Barkman (2014) notes that Para Naga could possibly be an Ao or Tangkhulic language.
Saul (2005) classifies Para Naga as an Ao language.
Hsiu (2021) classifies Para as a sister of the Central Naga (Ao) languages.
[2] Para is spoken in 7 villages of Leshi Township, Hkamti District, Sagaing Region, Myanmar.
The Para Naga varieties share 83%–93% lexical similarity.