Ponyo language

Ponyo
Ponyo-Gongwang
Native to	Burma
Native speakers	4,500 (2008)
Language family	Sino-Tibetan Brahmaputran Konyak Konyak–Chang? (close to Htangan) Ponyo
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.

Ponyo and Htang Ngan (Leinong) are close to Khiamniungan.

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)