Turung language
The Turung language (Tailung, Tairong) is an endangered Tai language spoken in seven villages in central Assam. Many Turung people now speak Assamese or Singpho languages.[1]
| Turung | |
|---|---|
| Native to | India |
| Region | Assam |
| Ethnicity | Turung people |
Native speakers | 1,000 (2006)[1][2] |
Kra–Dai
| |
| Eastern Nagari, Latin script | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | try |
| Glottolog | turu1249 |
The total population of the ethnic group is over 30,000 and primarily live in Jorhat, Golaghat and Karbi Anglong districts of Assam.
References
- "Singpho Language of North East India (including Turung) | Endangered Languages Archive". www.elararchive.org. Retrieved 2022-12-20.
- "Speakers". Ethnologue. 2022-12-20. Retrieved 2022-12-20.
Sources
- Morey, Stephen. 2005. The Tai languages of Assam: a grammar and texts. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics.
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