Zeme language

Zeme
Zeliang
Region Assam, Manipur, Nagaland, Tripura
Ethnicity Zeliangrong (Zeme Naga, Liangmai Naga, Rongmei Naga)
Native speakers
130,000  (2001 census)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3 Variously:
nzm  Zeme
nbu  Rongmai
njn  Liangmai (Kwoireng)
nkd  Kwoireng (Koireng)
Glottolog zeme1240  (Zeme Naga)[2]
rong1266  (Rongmei Naga)[3]
koir1240  (Koireng)[4]
lian1251  (Liangmai Naga)[5]

Zeme is a Sino-Tibetan language spoken in northeastern India. It is part of a dialect continuum that includes Rongmei and Liangmei.

References

  1. Zeme at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
    Rongmai at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
    Liangmai (Kwoireng) at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
    Kwoireng (Koireng) at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Zeme Naga". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
  3. Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Rongmei Naga". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
  4. Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Koireng". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
  5. Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Liangmai Naga". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.