSociolinguisticSituation bilingualism with Hindi
bilingualism with Urdu
hasWritingSystem Devanagari script
Perso-Arabic script
Urdu script
isPartOf linguistic diversity of Ladakh
isSpokenNear Line of Control region
languageFamily Indo-Aryan languages
Indo-European languages
Indo-Iranian languages
neighboringLanguage Balti
Ladakhi
linked to: Ladakhis

Shina
region Kargil region
linked to: Kargil district
spokenBy Muslim communities in Kargil
Purgi people
spokenIn India
Kargil district
Ladakh
northern India
usedFor daily communication
folk songs
local religious discourse
oral tradition

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