In Lotha as said earlier a syllable may consist of one nucless with a juxtaposition of a tone preceded and followed by one or more consonants. In Lotha, monosyllabic words form the basis for the syllanbic division. In disyllabic words of the pattern VCV the syllabic division would be always V and CV. For example : mì -mì ‘fire’. The reason for such a division would be supported from the monosyllabic words. In Lotha, monosyllabic words will have the pattern of V and CV or CCV and not CVC type. Out of these types vast majority of words are of CCVC type. If CCVC is followed by VC again, syllable division would be CCV-CVC. For example : pyáp^hn-’kite’ here syllable division occurs as pyà-p^hn.

Open syllable will have a structure of + consonant (s) + vowel and tone. Initial consonant can be a single consonant or a consonant cluster. All consonants can occur in the initial position. Consonant clusters like py, p^hy-, ty-, t^hy-, k^hy-, nt-, nth-, nc^h-, ns--, nm^h-, nl-, sáy-, occur in the initial position.

A closed syllable may have a structure of + vowel + consonant + vowel and tone + consonant.

In the initial position any vowel can occur except and all consonants can occur in the initial position. p, ph, t, t^h, k, k^h, pv, ts, ts^h, c, c^h, f, v, s, z, sá, m, m^h, n, , l, r, r^h, w, y can occur as the second member of the consonant and consonants like p, k, s, h, m, n, , l, r, y occur in the final position.

Syllabic classification of words in Lotha is as follows :

1. Monosyllabic 2. Disyllabic 3. Trisyllabic 4. polysyllabic.

Among the above types disyllabic words have more frequency of occurrence than other types. Trisyllabic, Monosyllabic and polysyllabic types come in the order according to their frequency