Pengo language

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.

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

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 mnɳ ŋ 
Plosive voiceless ptʈck 
voiced bdɖɟɡ 
Fricative voiceless  s   h
voiced  z    
Approximant central ʋ  j  
lateral  l    
Tap  ɾɽ   

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


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