▁‘ language ▁of ▁the ▁gods ’ . The ▁people ▁called ▁it ▁" char al ad " ▁which ▁is ▁made ▁up ▁of ▁two ▁words ▁" ch ara " ▁means ▁god ▁and ▁" lad " ▁means ▁language . ▁The ▁pag ans ▁from ▁R ong me i ▁tribe ▁are ▁known ▁to ▁be ▁still ▁using ▁" li ang lad " ▁or ▁" char al ad " ▁while ▁performing ▁rit uals ( R ong me i ▁called ▁it ▁" rah ▁lad " ▁" rah " ▁in ▁R ong me i ▁means ▁god ▁and ▁" lad " ▁language ). ▁Before ▁the ▁advent ▁of ▁Christian ity , ▁the ▁people ▁pract iced ▁pag an ism . ▁Thus ▁according ▁to ▁their ▁belief , ▁nature ▁like ▁mountains , ▁c aves , ▁rivers , ▁trees , ▁etc . ▁were ▁ruled ▁or ▁govern ed ▁by ▁gods . ▁And ▁it ▁is ▁these ▁gods ▁that ▁speak ▁Li ang lad . ▁ ▁Li ang lad ▁spoken ▁in ▁Nag aland ▁and ▁Man ip ur ▁differ ▁from ▁each ▁other ▁in ▁the ▁acc ent . ▁Even ▁within ▁Nag aland ▁and ▁Man ip ur , ▁the ▁acc ent ▁changes ▁with ▁regions . ▁For ▁example , ▁in ▁Man ip ur , ▁the ▁northern ers ▁have ▁a ▁gent ler ▁acc ent ▁than ▁those ▁of ▁the ▁southern ers . ▁ ▁In ▁ 2 0 0 2 , ▁Li ang lad ▁was ▁listed ▁as ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁end anger ed ▁dialect s . ▁But ▁today , ▁with ▁the ▁increasing ▁number ▁of ▁Li ang mai ▁population , ▁its ▁speak ers ▁are ▁increasing , ▁and ▁it ▁is ▁one