Sopvoma language

Mao
	Sopvoma
Native to	India
Region	Nagaland, Manipur
Ethnicity	Mao Naga, Poumai Naga
Native speakers	240,205 (2011 census)[1]
Language family	Sino-Tibetan Angami–Pochuri Mao; ;
Dialects	Paomata;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	Either:; nbi – Mao; pmx – Poumai
Glottolog	naga1397[2]

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

"Statement 1: Abstract of speakers' strength of languages and mother tongues - 2011". www.censusindia.gov.in. Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 7 July 2018.
Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Naga Maoic". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.

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[1] "Statement 1: Abstract of speakers' strength of languages and mother tongues - 2011". www.censusindia.gov.in. Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 7 July 2018.

[Glottolog-2] Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Naga Maoic". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.