Local Names : Nagaland
Ao and Sema Names Ao Ø Asian Elephant: Shoti Ø Asiatic Black Bear: Sheom (U)/ Shirem (L) Ø Assamese Macaque: Shoje Ø Chinese Pangolin: Kelap Ø Himalayan Brown Goral: Shok Ø Himalayan Rat: Chuha Ø Himalayan Striped Squirrel:Shekshang Ø Hoolock Gibbon: Shin ü Each language is like a code that describes knowledge about medicinal secrets, ecological wisdom, weather and climate patterns, spiritual attitudes, and artistic and mythological histories. The Tulu language, for example, spoken by a little more than a million people preserves epic poems of the 13th century....