Sopvoma language

Mao
Sopvoma
Spoken in	India
Region	Nagaland
Ethnicity	Mao Naga, Poumai Naga
Native speakers	132,000  (1997)
Language family	Sino-Tibetan (Tibeto-Burman) Angami–Pochuri Angami Mao
Dialects	Paomata
Language codes
ISO 639-3	either: nbi – Mao pmx – Poumei (Paomata?)

Mao, or Sopvoma, is a Naga language of 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.