Purum language

Purum
Purum
Native to	India
Region	Manipur
Ethnicity	Purum people
Native speakers	500 (2001 census)
Language family	Sino-Tibetan (Tibeto-Burman) Kuki-Chin Northwestern Purum; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	puz
Glottolog	puru1262

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Purum (Purum Naga) is a Kuki-Chin language of India. However, speakers consider themselves to be ethnic Naga people, rather than part of the Kuki and Chin ethnic groups. Peterson (2017)^[2] classifies Purum as part of the Northwestern branch of Kuki-Chin. According Ethnologue, Purum shares a high degree of mutual intelligibility with Kharam.

Geographical distribution[edit]

Purum is spoken in Phaijol, Laikot, Thuisenpai, and Kharam Pallen villages of Senapati district, Manipur (Ethnologue).

References[edit]

↑ Purum at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
↑ Peterson, David. 2017. "On Kuki-Chin subgrouping." In Picus Sizhi Ding and Jamin Pelkey, eds. Sociohistorical linguistics in Southeast Asia: New horizons for Tibeto-Burman studies in honor of David Bradley, 189-209. Leiden: Brill.

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[e18-1] Purum at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)

[Peterson2017-2] Peterson, David. 2017. "On Kuki-Chin subgrouping." In Picus Sizhi Ding and Jamin Pelkey, eds. Sociohistorical linguistics in Southeast Asia: New horizons for Tibeto-Burman studies in honor of David Bradley, 189-209. Leiden: Brill.

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