Chothe (''Chawte, Kyao'') is a

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language of

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subgroup of northeastern India. It may be intelligible with

Aimol The Aimol people are an ethnic group living mainly in Manipur and in parts of Mizoram, Tripura,Nagaland Nagaland () is a landlocked state in the northeastern region of India. It is bordered by the Indian states of Arunachal Pradesh to the no ...

Geographical distribution

Chothe is spoken in the following locations (''

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''). The "purest" Chothe is reported to be spoken in Purum Khullen (''Ethnologue''). *Southeastern

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Chandel district Chandel district ( Meitei pronunciation:/ˌtʃænˈdɛl/) is one of the 16 districts of Manipur state in northeastern India. As of 2011 it was the second least populous district in the state, after Tamenglong. In December 2016, a part of the ...

(in 15 villages) **

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(in Lamlang Hupi village) *

Nagaland Nagaland () is a landlocked state in the northeastern region of India. It is bordered by the Indian states of Arunachal Pradesh to the north, Assam to the west, Manipur to the south and the Sagaing Region of Myanmar to the east. Its capital cit ...

(near the Myanmar border)

References

Southern Naga languages Languages of Manipur Languages of Nagaland {{St-lang-stub