Ao languages
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| Ethnicity: | Ao Naga |
| Geographic distribution: |
Nagaland, India |
| Linguistic classification: | Sino-Tibetan
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| Glottolog: | aoic1235[1] |
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The Ao languages are a small family of Sino-Tibetan languages spoken by the Ao people of north-central Nagaland in northeast India. Conventionally classified as "Naga", they are not clearly related to other Naga languages, and are conservatively classified as an independent branch of Sino-Tibetan, pending further research.
There are six known Ao languages:
- Chungli Ao
- Mongsen Ao
- Sangtam ('Thukumi')
- Yimchungrü ('Yachumi')
- Lotha (Lhota),
plus undescribed Ao 'dialects' (Yacham, Tengsa) which may turn out to be separate languages (see Mongsen Ao).
See also
References
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