Pengo language

Pengo
Pengo
Region	India
Native speakers	1,300 (2003)
Language family	Dravidian South-Central Gondi–Kui Manda–Pengo Pengo; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	peg
Glottolog	peng1244

Pengo^[2] 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^[1]
	Front		Central		Back
	short	long	short	long	short	long
High	i	iː			u	uː
Mid	e	eː			o	oː
Low			a	aː

Consonants^[1]
		Labial	Dental	Retroflex	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Nasal		m	n	ɳ		ŋ
Plosive	voiceless	p	t	ʈ	c	k
Plosive	voiced	b	d	ɖ	ɟ	ɡ
Fricative	voiceless		s				h
Fricative	voiced		z
Approximant	central	ʋ			j
Approximant	lateral		l
Tap			ɾ	ɽ

References[]

^ ^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

External links[]

Pengo basic lexicon at the Global Lexicostatistical Database

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[:0-1] Krishnamurti, Bhadriraju (2003). The Dravidian languages (null ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 56. ISBN 9780511060373.

[2] so Pengu; Hengo; Hengo Poraja; Jani; Muddali; Paraja; Pango; Pengua

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