Mao (self-name memei , have it ) - people in East India , belongs to the group of Naga tribes. They live in the northern part of Manipur . Most profess Christianity .
The Mao language belongs to the branch of the Angami-Puri of the Tibetan-Burmese language family . Dialectal features vary greatly depending on the particular village. According to Ethnologue, the number of native speakers is about 81 thousand people [1] .