Tutsa language

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Tutsa
Native to India
Ethnicity Tutsa Naga
Native speakers
25,000 (2001) [1]
Sino-Tibetan
Language codes
ISO 639-3 tvt
Glottolog tuts1235

Tutsa is a Sino-Tibetan language spoken in northeastern India. Tutsa is spoken in southern Changlang district and eastern Tirap district of Arunachal Pradesh, as well as Tinsukia district of Assam (Ethnologue). Half of speakers are monolingual.

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References

  1. Tutsa at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)