Purgi, Burig, Purki, Purik, Purigi or Puriki is a Tibetic language closely related to the Ladakhi-Balti language. Purgi is natively spoken by the Purigpa people in Ladakh region of India and Baltistan region of Pakistan. There are about 94,000 native speakers of the language in India.
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. ==References==