11. Pengo Language
1, 254 speakers
We are continuing our list of critically endangered languages in India with the language that belongs to the family of South-Central Dravidian languages, and the speakers are predominantly located in the state of Odisha, which belongs to India’s eastern coast. It is also called Hengo or Pengu, and the people who speak it are mostly of Hindu religion. There were several attempts to preserve the language through dictionaries, but unfortunately, the speakers are, as in other cases, quite old and there is a devastating possibility that the language will become extinct once they are no longer alive.
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