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Selected languages: | Ao |
UPSID number: | 2512 |
Alternate name(s): | N/A |
Classification: | Sino-Tibetan, Kuki-Naga |
The languages has | 20 segments |
Frequency index: | N/A |
Sounds: | [p] [t] [k] [ʔ] [ɮ̢] [s] [z] [cç] [l] [w] [j] [m] [n] [ŋ] [i] [u] [ɯ] [e] [o] [ä] |
Comments: | Ao is spoken in northestern Nagaland central, |
Sources: | Gowda, K.S.G. 1972. Ao-Naga Phonetic Reader. Central Gowda, K.S.G. 1975. Ao Grammar. Central Institute of |