Naga, Chothe

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A language of India

ISO 639-3
nct
Alternate Names
Chawte, Chote, Chothe, Chowte
User Population

3,590 (2011 census). Ethnic population: 3,600 (2011 census).

Location

Manipur state: Bishnupur district, Lamlang Hupi village; Chandel district, 15 villages; Nagaland state: near Myanmar border.

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Language Status

6a* (Vigorous).

Classification
Sino-Tibetan, Tibeto-Burman, Kuki-Chin, Northwestern
Dialects

None known. Reportedly most similar to Tarao Naga [tro]. Reported intelligibility of Aimol [aim]. Lexical similarity: less than 60% with any neighboring languages.

Language Use

Purest Chothe spoken in Purum Khullen. Home, village, religion. Positive attitudes. Also use English [eng]. Also use Meitei [mni].

Language Development

Literacy rate in L2: 90% in Meitei [mni] (Bengali script) (2000). Literature. NT: 2014.

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Naga, Chothe
Writing

Bengali (Bangla) script [Beng]. Latin script [Latn].

Other Comments

Christian.