Pengo language
Pengo | |
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Region | India |
Native speakers | 1,300 (2003)[1] |
Dravidian
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | peg |
Glottolog | peng1244 |
PengoDravidian language spoken in Nabarangpur district of Odisha by the Pengo Poraja people. Most speakers are fluent in Odia.
Phonology
Front | Central | Back | ||||
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short | long | short | long | short | long | |
High
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i | iː | u | uː | ||
Mid | e | eː | o | oː | ||
Low
|
a | aː |
Labial | Dental | Retroflex | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||
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Nasal | m | n |
ɳ | ŋ | |||
Plosive
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voiceless | p | t |
ʈ | c | k | |
voiced | b | d |
ɖ | ɟ | ɡ | ||
Fricative
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voiceless | s | h | ||||
voiced | z | ||||||
Approximant
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central | ʋ | j | ||||
lateral | l |
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Tap
|
ɾ | ɽ |
References
- ^ ISBN 9780511060373.
- ^ also Pengu; Hengo; Hengo Poraja; Jani; Muddali; Paraja; Pango; Pengua
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