Purgi language
Tibetic language spoken in India and Pakistan
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Most of the Purigpas are Shia Muslims, although a significant number of them follow Noorbakhshi and Sunni Islam, and a small minority of Buddhists and Bön followers reside in areas like Fokar valley, Mulbekh, Wakha. Like the Baltis, they speak an archaic Tibetan dialect closely related to Balti and Ladakhi. Purigi is more closely related to Balti than Ladakhi, so there are different opinions among linguists in considering Purigi and Balti as different languages or simply different varieties of the same language.
Phonology
Consonants
- /pʰ/ may also be realized as a fricative [f].
- /r/ is often fricativized, being heard as [r̝].
Vowels
- /a/ may often be heard as back [ʌ] or centralized [ʌ̈], and in certain environments as [ɛ].
- Sounds /e, o/ may often be heard as [ɛ, ɔ].
- /e/ can be heard as [ə] when in unstressed syllables.
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