Chothe language

Chothe (Chothe Naga, Chawte, Kyao) is a Kuki-Chin language of India. It may be intelligible with Aimol.[1]

Chothe
Chothe Naga
Native toIndia
RegionManipur, Nagaland
EthnicityChothe
Native speakers
3,600 (2001)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3nct
Glottologchot1239

Geographical distribution

Chothe is spoken in the following locations (Ethnologue). The "purest" Chothe is reported to be spoken in Purum Khullen (Ethnologue).

References

  1. Chothe at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. DeLancey, Scott; Krishna Boro; Linda Konnerth1; Amos Teo. 2015. Tibeto-Burman Languages of the Indo-Myanmar borderland. 31st South Asian Languages Analysis Roundtable, 14 May 2015


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