Nocte language

Nocte
Native to	India
Ethnicity	Nocte
Native speakers	33,000 (2001 census)^[1]
Language family	Sino-Tibetan Brahmaputran Konyak Tangsa–Nocte Nocte
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`njb`
Glottolog	`noct1238`^[2]

Nocte is a Naga language of northeastern India. Dialects are Khapa, Laju, and Ponthai (Lamlak), and alternate names include Borduria, Jaipuria, Mohongia, Namsangia, Nocte, Nokte, and Paniduria (Ethnologue).

Geographical distribution

According to Ethnologue, Nocte is spoken in the following locations.

Khonsa, Namsang, and Laju circles of Tirap district, southeastern Arunachal Pradesh
Changlang district, southeastern Arunachal Pradesh
Jaipur, Lakhimpur district, Assam
Namsang, Mon district, northern Nagaland

References

↑ Nocte at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Nocte Naga". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.

Sal (Brahmaputran) languages

Bodo–Koch

Bodo–Garo	Bodo Dimasa Tiwa Kokborok (Tripuri) Kachari Moran Garo Megam

Koch	Atong Koch Ruga Rabha

Deori	Deori

Konyak

Kachin–Luic

Dhimal

Dhimal
Toto

Unclassified

Chairel

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