Turung language

Turung
Native to	India
Region	Assam
Extinct	(date missing)
Language family	Tai–Kadai Tai Southwestern (Thai) Northwestern Turung
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`try`
Glottolog	`turu1249`^[1]

The Turung language (Tailung, Tairong, Thai: (ภาษาไทตุรุง, pasa tai turung) is an extinct language formerly spoken in Assam. The Turung people who spoke this language now speak Assamese or Singpho languages.

The total population of the ethnic group is over 30,000 and primarily live in Jorhat, Golaghat and Karbi Anglong districts of Assam.

References

↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Turung". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.

Morey, Stephen. 2005. The Tai languages of Assam: a grammar and texts. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics.

Ong Be

Tai
(Zhuang)

(Proto-Tai)

Northern

Central

Southwestern
(Thai)

Northwestern	Shan Tai Ya Tai Nüa Tai Hongjin Khamti Tai Laing Tai Phake Tai Aiton Khamyang Ahom Turung

Lao–Phutai	Lao Phu Thai Isan Nyaw Lao Nyo

Chiang Saen	Thai (Siamese) Northern Thai Tai Daeng Tai Dón Tai Hang Tong Tai Lü Tai Dam Khun Phuan Thai Song Tày Tac

Southern	Southern Thai

(other)	Sapa Tai Muong Vat

(other)

Caolan

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