Pengo language

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.

Pengo
ପେଙ୍ଗୋ
Region	India
Native speakers	1,300 (2003)[1]
Language family	Dravidian South-Central Gondi–Kui Manda–Pengo Pengo
Language codes
ISO 639-3	peg
Glottolog	peng1244

Phonology

Vowels^[1]

	Front		Central		Back
	short	long	short	long	short	long
High	i	iː			u	uː
Mid	e	eː			o	oː
Low			a	aː

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

1. 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)

External links

• Pengo basic lexicon at the Global Lexicostatistical Database