Ponyo language
Language
| Ponyo | |
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| Ponyo-Gongwang | |
| Native to | Burma |
Native speakers | 4,500 (2008)[1] |
Language family | Sino-Tibetan
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | npg |
| Glottolog | None |
Ponyo, or Ponyo-Gongwang after its two dialects, is a Sino-Tibetan language spoken in Burma. Ponyo is spoken in 19 villages of Lahe Township, Naga Self-Administered Zone (formerly administered as part of Hkamti District), Sagaing Division, Myanmar (Ethnologue). Dialects are Ponyo and Gongwang, with high mutual intelligibility between the two, both of which share 89% to 91% lexical similarity.[2]
Ponyo is closely related to Leinong and Khiamniungan, sharing 69%–75% lexical similarity with the former, and 67%–73% with the latter.[3]
Alternate names include Gongvan, Gongwang, Gongwang Naga, Manauk, Mannok, Ponyo, Ponyo Naga, Pounyu, Saplow, Solo, Tsawlaw (Ethnologue).
Dialects
Ethnologue lists two main dialects.
- Ponyo (Manauk, Mannok, Ponnyio, Pounyu)
- Gongwang (Gongvan, Saplo, Saplow, Solo, Tsaplo, Tsawlaw)
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Sino-Tibetan branches
(Himachal, Uttarakhand, Nepal, Sikkim)
| Greater Magaric |
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(Tibet, Bhutan, Arunachal)
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| Sal |
| Burmo-Qiangic |
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(Arunachal)
| Greater Siangic |
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