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{{Infobox ethnic group<br />
| group = Turung people<br />
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| population = 10,000<br />
| popplace = Assam<br>Arunachal Pradesh<br />
| languages = [[Assamese language|Assamese]]<br />
| religions = [[Buddhism]]<br />
}}<br />
The '''Turung people''' (also known as the '''Tai Turung''', Assamese: টাই টুৰুং) are a numerically small Buddhist community in the [[Seven Sister States|northeastern Indian state]] of [[Assam]].<br />
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They originally migrated from Upper Burma and settled in Assam in the latter part of 18th century. During migration, they were captured and made slaves by the [[Singpho people|Singpho]] people and hence have had a lot of Singpho influences on their culture, language, and lifestyle.<br />
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They presently reside in certain pockets in Upper Assam in the districts of [[Golaghat]], [[Jorhat]] and [[Karbi Anglong]].<br />
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Although the origin of the word Turung is not known, many believe that it is derived from the name of a river in [[Patkai]] region named [[Turungpani]]. Another school of thought is that the word Turung is derived from the word Tai Long meaning Great Tai since these people were of [[Shan people|Shan]] origin.<br />
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The present population of the community is unknown but is believed to be around 10,000.<br />
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[[Category:Social groups of Assam]]<br />
[[Category:Tai peoples]]<br />
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