| Ponyo | |
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| Ponyo-Gongwang | |
| Native to | Burma |
Native speakers | 4,500 (2008)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | npg |
| Glottolog | None |
Ponyo, orPonyo-Gongwang after its two dialects, is aSino-Tibetan language spoken inBurma. Ponyo is spoken in 19 villages ofLahe Township,Naga Self-Administered Zone (formerly administered as part ofHkamti 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 toLeinong andKhiamniungan, 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).
Ethnologue lists two main dialects.
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| WesternHimalayas (Himachal, Uttarakhand,Nepal,Sikkim) |
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| EasternHimalayas (Tibet,Bhutan,Arunachal) | |||||
| Myanmar and Indo- Burmese border |
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| East andSoutheast Asia |
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| Dubious (possible isolates) (Arunachal) |
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