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

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

Phonology

Vowels
Front Central Back
short long short long short long
High i u
Mid e o
Low a
Consonants
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 central ʋ     j    
lateral   l        
Tap   ɾ ɽ      

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

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