| Ponyo | |
| Nativename: | Ponyo-Gongwang |
| States: | Burma |
| Speakers: | 4,500 |
| Date: | 2008 |
| Ref: | e18 |
| Familycolor: | Sino-Tibetan |
| Fam2: | Brahmaputran |
| Fam3: | Konyak |
| Fam4: | Konyak–Chang? (close to Htangan) |
| Iso3: | npg |
| Glotto: | 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, both of which share 89% to 91% lexical similarity.[1]
Ponyo is closely related to Leinong and Khiamniungan, sharing 69%–75% lexical similarity with the former, and 67%–73% with the latter.[2]
Alternate names include Gongvan, Gongwang, Gongwang Naga, Manauk, Mannok, Ponyo, Ponyo Naga, Pounyu, Saplow, Solo, Tsawlaw (Ethnologue).
Ethnologue lists two main dialects.