Ponyo language
| Ponyo | |
|---|---|
| Ponyo-Gongwang | |
| Native to | Burma |
Native speakers | 4,500 (2008)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 |
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| 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 intelligebility between the two.
Ponyo and Htangan are close to Khiamniungan.
Alternate names include Gongvan, Gongwang, Gongwang Naga, Manauk, Mannok, Ponyo, Ponyo Naga, Pounyu, Saplow, Solo, Tsawlaw (Ethnologue).
References
- ↑ Ponyo at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
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