Mao language (India)

Mao, also known as Sopvoma, is a Sino-Tibetan language of the Angami–Pochuri linguistic sub-branch. It is spoken primarily in Senapati district, northwestern Manipur and in Nagaland, India. It is similar to Angami.

Phonology

/t͡ʃʰ/ and /w/ only rarely occur, and with /t͡ʃʰ/ only occurring in word-initial position.
The pre-aspirated voiceless /ʰr̥/, may have a word-initial allophone of, rarely occurs phonemically.
only occurs marginally from loanwords.
/t̪, p͡f/ in word-initial position may be heard as in free variation, rarely as phonemic.
/h/ may have an allophone of word-initially, word medially in free variation. rarely occurs as a phoneme.
/m/ before a central vowel /ɨ/ can have an allophone of a labiodental.
/n/ before high vowel sounds can have an allophone of a palatalized.