Lotha Naga in India

2. Status

Status

Official country wide language
Official regional language
Official minority language
Recognised community language
Unrecognised community language

National language

No

Indigenous language

Yes

Administrative units of the country

NER

3. State

Documentation: materials

Written

Digital

Yes

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Video

Extended corpora
Annotated corpora
Corpus/corpora
Materials/corpus
Some materials
No materials

Digital

Yes

Comments

https://archive.org/details/jesus-film-naga-lotha-language
https://archive.org/details/podcast_khushkhbrii-jiivn-ke-shbd-in_49lotha-baptist-church-song_1000426402846
https://archive.org/details/podcast_khushkhbrii-jiivn-ke-shbd-in_lotha-easter-day-special-gospe_1000426402845
https://archive.org/details/podcast_khushkhbrii-jiivn-ke-shbd-in_lotha-gospel-song-emhokthav-po_1000426444873
https://archive.org/search?query=lotha&and%5B%5D=mediatype%3A%22movies%22
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U9zkAHDNJrk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FChza0j5oFM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVc9pdlwbjQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OuqKVSyCPqw
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=lotha+language+ cultural+
http://www.inspirationalfilms.com/audio/the_story_of_jesus_ naga_lotha_84258.mp3.

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Audio

Extended corpora
Annotated corpora
Corpus/corpora
Materials/corpus
Some materials
No materials

Digital

Yes

Comments

https://globalrecordings.net/en/program/2750
https://globalrecordings.net/en/program/18330
https://api.globalrecordings.net/files/language/mp3/895.zip
https://api.globalrecordings.net/files/language/mp3-low/895.zip
https://globalrecordings.net/en/language/njh
https://www.languageshome.com/New/english-lotha/

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Documentation: descriptions

Elaborated dictionaries, grammars, statistical language models, etc.
Dictionaries and grammars
Dictionary and grammar
Glossary and descriptions
Few descriptions
No descriptions

Digital

Yes

Comments

1. Acharya, K. P. 1983. Lotha grammar. (CIIL Grammar series, 10.) Mysore: Central Institute of Indian Languages. 166pp. (Bibliography: p. [165]-166).
2. W. E. Witter. 1888. An outline grammar of the Lhōtā Nāgā Language. Calcutta: Superintendent of Government Printing. 157pp.
3. Acharya, K.P. 1983. Lotha grammar. Central Institute of Indian Languages, Grammar Series 10. Mysore, India: CIIL.
4. J. P. Mills. 1922. The Lhota Nagas. London: MacMillan. 344pp.
5. Gautam, Radhesyam Singh. 1970. Lotha Vyakaran. Kohima: Nagaland Bhasha Parishad. 95pp.
6. Murry, K. R. 2012. Kyong Yinsanlan (Kyong Grammar). Wokha: Kyong Academy.
7. Lotha, E. Nugli and Gautam, Radhesyama Simha. 1972. Lotha-Hindī Svayam śikśak [Lotha-Hindi self teacher]. Kohimā: Nāgālaiṇḍa Bhāshā Parishad.
8. {Department of Art and Culture Government of Nagaland}. 2020. Lotha Bilingual Dictionary. Tribal Research Institute, Nagaland. 283pp.
9. Braj Bihārī Kumār. 1971. Lotha Hindī Aṅgrejī kośa / Lotha Hindi English Dictionary. Kohimā: Nāgālaiṇḍa Bhāshā Parishad. 146pp.
https://glottolog.org/resource/languoid/id/loth1237
10. N Kithan Longshibeni, 2018. Water and culture among the Lotha Nagas, Department of Anthropology, North-Eastern Hill University.
11. ODYUO REMBEMO, 2018. folklore in the lives of a tribe a case study of lotha folklore, School of Social Science, Indira Gandhi National Open University IGNOU.
https://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/simple-search?location=%2F&query=lotha%5C+language&rpp=10&sort_by=score&order=desc
12. Anglo-Lotha Vocabulary by A. Patton; J. T. Yanthan; K R Murry 2018.
https://archive.org/search?query=lotha&and%5B%5D=mediatype%3A%22audio%22&and%5B%5D=mediatype%3A%22texts%22

Standardization

Modern standard language
Young standard language
Standardised language
Quasi-standard language
Semi-standardised language
Un-standardised language

Graphisation & script encoding

Standardised writing system with full script encoding
Conventionalised writing system with partial script encoding
Consistent writing system with no script encoding
Unsystematic writing system(s)
Limited written use
No written use

4. Users

Geographical distribution

Users live and dominate in all regions of the country
Users live in one [state/...] of the country
Users live in a cross-border region [state/...] of the country
Users live in separated [states/...] of the country
Users live dispersed across one [state/...] of the country
Users live scattered all over the country

Settlements

Rural
Urban

Administrative units of the country

NAGALAND

Size / Number of users

Number of users

179467

Source

census of India

Year

2011

Users within total population

Age distribution of users

Educational attainment

Occupational qualifications

Clerical support workers

Technicians and associate professionals

Professionals

Managers

Clerical support workers

Language competence

Literacy of users

More than 50% of users with literacy in the language

Source

https://www.census2011.co.in/data/village/357092-lotha-jharkhand.html

Digital use

5. Use

Socio-geographic dimension

Geographic scope

International
Supranational
Cross-border (states)
State-wide
Supra-regional cross-border
Supra-regional
Regional cross-border
Regional
Local

Source

https://langlex.com/cens/MTProfile.php?mtname=Lotha

Economic dimension

Functional use in administration

Language use in administration

International level
National level
Regional level
Local level
Auxiliary use
No use

Types of language use

signed / spoken use
written use
digital use

Ethnoculture

No use
Informal learning
Skills and knowledge
Performing arts
Social practices
Customary law
Traditional medicine
Knowledge and practices
Traditions and expressions

Formal Education

Early childhood education

Primary level

Lower secondary level

Higher secondary level

Tertiary level

Public healthcare

Information, communication and cultural production

Information services
Broadcasting
Video, film
Sound/music recording
Publishing activities
Language not used

Information services
Broadcasting
Video, film
Sound/music recording
Publishing activities
Language not used

Information services
Broadcasting
Video, film
Sound/music recording
Publishing activities
Language not used

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