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{{Infobox language
| name = Lotha
| nativename =
| states = [[India]]
| region = [[Wokha district]], [[Nagaland]]
| ethnicity = [[Lotha Naga]]
| speakers = 179,467
| date = 2001 census
| ref = <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011Census/Language_MTs.html|title=Statement 1: Abstract of speakers' strength of languages and mother tongues - 2011|publisher=Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India|website=www.censusindia.gov.in|access-date=2018-07-07}}</ref>
| familycolor = Sino-Tibetan
| iso3 = njh
| glotto = loth1237
| glottorefname = Lotha Naga
}}
The '''Lotha language''' is a [[Sino-Tibetan languages|Sino-Tibetan]] language spoken by approximately 180,000 people in [[Wokha district]] of west-central [[Nagaland]], India. It is centered in the small district of Wokha (capital Wokha). This district has more than 114 villages such as Pangti, Maraju (Merapani), [[Englan]], Baghty (Pakti) and others, where the language is widely spoken and studied.

== Names ==
Alternate names include Chizima, Choimi, Hlota, Kyong, Lhota, Lotha, Lutha, Miklai, Tsindir, and Tsontsii (''Ethnologue'').

== Dialects ==
''[[Ethnologue]]'' lists the following dialects of Lotha.

*Live
*Tsontsu
*Ndreng
*Kyong
*Kyo
*Kyon
*Kyou
In the ''[[Linguistic Survey of India]]'', linguist George Abraham Grierson analyzed various branches of languages in India and categorized various Naga languages into three groups: Western Naga, Eastern Naga, and Central Naga.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CM7uC2W58wcC&pg=PA75|title=Naga Identity|last=Kumar|first=Braj Bihari|date=2005-01-01|publisher=Concept Publishing Company|isbn=978-81-8069-192-8|page=75}}</ref> Lotha falls into the Central Naga group, which also includes the languages [[Ao language|Ao]], [[Sangtam language|Sangtam]], and [[Yimchungrü language|Yimchungru]].<ref name=":0" />

== Orthography and literature ==
Lotha is written in the [[Latin script]], introduced by the British and American missionaries in the late 19th century. It is a medium of education up to the post-graduate level in the state of Nagaland. It is also the language in which the church sermons are preached. The [[Bible]] has been translated into the Lotha language, adding significantly to its vocabulary, which had an influence of [[Assamese language|Assamese]] and [[Hindi]].

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* [https://archive.org/details/rosettaproject_njh_gen-1 Translation of the beginning of the Book of Genesis in Lotha].
* [[Sino-Tibetan languages|Sino-Tibetan Languages]]
* [http://www.endangeredlanguages.com/lang/5659 Endangered Languages Project: Lotha Naga]

{{Sino-Tibetan languages}}
{{Kuki-Chin–Naga languages}}
{{Languages of Northeast India}}

[[Category:Ao languages]]
[[Category:Languages of Nagaland]]
[[Category:Endangered languages of India]]

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