Mao | |
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Sopvoma, Emela, Mao' La | |
Pronunciation | mau |
Native to | India |
Region | Nagaland, Manipur |
Ethnicity | Mao Naga, Poumai Naga |
Native speakers | 240,205 (2011 census)[1] |
Sino-Tibetian
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Dialects |
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Official status | |
Recognised minority | India |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | Either:nbi – Maopmx – Poumai |
Glottolog | naga1397 |
ELP | Mao Naga |
Mao, also known as Sopvoma, is a Sino-Tibetan language of the Angami–Pochuri linguistic sub-branch.[2] It is spoken primarily in Senapati district, northwestern Manipur and in Nagaland, India. It is similar to Angami.[3] The speakers of this language use Meitei language as their second language (L2) according to the Ethnologue.[4]
Labial | Dental | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||
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Plosive | voiceless | p | t̪ | t | k | ||
aspirated | pʰ | (t̪ʰ) | tʰ | kʰ | |||
voiced | b | d̪ | (ɡ) | ||||
Affricate | voiceless | p͡f | t͡s | t͡ʃ | |||
aspirated | (p͡fʰ) | t͡ʃʰ | |||||
voiced | b͡v | d͡z | d͡ʒ | ||||
Fricative | voiceless | f | s | ʃ | h | ||
voiced | v | z | ʒ | ||||
Nasal | m | n | ŋ | ||||
Trill | voiced | r | |||||
voiceless | ʰr̥ | ||||||
Lateral | l | ||||||
Approximant | (w) | j |
Front | Central | Back | |
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Close | i | ɨ | u |
Mid | e | (ə) | o |
Open | a |
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Western Himalayas (Himachal, Uttarakhand, Nepal, Sikkim) |
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Eastern Himalayas (Tibet, Bhutan, Arunachal) |
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Myanmar and Indo-Burmese border |
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East and Southeast Asia |
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Dubious (possible isolates) (Arunachal) |
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Proto-languages |
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Kuki-Chin |
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Naga |
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Arunachal Pradesh |
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Assam |
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Manipur |
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Meghalaya |
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Mizoram |
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Nagaland |
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Sikkim |
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Tripura |
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