Pengo language

{{Short description|Dravidian language spoken in India}}

{{Infobox language

|name=Pengo

|nativename={{lang|peg|ପେଙ୍ଗୋ}}

|region=India

|speakers=1,300

|date=2003

|ref={{cite book|last=Krishnamurti|first=Bhadriraju|title=The Dravidian languages|year=2003|publisher=Cambridge University Press|location=Cambridge|isbn=9780511060373|pages=56|edition=null}}

|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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References