Pengo language
| Pengo | |
|---|---|
| ପେଙ୍ଗୋ | |
| Region | India |
Native speakers | 1,300 (2003)[1] |
Dravidian
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | peg |
| Glottolog | peng1244 |
Pengo[2][3] is a South-Central Dravidian language spoken in Nabarangpur district of Odisha by the Pengo Poraja people. Most speakers are fluent in Odia.
Phonology
[edit]| Front | Central | Back | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| short | long | short | long | short | long | |
| High | i | iː | u | uː | ||
| Mid | e | eː | o | oː | ||
| Low | a | aː | ||||
| 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
[edit]- ^ a b c Krishnamurti, Bhadriraju (2003). The Dravidian languages (null ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 56. ISBN 9780511060373.
- ^ also Pengu; Hengo; Hengo Poraja; Jani; Muddali; Paraja; Pango; Pengua
- ^ Burrow, T.; Bhattacharya, Sudhibhushan (1970). The Pengo language: grammar, texts, and vocabulary (in engdra). Oxford: Clarendon P. ISBN 978-0-19-815130-2.
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