Ao Naga
Ao Naga is a Sino-Tibetan language spoken in India, by about 261 thousand people. Glottolog rates it threatened.
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Ao is a dialect cluster of Naga languages spoken by the Ao Naga in Nagaland of northeast India, whose three varieties are mutually unintelligible or nearly so. Chungli Ao is written in Latin script.
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Written down
Meimchir ajak temeten aser tashi kasa nüji nung asor. Parnok dak bilemtettsü shisatsü aser tangatetba kasa agüja aliba jagi külem adianu rongnung tanela ka nung lungjema alitsüla.
Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR in Unicode).
Words in Ao Naga
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| woman | ánítì | |
| name | tenüng | |
| nose | teni | |
| tooth | tepu | |
| tongue | temeli | |
| hand | teka | |
| head | tekolak | |
| blood | azü | |
| skin | teküp | |
| knee | temokok | |
| liver | temesen | |
| water | tzü | |
| sun | anü | |
| moon | ita | |
| sky | anüng | |
| rain | tzünglu | |
| snow | rürjeb | |
| wind | mopung | |
| river | ayong | |
| sea | tzüyim | |
| night | aonung | |
| fish | ango | |
| horse | kor | |
| snake | per | |
| louse | atsük | |
| what | kechi | |
| eat | achi | |
| drink | ajem | |
| die | asü | |
| sleep | ayip |
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- Tedim ChinSino-Tibetan26% alike
- LamkangSino-Tibetan26% alike
- SimteSino-Tibetan25% alike
Grammar
- Khumi ChinSino-Tibetan86% alike
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- KalamangWest Bomberai84% alike
- Western MuyaSino-Tibetan83% alike
- ZakhringSino-Tibetan83% alike
- SherdukpenSino-Tibetan83% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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Elsewhere
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