Toto

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A language of India

ISO 639-3
txo
User Population

1,400 (2012 SIL).

Location

West Bengal state: Jalpaiguri district, Dhunchipara, Panchayatpara, and Subhapara areas, Totopara village on Indo-Bhutan border.

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Language Status

6b* (Threatened).

Classification
Sino-Tibetan, Tibeto-Burman, Sal, Dhimalish
Dialects

None known. Not inherently intelligible of Dhimal [dhi] of Nepal. Lexical similarity: low with Dhimal [dhi].

Typology

SOV; postpositions; genitives, demonstratives, relatives before noun heads; nontonal.

Language Use

Also use Bengali [ben]. Also use Hindi [hin]. Also use Nepali [npi].

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Toto
Writing

Bengali (Bangla) script [Beng]. Toto script [Toto].

Other Comments

Traditional religion, Hindu.