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Preferred term

njhLotha Naga  

Type

  • Language

Definition

  • The Lotha (Lhota) language is spoken by approximately 80,000 people in the northeastern Indian state of Nagaland. It is centered in the small district of Wokha (capital Wokha). This district has many villages such as Merapani, Englan, Pakti and others, where the language is widely spoken and studied. It belongs to the Tibeto-Burman branch of the Sino-Tibetan family of languages, which are primarily concentrated in that region. The language resembles its northern neighbor Ao, as well as the Meitei language spoken in the state of Manipur.

Entry terms

  • Lotha language
  • Naga, Lotha

ISO 639-3 code

  • njh

Notation

  • njh

In other languages

  • Lotha

    French

URI

http://lexvo.org/id/iso639-3/njh

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