Chothe
Chothe is a Sino-Tibetan language spoken in India. Glottolog rates it shifting.
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Chothe (Chawte, Kyao) is a Kuki-Chin language, belonging to the Northwestern or "Old Kuki" subfamily.
It may be intelligible with Aimol.
The speakers of this language use Meitei language as their second language (L2) according to the Ethnologue.
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Words in Chothe
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | mi* | |
| name | 3miN* | |
| eye | m3ys3y* | |
| ear | nukuy* | |
| nose | natuN* | |
| tooth | ha* | |
| tongue | b3r3y* | |
| hand | T3Nban* | |
| blood | 3thi* | |
| bone | s3ru* | |
| skin | unkoy* | |
| knee | hokpu* | |
| breast | nuku* | |
| liver | 3s3ra* | |
| water | tuy* | |
| fire | saym3y* | |
| sun | ni* | |
| star | 3ysi* | |
| stone | 3ruN* | |
| mountain | muyron* | |
| tree | thiNlok* | |
| leaf | nukuy* | |
| night | TintiN* | |
| dog | uy* | |
| fish | tuyrik* | |
| louse | lik* | |
| one | 3kha* | |
| two | 3ni* | |
| I | k3y* | |
| you | n3N* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
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Vocabulary
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Grammar
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Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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Elsewhere
Glottolog · chot1239 · Wikipedia (English) · Ethnologue · nct