| Pongu | |
| Also Known As: | Rin |
| Nativename: | Tə-rĩ |
| States: | Nigeria |
| Region: | Niger State |
| Speakers: | 30,000 |
| Date: | 2003 |
| Ref: | e18 |
| Familycolor: | Niger-Congo |
| Fam2: | Atlantic–Congo |
| Fam3: | Benue–Congo |
| Fam4: | Kainji |
| Fam5: | Shiroro |
| Fam6: | Gurmana–Rin |
| Iso3: | png |
| Glotto: | pong1250 |
| Glottorefname: | Pongu |
| Dia1: | Rin |
| Dia2: | Wəgə |
| 5: | Pongu (Rin) |
Pongu (Pangu), or Rin, is a Kainji language spoken in Nigeria. There are about 20,000 speakers. Their main centre is in Pangu Gari town of Niger State, about 20 kilometres southeast of Tegina.
There are 8 Rin clans. They speak slightly different but mutually comprehensible dialects.[1]
The Awәgә may have been a different ethnic group that was assimilated into the Rin group. Awәgә was a distinct language related to Rin, and used to be spoken in some villages to the east of Zungeru. However, today it is nearly extinct. Blench (2012) was able to record a semi-speaker in Dikko village, near Luwa town, Rafi LGA. Two fluent speakers were reported in Gidan Gambo, near Pongu Gari.[1]