Lotha (Kyong Yi)

Lotha is a Sino-Tibetan language spoken by about 180,000 people in Nagaland in the northeast of India, particularly in the Wokha district in the west of Nagaland. It is thought to be a member of the Central Naga branch of the Kuki-China-Naga group of Sino-Tibetan language family.

Lotha is also known as Chizima, Choimi, Hlota, Kyong, Lhota, Lotha Naga, Lutha, Miklai, Tsindir or Tsontsii. Dialects include Live, Tsontsü, Ndreng, Kyong, Kyo, Kyon and Kyou. The people who speak Lotha are known as Lotha Nagas, and call themselves Kyong ("men") and their language Kyong Yi.

Ways to write Lotha with the Latin script were introduced by British and American missionaries at the end of the 19th century. The language is used in schools and churches, and there is a translation of the Bible in Lotha.

Lotha alphabet

Download an alphabet chart for Lotha (Excel)

Sample text

Jisu na ezocho, "ntena randanathüng heto phyoa randana: 'Apo: Ni ntho mying ji yikrachi-kyuchithoka; Ni ekhüngyan rothoka. Engakvü e etsoyu ji e pia.
Osi e mmen jiang e siyia, Ena hae thüngi worio jiang topvü siyiala.
Ojang ekhünguv e ti ndukthoka.' "

Source: https://gospelgo.com/a/naga_lotha_bible.htm#Luke

Translation

And he said unto them, When ye pray, say, Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, as in heaven, so in earth.
Give us day by day our daily bread.
And forgive us our sins; for we also forgive every one that is indebted to us. And lead us not into temptation; but deliver us from evil.
The Lord's Prayer - Luke 11: 2-4

Source: https://www.bible.com/bible/1/LUK.11.KJV

Sample videos in and about Lotha

Information about Lotha | Numbers | Tower of Babel

Links

Information about Lotha
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lotha_language
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lotha
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lotha_Naga
https://archive.org/details/dli.language.2547/page/n5/mode/2up

Kuki-Chin-Naga languages

Anāl, Bawm, Biete, Chiru, Daai, Falam, Hakha, Karbi, Kom, Liangmai, Lotha, Mara, Mizo, Mongsen Ao, Paite, Ralte, Rongmei, Tedim, Thadou, Zeme, Zotung, Zou, Zyphe

Languages written with the Latin alphabet

Page created: 06.06.26. Last modified: 06.06.26

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