Ao languages
The Ao - Naga languages form a sub- unit of the Kuki - Chin- Naga languages belonging to the Tibeto-Burman languages , a primary branch of the Sino Tibetan. The ten Ao - Naga languages are spoken by 300,000 people in northeast India in the state of Nagaland. The largest single language is Lotha ( Chizima ) with 80,000 speakers.
Ao - Naga within the Sino Tibetan
- Sino-Tibetan Tibetobirmanisch Kuki - Chin- Naga Mizo - Kuki -Chin
- Ao - Naga
- Angami Naga - Pochuri -
- Zeme - Naga
- Tangkhul - Naga
- Meithei ( Manipuri )
- Karbi ( Mikir )
Internal classification and numbers of speakers
- Ao - Naga Ao - Tengsa Chungli Ao, Ao - Mongsen, Changki, Longla, Yacham Tengsa ( together 140 thousand)
- Sangtam ( Lophomi, Thukumi ) (40 thousand) Dialects: Thukumi, Kizare, Pirr, Phelongre, Photsimi, Purr
- Yimchungrü ( Yachumi ) (40 thousand) Dialects: Yimchungrü, Tikhir, Wai, chirr, Minir
- Lotha ( Chizima ) (80 thousand) Dialects: Live, Tsontsu, Ndreng, Kyong
Classification and numbers of speakers according to the specified web link.