User:Emartinez203/Langam language

The majority of Pondi speakers are ethnic Pondis. Due to the small community in which Pondi is spoken, the language has no known dialect. Yet, the most notable variation is based off of age as the older generations are more fluent. It is related both Ulwa and Mwaki. Pondi is endangered because of the growing use and popularity of the Tok Pisin language, which is used more by the younger generations of speakers. The language is predicted to not be spoken in the next one hundred years. The lexicon of the Pondi language has many words that they acquired from other languages, however, it is nearly impossible to know the origins of these words.

There are high, mid and low vowels in the language.

Langam is composed by 13 consonants and 6 vowels.

Phonology
Pondi contains three high vowels which are: /i/ (Front), /ï/ (Back), which is also denoted by /ɨ/, and /u/ (Central). The language has two mid vowels which are: /e/ (Front) and /o/ (Central). Finally, Pondi has only one low vowel, which is: /a/ (Back).