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 edit

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 edit

  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

External links edit