Mongsen Ao is a member of the Ao languages, a branch of the Sino-Tibetan languages, predominantly spoken in central Mokokchung district of Nagaland, northeast India.
[2] A chapter in the anthropological monograph of Mills (1926) provides a grammatical sketch of the variety of Mongsen Ao spoken in Longjang village.
Coupe (2003) is one of the few acoustic studies published on a Kuki-Chin-Naga language (only three exist).
A, B, C, E, I, J, K, L, M, N, Ng, O, P, R, S, T, U, Y, Z, Ü This section describes the sound system of Mongsen Ao as spoken in Mangmetong village and is based on Coupe (2007).
Adjectives, numerals and demonstratives follow the nouns they modify, whilst relative clauses may be either externally or internally headed.