Native to India Ethnicity Mao Naga, Poumai Naga Dialects Paomata | Region Nagaland, Manipur Native speakers 130,000 (1997) | |
Language family Sino-Tibetan
Angami–Pochuri
Angami
Mao | ||
Sopvoma or Mao is an Angami–Pochuri language spoken primarily in Senapati district, northwestern Manipur and in Nagaland, India. It is similar to Angami. According to Ethnologue (2009), the Paomata dialect may be the same as Poumei (Poumai) Naga, which has received a separate ISO code.
See Mao Naga#Language for further details.
References
Sopvoma language Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA