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Pengo language

Pengo is a South-Central Dravidian language spoken in Nabarangpur district of Odisha by the Pengo Poraja people. Most speakers are fluent in Odia.

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Pengo
ପେଙ୍ଗୋ
RegionIndia
Native speakers
1,300 (2003)1
Dravidian
  • South-Central
    • Konda–Kui
      • Manda–Pengo
        • Pengo
Language codes
ISO 639-3peg
Glottologpeng1244

Pengo23 (IPA: [peŋɡo]) is a South-Central Dravidian language spoken in Nabarangpur district of Odisha by the Pengo Poraja people. Most speakers are fluent in Odia.

Phonology

Vowels1
Front Central Back
short long short long short long
High i iː u uː
Mid e eː o oː
Low a aː
Consonants1
Labial Dental Retroflex Palatal Velar Glottal
Nasal m n ɳ   ŋ  
Plosive voiceless p t ʈ c k  
voiced b d ɖ ɟ ɡ  
Fricative voiceless   s       h
voiced   z        
Approximant median ʋ     j    
lateral   l        
Tap   ɾ ɽ      
References

References

  1. Krishnamurti, Bhadriraju (2003). The Dravidian languages (null ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 56. ISBN 9780511060373.
  2. also Pengu; Hengo; Hengo Poraja; Jani; Muddali; Paraja; Pango; Pengua
  3. Burrow, T.; Bhattacharya, Sudhibhushan (1970). The Pengo language: grammar, texts, and vocabulary (in English and peg). Oxford: Clarendon P. ISBN 978-0-19-815130-2.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
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