Naga, Chothe
A language of India
| Population | 3,600 (2001). Ethnic population: 3,600. |
| Region | Southeast Manipur, Chandel District, 15 villages; Nagaland, near Myanmar border. |
| Alternate names | Chothe, Chowte, Chawte, Chote |
| Dialects | Most similar to Tarao Naga [tro]. Reported intelligibility with Aimol [aim]. Lexical similarity: less than 60% with any neighboring languages. |
| Classification | Sino-Tibetan, Tibeto-Burman, Kuki-Chin-Naga, Kuki-Chin, Northern |
| Language use | Purest Chothe spoken in Purum Khullen. Home, village, religion. Positive attitude. Also use Meitei [mni] or English. |
| Language development | Literacy rate in L2: 90% in Meitei (Bengali script). |
| Writing system | Bengali script. Latin script. |
| Comments | A Scheduled Tribe. Agriculturalists. Christian. |
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