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Pengo language

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Pengo
ପେଙ୍ଗୋ
RegionIndia
Native speakers
1,300 (2003)[1]
Dravidian
  • South-Central
    • Gondi–Kui
      • Manda–Pengo
        • Pengo
Language codes
ISO 639-3peg
Glottologpeng1244

Pengo[2][3] 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[1]
Front Central Back
short long short long short long
High i u
Mid e o
Low a
Consonants[1]
Labial Dental Retroflex Palatal Velar Glottal
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

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  1. ^ a b c Krishnamurti, Bhadriraju (2003). The Dravidian languages (null ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 56. ISBN 9780511060373.
  2. ^ also Pengu; Hengo; Hengo Poraja; Jani; Muddali; Paraja; Pango; Pengua
  3. ^ Burrow, T.; Bhattacharya, Sudhibhushan (1970). The Pengo language: grammar, texts, and vocabulary (in engdra). Oxford: Clarendon P. ISBN 978-0-19-815130-2.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
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