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Pengo language

Pengo language

9.9
A language spoken in south central India, especially in Odisha
  • noun
: idioma pengo
  • Many people in Odisha speak the Pengo language.

Examples

  • Linguists have studied the Pengo language to understand its relationship to other Dravidian languages.

  • Efforts are underway to preserve traditional folk stories in the Pengo language.

  • Many younger members of the community are no longer fluent in Pengo language.

  • The Pengo language has a rich cultural history.

  • Linguists have studied the Pengo language to understand its relationship to other Dravidian languages.

  • Many people in Odisha speak the Pengo language.

  • Efforts are underway to preserve traditional folk stories in the Pengo language.

Synonyms

Pengo
vsPengo language
9.9

A language spoken in south central India, mainly in Odisha

is the same meaning but uses a longer formal phrase

Surface Forms

Pengo language singular
Pengo languages plural

Morphology

Pengo + language

The phrase is compositionally built from a proper noun 'Pengo' and the noun 'language', so it straightforwardly means 'the language called Pengo' or 'the language spoken by the Pengo community'. This X + language naming pattern is cross-linguistically common and predictable, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents can infer the meaning.

Etymology

Pengo language takes its name from the Pengo people who live in south central India; the phrase simply points to the speech of that group. So the name means the way the Pengo community 'speak', and today it names that group's 'language'.