The following languages are widely accepted as Central Naga languages: •
Ao language •
Chungli Ao •
Mongsen Ao •
Changki Ao •
Sangtam ('Thukumi') •
Yimkhiungrü ('Yachumi') •
Lotha (Lhota) There are also various undescribed Ao varieties including Yacham and Tengsa, which may turn out to be separate languages (see
Mongsen Ao). The following "Naga" languages spoken in and around
Leshi Township, Myanmar are classified as Ao languages ("Ao-Yimkhiungrü") by Saul (2005). •
Koki •
Makury •
Long Phuri •
Para Hsiu (2021) places Makury, Long Phuri, and Para into a Greater Central Naga branch, but excludes
Koki (Kokak). • Greater Central Naga •
Makury •
Long Phuri •
Para (Jejara) • Central Naga •
Lotha •
Sangtam •
Yimchungrü •
Ao Bruhn (2014:370) also surmises that
Makury may be an Ao language. Bruhn (2014) uses the term
Central Naga to refer to all of the languages above, and uses the
Ao to refer to only two languages, namely Chungli Ao and Mongsen Ao. The internal structure of Bruhn's Central Naga group is as follows. ;Central Naga •
Lotha •
Sangtam •
Yimkhiungrü •
Ao •
Chungli Ao •
Mongsen Ao Coupe (2023) suggests that
Wui, a recently described divergent language of eastern Nagaland, is likely a divergent Aoic (i.e., Central Naga) language. ==Reconstruction==