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Ao languages

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Ethnicity:
  
Ao Naga

Linguistic classification:
  
Sino-Tibetan Ao

Geographic distribution:
  
Nagaland, India

Glottolog:
  
aoic1235

Ao languages

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).

    References

    Ao languages Wikipedia
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