Purum
Purum is a Sino-Tibetan language spoken in India. Glottolog rates it nearly extinct.
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Purum is a Kuki-Chin language, belonging to the Northwestern or "Old Kuki" subfamily.
Speakers consider themselves to be ethnic Naga people, rather than part of the Kuki and Chin ethnic groups. Peterson (2017) classifies Purum as part of the Northwestern branch of Kuki-Chin. According Ethnologue, Purum shares a high degree of mutual intelligibility with Kharam.
The speakers of this language use Meitei language as their second language (L2) according to the Ethnologue.
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Words in Purum
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | miriN* | |
| name | rimiN* | |
| eye | m3ysar* | |
| ear | kor* | |
| nose | nar* | |
| tooth | ha* | |
| tongue | m3l3y* | |
| hand | kut* | |
| blood | thi* | |
| bone | ru* | |
| skin | wun* | |
| knee | kemorkhup* | |
| breast | TuTu* | |
| liver | 3ril* | |
| water | tuy* | |
| fire | m3y* | |
| sun | simni* | |
| star | arsi* | |
| stone | luN* | |
| mountain | TiN* | |
| tree | thiN* | |
| leaf | 3bo* | |
| night | yan* | |
| dog | uy* | |
| fish | tuyrik* | |
| louse | ripkpuy* | |
| one | kh3t* | |
| two | ni* | |
| I | k3y* | |
| you | n3N* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
Most similar languages
Vocabulary
- Kom (India)Sino-Tibetan64% alike
- KoirengSino-Tibetan63% alike
- TaraoSino-Tibetan50% alike
- GangteSino-Tibetan50% alike
- Kharam NagaSino-Tibetan50% alike
- Falam ChinSino-Tibetan47% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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