Pengo language
Dravidian language spoken in India
Pengo | |
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Region | India |
Native speakers | 1,300 (2003)[1] |
Language family | Dravidian
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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
Front | Central | Back | ||||
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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 | ||
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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
- ^ 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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