Turung | |
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Native to | India |
Region | Assam |
Ethnicity | Turung people |
Native speakers | 1,000 (2006)[1][2] |
Eastern Nagari, Latin script | |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | try |
Glottolog | turu1249 |
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.