Puroik language

This article is about the language called Sulung. For the Sulung people, see Puroik people. For the medieval English land measure, see Sulung (unit of measurement).
Puroik
Sulung
pɯh˧˩ ɣut˥
Pronunciation[pɯh˧˩ ɣut˥]
Native toIndia, China
RegionArunachal Pradesh
EthnicityPuroik people
Native speakers
20,000 (2011)[1]
Dialects
  • Kurung-Kumey
  • Chayangtajo
  • Lasumpatte
  • Sario-Saria
  • Rawa
  • Kojo-Rojo
  • Bulu
Language codes
ISO 639-3suv
Glottologpuro1234
ELPPuroik

The Puroik language (previously called Sulung, a derogatory term, by other tribes) is a possible language isolate spoken by the Puroik people of Arunachal Pradesh in India and of Lhünzê County, Tibet, in China.

Besides their own language, the Puroik also use Nishi, Hindi, and Assamese. Literacy is very low, at about 2%. Those who are literate use either the Bengali script, Devanagari or the Latin alphabet to write Puroik.

  1. ^ Puroik at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)