Purgi language

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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

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Indo-Aryan language ⓘ
Western Himalayan language ⓘ
language ⓘ
belongsTo Dardic–Western Himalayan contact zone ⓘ
branchOf Western Himalayan languages ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo Balti language ⓘ
Ladakhi language ⓘ
linked to: Tibetan

Shina language ⓘ
other Western Himalayan languages ⓘ
country India ⓘ
endangermentStatus minority language ⓘ
regionally confined language ⓘ
ethnicGroup Purgi community ⓘ
geographicDistribution Northern India ⓘ
linked to: northern India

Western Himalayas ⓘ
linked to: western Himalayas
hasAlternativeName Purgi ⓘ
Purgi Bhoti ⓘ
hasDialect varieties within Kargil region ⓘ
hasLexicalBorrowingFrom Arabic ⓘ
Persian ⓘ
linked to: Persian language

Urdu ⓘ
linked to: Urdu language
hasPhonologicalInfluenceFrom Tibetic languages ⓘ
ISOStatus has ISO 639-3 code ⓘ
languageFamily Indo-Aryan languages ⓘ
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 region ⓘ
linked to: Kargil district

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

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Balti → closelyRelatedTo → Purgi language ⓘ
Balti language → closelyRelatedTo → Purgi language ⓘ