Puroik

Facts

  • Language: Puroik
  • Alternate names: Sulung, 蘇龍語
  • Language code: suv
  • Language family: Sino-Tibetan, Tibeto-Burman, Central Tibeto-Burman, Kho-Bwa (SIL classification)
  • Number of speakers: 5,000-10,000
  • Vulnerability: Threatened
  • Script: Bengali script. Devanagari script. Latin script.

More information:

    A satellite relationship to Nyishi and Bangni peoples, bonded economically. A Scheduled Tribe in India. Claim kinship with the Khoa or Bugun. Traditional religion, Christian, Hindu.

    "Sulung" is a term given to the Puroik by outsiders. It is not favored by the people themselves.