Naga, Tutsa

TVT

vigorous

Alternate Names: Totcha, Tutsa

Dialects: None known. Reportedly similar to Nocte Naga , and Tase Naga ,.

Genealogy:

Sino-Tibetan
Tibeto-Burman
Sal
Bodo-Garo-Northern Naga
Northern Naga

Demographics: 25,000 (2001). 12,500 monolinguals.

Language Use: Home, village. All ages. Also use Assamese [asm], English [eng], Hindi [hin].

Language Development: Literacy rate in L2: 5%. Very few with higher education.

Typology: SOV; postpositions; genitives and articles before noun heads; adjectives and numerals after noun heads; maximum affixes 2; affixes indicate case of noun phrase; ergativity; CV, CVC, VC; may be tonal but it does not carry much functional load.

Nation of Origin: India

Other Comments: Consider themselves separate from Nocte , and Tase Naga ,. Traditional religion.