Shö, orAsho, is aKuki-Chin language of Myanmar, with a few thousand speakers in Bangladesh.

A written script was developed by Rev. Lyman Stilson in 1842.^[2]

Asho is spoken inAyeyarwady Region,Bago Region, andMagway Region, andRakhine State, Myanmar. VanBik (2009:38)^[3] lists the following Asho dialects.

• Settu (spoken fromSittwe toThandwe — mostly Sittwe toAnn)
• Laitu (spoken inMrauk-U, Minbya, Myepon and Ann townships, Rakhine state)
• Awttu (spoken inMindon Township)
• Kowntu (spoken inNgaphe,Minhla,Minbu)
• Kaitu (spoken inPegu,Mandalay,Magway)
• Lauku (spoken in Myepone,Kyauk Phyu,Ann)

Asho (K'Chò) has 26 to 30 consonants and ten to eleven vowels depending on the dialect.

• Voiced plosives /b d ɡ z/ are only heard in the Plains dialect.
• In the Plains dialect, dental plosives /t̪ t̪ʰ/ are pronounced as alveolar [t tʰ], along with /d/ being only alveolar.
• Velar plosives /k kʰ/ may be palatalized as affricates [tʃ tʃʰ] before front vowels.
• In some dialects a voiceless[j̊] is heard in place of /ʃ/.
• /j/ may also be heard as a fricative[ʒ] in free variation among dialects.

Diphthongs:ei,ai,au

• Sounds /ʏ ʉ/ only occur in the Hill dialect. In the Plains dialect, /ʊ u/ is heard in place of /ʏ ʉ/.
• A shortened [ə̆] is heard in unstressed syllables.
• /ɤ/ can sometimes be heard as more central[ɘ].
• A prevelarized /ˠi/ occurs in the Plains dialect.

Similar to other Kukish languages, many Asho verbs have two distinct stems. This stem alternation is a Proto-Kukish feature, which has been retained to different degrees in different Kukish languages.^[5]

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