Pengo language explained
Pengo |
Nativename: | ପେଙ୍ଗୋ |
Region: | India |
Speakers: | 1,300 |
Date: | 2003 |
Ref: | [1] |
Familycolor: | Dravidian |
Fam2: | South-Central |
Fam3: | Gondi–Kui |
Fam4: | Manda–Pengo |
Iso3: | peg |
Glotto: | peng1244 |
Glottorefname: | Pengo |
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
! colspan="2" Front | Central | Back |
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short | long | short | long | short | long |
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High | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | | | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ |
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Mid | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | | | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ |
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Low | | | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | | | |
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Consonants | Labial | Dental | Retroflex | Palatal | Velar | Glottal |
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Nasal | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | | pronounced as /link/ | |
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Plosive | | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | |
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| pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | |
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Fricative | | | pronounced as /link/ | | | | pronounced as /link/ |
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| | pronounced as /link/ | | | | |
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Approximant | | pronounced as /link/ | | | pronounced as /link/ | | |
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| | pronounced as /link/ | | | | |
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Tap | | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | | | | |
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References
- Book: Krishnamurti, Bhadriraju. The Dravidian languages. 2003. Cambridge University Press. Cambridge. 9780511060373. 56. null.
- also Pengu; Hengo; Hengo Poraja; Jani; Muddali; Paraja; Pango; Pengua
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