Para language

Para or Para Naga, is an unclassified Naga language of India and Burma. It is not close to other Naga languages which it has been compared to, though Para Naga, Long Phuri Naga, and Makuri Naga may be closest to each other, with Para the most distinct. Barkman notes that Para Naga could possibly be an Ao or Tangkhulic language. Saul classifies Para Naga as an Ao language. Hsiu classifies Para as a sister of the Central Naga languages.
Para is spoken in 7 villages of Leshi Township, Hkamti District, Sagaing Region, Myanmar.
The Para Naga varieties share 83%–93% lexical similarity. Para is 23%–25% lexically similar to Long Phuri Naga and 17%–19% to Makuri Naga.