Turung language

Turung
Native toIndia
RegionAssam
EthnicityTurung people
Native speakers
1,000 (2006)[1][2]
Eastern Nagari, Latin script
Language codes
ISO 639-3try
Glottologturu1249

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.

  1. ^ a b "Singpho Language of North East India (including Turung) | Endangered Languages Archive". www.elararchive.org. Retrieved 2022-12-20.
  2. ^ "Speakers". Ethnologue. 2022-12-20. Retrieved 2022-12-20.

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