Pengo language
{{Short description|Dravidian language spoken in India}}
{{Infobox language
|name=Pengo
|nativename={{lang|peg|ପେଙ୍ଗୋ}}
|region=India
|speakers=1,300
|date=2003
|familycolor=Dravidian
|fam2 = South-Central
|fam3 = Gondi–Kui
|fam4 = Manda–Pengo
|iso3=peg
|glotto=peng1244
|glottorefname=Pengo
}}
Pengoalso Pengu; Hengo; Hengo Poraja; Jani; Muddali; Paraja; Pango; Pengua{{Cite book |last=Burrow |first=T. |title=The Pengo language: grammar, texts, and vocabulary |last2=Bhattacharya |first2=Sudhibhushan |date=1970 |publisher=Clarendon P |isbn=978-0-19-815130-2 |location=Oxford |language=engdra}} is a South-Central Dravidian language spoken in Nabarangpur district of Odisha by the Pengo Poraja people. Most speakers are fluent in Odia.
Phonology
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|+Vowels ! rowspan="2" | ! colspan="2" |Front ! colspan="2" |Central ! colspan="2" |Back |
short
!long !short !long !short !long |
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!High |{{IPA link|i}} |{{IPA link|iː}} | | |{{IPA link|u}} |{{IPA link|uː}} |
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!Mid |{{IPA link|e}} |{{IPA link|eː}} | | |{{IPA link|o}} |{{IPA link|oː}} |
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!Low | | |{{IPA link|a}} |{{IPA link|aː}} | | |
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|+Consonants |
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colspan=2| Nasal
|{{IPA link|m}}||{{IPA link|n}}||{{IPA link|ɳ}}|| ||{{IPA link|ŋ}}|| |
rowspan="2"|Plosive
! {{small|voiceless}} |{{IPA link|p}}||{{IPA link|t}}||{{IPA link|ʈ}}||{{IPA link|c}}||{{IPA link|k}}|| |
{{small|voiced}}
|{{IPA link|b}}||{{IPA link|d}}||{{IPA link|ɖ}}||{{IPA link|ɟ}}||{{IPA link|ɡ}}|| |
rowspan="2"|Fricative
! {{small|voiceless}} | ||{{IPA link|s}}|| || || ||{{IPA link|h}} |
{{small|voiced}}
| ||{{IPA link|z}}|| || || || |
rowspan=2| Approximant
! {{small|central}} |{{IPA link|ʋ}}|| || ||{{IPA link|j}}|| || |
{{small|lateral}}
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colspan=2| Tap
| ||{{IPA link|ɾ}}||{{IPA link|ɽ}}|| || || |
References
External links
- [http://starling.rinet.ru/cgi-bin/response.cgi?root=new100&morpho=0&basename=new100\drv\gku&limit=-1 Pengo basic lexicon at the Global Lexicostatistical Database]
{{Dravidian languages}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Pengo language (Dravidian)}}
Category:Agglutinative languages
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