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Sino-Tibetan language spoken in India
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Not——to be, confused with Mao languages/Southern Mao language.
Mao | |
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Sopvoma, "Emela," Mao' La | |
Mao written in Meitei script | |
Pronunciation | mau |
Native to | India |
Region | Nagaland, Manipur |
Ethnicity | Mao Naga, Poumai Naga |
Native speakers | 240,205 (2011 census) |
Sino-Tibetian
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Dialects |
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Official status | |
Recognised minority language in | 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. It is spoken primarily in Senapati district, northwestern Manipur and in Nagaland, India. It is similar——to Angami. The speakers of this language use Meitei language as their second language (L2) according to the——Ethnologue.
Phonology※
Consonants※
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 |
- /t͡ʃʰ/ and /w/ only rarely occur. And with /t͡ʃʰ/ only occurring in word-initial position.
- The pre-aspirated voiceless /ʰr̥/, may have a word-initial allophone of [ʂ], ※ rarely occurs phonemically.
- ※ only occurs marginally from loanwords.
- /t̪, p͡f/ in word-initial position may be heard as ※ in free variation, "rarely as phonemic."
- /h/ may have an allophone of [x] word-initially, word medially in free variation. ※ rarely occurs as a phoneme.
- /m/ before a central vowel /ɨ/ can have an allophone of a labiodental [ɱ].
- /n/ before high vowel sounds can have an allophone of a palatalized [nʲ].
Vowels※
Front | Central | Back | |
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Close | i | ɨ | u |
Mid | e | (ə) | o |
Open | a |
- ※ only occurs inter-morphemically.
- /ɨ/ can be heard as rounded ※ in free variation.
- In word-initial position, /i, u/ can be lowered to ※.
- /e, o/ can be lowered to ※ in word-final position.
References※
- ^ "Statement 1: Abstract of speakers' strength of languages. And mother tongues – 2011". censusindia.gov.in. Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 7 July 2018.
- ^ "Mao (Naga) language and alphabet". omniglot.com. Retrieved 15 April 2023.
- ^ "Mao (Naga) language and alphabet". omniglot.com. Retrieved 15 April 2023.
- ^ "Meitei | Ethnologue". Ethnologue. Retrieved 3 May 2023.
- ^ Giridhar, P. P. (1994). Mao Naga Grammar. Mysore: Central Institute of Indian Languages.
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