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Parenga

A language of India

ISO 639-3: pcj

Population	6,700 (2006). Ethnic population: 12,646 (2001 census).
Region	Orissa, Koraput District; Andhra Pradesh.
Alternate names	Gorum, Gorum Sama, Pareng, Parenga Parja, Parengi, Parenji, Poroja
Classification	Austro-Asiatic, Munda, South Munda, Koraput Munda, Sora-Juray-Gorum, Gorum
Language use	Shifting to Adivasi Oriya [ort].
Language development	Literacy rate in L2: 17%.
Writing system	Telugu script.
Comments	A Scheduled Tribe. Erroneously called ‘Gadaba’.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

AZE, Richard, author. 1971. Parengi (Gorum) phonemic summary.

AZE, Richard, author. 1973. "Clause patterns in Parengi-Gorum."  

AZE, Richard; AZE, Trish, authors. 1973. "Parengi texts."  

TRAIL, Ronald L., editor. 1973. Patterns in clause, sentence, and discourse in selected languages of India and Nepal 1: Sentence and discourse.  

TRAIL, Ronald L., editor. 1973. Patterns in clause, sentence, and discourse in selected languages of India and Nepal 2: Clause.  

TRAIL, Ronald L., editor. 1973. Patterns in clause, sentence, and discourse in selected languages of India and Nepal 3: Texts.  

TRAIL, Ronald L., editor. 1973. Patterns in clause, sentence, and discourse in selected languages of India and Nepal 4: Word lists.