Naga, Lotha

NJH

developing

Alternate Names: Chizima, Choimi, Hlota, Kyong, Lhota, Lotha, Lutha, Miklai, Tsindir, Tsontsii

Dialects: Kyo, Kyon, Kyong, Kyou, Live, Ndreng, Tsontsu.

Genealogy:

Sino-Tibetan
Tibeto-Burman
Sal
Kuki-Chin-Naga
Ao

Demographics: 170,000 (2001 census).

Language Use: Also use Naga Pidgin [nag]. Used as L2 by Sumi Naga [nsm].

Language Development: Literacy rate in L1: High. Taught in primary schools. Dictionary. Grammar. Bible: 1967–2000.

Writing System: Latin

Nation of Origin: India

Other Comments: A Scheduled Tribe. Christian.