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.

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Label Occurrences
Purgi language canonical 2

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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

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Balti closelyRelatedTo Purgi language
Balti language closelyRelatedTo Purgi language