Naga, Nocte
A language of India
| Population | 35,000 (2001). |
| Region | Southeast Arunachal Pradesh, Tirap District, Khonsa, Namsang, Laju circles; Changlang District; Assam, Lakhimpur District, Jaipur; North Nagaland, Mon District, Namsang. |
| Alternate names | Borduria, Jaipuria, Mohongia, Namsangia, Nocte, Nokte, Paniduria |
| Dialects | Khapa, Laju, Ponthai (Lamlak). Similar to Tase Naga [nst]. Ponthai may be an ethnic group, not a dialect. 50% intelligible with Wancho Naga [nnp]. |
| Classification | Sino-Tibetan, Tibeto-Burman, Jingpho-Konyak-Bodo, Konyak-Bodo-Garo, Konyak |
| Language use | Home, village, religion. All ages. Also use Assamese [asm], Hindi, or English. |
| Language development | Literacy rate in L2: 47%. Radio programs. |
| Comments | A Scheduled Tribe. Tutsa, Wancho, Laju, Lamlak considered ethnic subgroups of Nocte although Tutsa consider themselves not related to Nocte. SOV; postpositions; genitives before noun heads; articles, adjectives, numerals after noun heads; affixes indicate case of noun phrase; causatives; comparatives; CV, CVC, CVV, CVVC, V; tonal, at least 3 tones. Agriculturalists: millet, paddy, yams. Christian, traditional religion, Hindu, syncretism. |
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