Yaren Lotha

 

Harshen Lotha yare ne na Sino-Tibetan wanda kusan mutane 180,000 ke magana a Gundumar Wokha ta yammacin tsakiyar Nagaland, Indiya. Tana tsakiyar karamin gundumar Wokha (babban birnin Wokha). Wannan gundumar tana da ƙauyuka sama da 114 kamar Pangti, Maraju (Merapani), Englan, Baghty (Pakti) da sauransu, inda ake magana da yaren a ko'ina kuma ana nazarin shi.

Sunayen

Sauran sunayen sun hada da Chizima, Choimi, Hlota, Kyong, Lhota, Lotha, Lutha, Miklai, Tsindir, da Tsontsii (Ethnologue).

Harsuna

Ethnologue ya lissafa wadannan yarukan Lotha.

• Rayuwa
• Tsontsü
• Ndreng
• Kyong
• Kyo
• Kyon
• Kyou

cikin Binciken Harshe na Indiya, masanin harshe George Abraham Grierson ya bincika rassa daban-daban na harsuna a Indiya kuma ya rarraba harsunan Naga daban-daban zuwa kungiyoyi uku: Yammacin Naga, Gabashin Naga, da Tsakiyar Naga. Lotha ya fada cikin ƙungiyar Naga ta Tsakiya, wanda ya haɗa da yarukan Ao, Sangtam, da Yimkhiungrü .

Fasahar sauti

Sautin da aka yi amfani da shi

		Labari	Dental / Alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Gishiri
Plosive	ba tare da murya ba	p	t		k	ʔ
	da ake nema	pʰ	tʰ		kʰ
Rashin lafiya	ba tare da murya ba	p͡f	t͡s	t͡ʃ
	Vd./an yi burin	p͡v	t͡sʰ	t͡ʃʰ
Fricative	ba tare da murya ba	f	s	ʃ		h
	murya	v	z	ʒ
Hanci	murya	m	n	ɲ	ŋ
	da ake nema	mʰ	nʰ	ɲʰ	ŋʰ
Hanyar gefen	murya		l
	da ake nema		lʰ
Trill	murya		r
	da ake nema		rʰ
Kusanci	murya	w		j
	da ake nema			jʰ

• /v/ lokacin da /o/ ya biyo baya ana iya jin sa a matsayin [w] a cikin bambancin kyauta.
• Maganar trills /r, rh/ na iya bambanta a matsayin approximants [ɹ, ɹh] ko retroflex fricative [ə] tsakanin masu magana.
• /j/ kawai yana faruwa ne kamar yadda ake son sauti kamar /jh/ tsakanin sauran yaruka.
• Ana iya jin kalmomin /p, k/ a matsayin waɗanda ba a sake su ba a cikin matsayi na ƙarshe.

Sautin sautin

	A gaba	Tsakiya	Komawa
Kusa	i		u
Tsakanin	da kuma	ə	o
Bude		a

• Lokacin da /u/ ya bi ma'anar leɓuna ko /k, kh/, ana amfani da ma'anar kuma /u/ ana gane shi azaman ba a zagaye ba [ɯ]. Sakamakon shine daga /ku, khu, pu, phu/ zuwa [kvɯ, kfɯ, pvɯ, pfɯ].
• /i/ na iya zama tsakiya da ƙasa kamar [ɨ, ə] a cikin sautunan buɗewa yayin bin sautunan sibilant (/ʃi/ ~ [ʃɨ~ʃə]).
• /ə/ na iya kasancewa a cikin furcin zuwa sauti na baya [ɯ].
• /i, u/ kuma ana iya jin taƙaitawa kamar [ɪ, ʊ] a cikin syllable na farko.

Orthography da wallafe-wallafen

An rubuta Lotha a cikin Rubutun Latin, wanda mishaneri na Burtaniya da Amurka suka gabatar a ƙarshen karni na 19. Matsakaici ne na ilimi har zuwa matakin digiri na biyu a jihar Nagaland. Har ila yau, yaren da ake wa'azin wa'aikatar coci. An fassara Littafi Mai-Tsarki zuwa yaren Lotha, yana ƙarawa sosai ga ƙamus, wanda ke da tasirin Assamese da Hindi.

Haɗin waje

• Fassarar farkon Littafin Farawa a Lotha .
• Harsunan Sin da Tibet
• Shirin Harsunan da ke cikin Hadari: Lotha Naga