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			The '''Zemeic''', '''Zeliangrong''' or '''Western Naga'''<ref name="Mortensen2003">Mortensen, David R. (2003). “[http://www.davidmortensen.org/papers/comparative_tangkhul.pdf Comparative Tangkhul] {{Webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180613085134/http://www.davidmortensen.org/papers/comparative_tangkhul.pdf \|date=2018-06-13 }}.” Unpublished Qualifying Paper, UC Berkeley.</ref> are a languages branch of [[Sino-Tibetan languages]] spoken mostly in Indian state of [[Nagaland]], [[Assam]] and [[Manipur]] in [[northeast India]]. It may have close relationship with other [[Naga languages]] pending further research. The corresponding ethnic group is the [[Zeliangrong]] people. There were 63,529 Zemeic-speaking people in Nagaland state of India in 2011.<ref>{{Cite web\|title=Census of India Website : Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India\|url=https://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/C-16.html\|access-date=2021-11-27\|website=www.censusindia.gov.in}}</ref>

	The '''Zemeic''', '''Zeme''', or '''Zeliangrong'''<ref name="Mortensen2003">Mortensen, David R. (2003). “[http://www.davidmortensen.org/papers/comparative_tangkhul.pdf Comparative Tangkhul].” Unpublished Qualifying Paper, UC Berkeley.</ref> languages are a branch of [[Sino-Tibetan languages]] spoken mostly in Indian state of [[Nagaland]], [[Assam]] and [[Manipur]] in [[northeast India]]. It may have close relationship with other [[Naga languages]] pending further research. The corresponding ethnic group is the [[Zeliangrong]] people. There were 63,529 Zeliang-speaking people in India in 2011.<ref>{{Cite web\|title=Census of India Website : Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India\|url=https://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/C-16.html\|access-date=2021-11-27\|website=www.censusindia.gov.in}}</ref>		''Ethnologue'' gives the name ''Western Naga'' for the Zemeic languages.

	''Ethnologue'' gives the name ''Western Naga'' for the ~~Zeme~~ languages.

	==Languages==		==Languages==
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	*[[Zeme language\|Zeme]]		*[[Zeme language\|Zeme]]
	*[[Liangmai language\|~~Liangmai~~]]		*[[Liangmai language\|Lianglad]]
	*[[Rongmei language ~~(Songbu dialect)~~\|~~Rongmei~~]]		*[[Rongmei language\|Ruanglat]]
	*[[Mzieme language\|Mzieme]] (Northern Zeme)		*[[Mzieme language\|Mzieme]] (Northern Zeme)
	*[[Inpui language\|Puiron]]		*[[Inpui language\|Puiron]]
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	{{Sino-Tibetan languages}}		{{Sino-Tibetan languages}}
	{{Kuki-Chin–Naga languages}}		{{Kuki-Chin–Naga languages}}
	{{Languages of Northeast India}}		{{Languages of Northeast India}}

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	[[Category:Zeme languages\|*]]		[[Category:Zeme languages\|*]]
	[[Category:Languages of India]]		[[Category:Languages of India]]


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{{Short description|Sino-Tibetan language spoken in India}}
{{Infobox language family
|name=Zemeic
|altname=Zeliangrong<br>Western Naga
|region=[[India]]
|familycolor=Sino-Tibetan
|fam2=[[Kuki-Chin-Naga languages|Kuki-Chin-Naga]]?
|glotto=zeme1241
|glottorefname=Zemeic
}}

The '''Zemeic''', '''Zeme''', or '''Zeliangrong'''<ref name="Mortensen2003">Mortensen, David R. (2003). “[http://www.davidmortensen.org/papers/comparative_tangkhul.pdf Comparative Tangkhul].” Unpublished Qualifying Paper, UC Berkeley.</ref> languages are a branch of [[Sino-Tibetan languages]] spoken mostly in Indian state of [[Nagaland]], [[Assam]] and [[Manipur]] in [[northeast India]]. It may have close relationship with other [[Naga languages]] pending further research. The corresponding ethnic group is the [[Zeliangrong]] people. There were 63,529 Zeliang-speaking people in India in 2011.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Census of India Website : Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India|url=https://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/C-16.html|access-date=2021-11-27|website=www.censusindia.gov.in}}</ref>

''Ethnologue'' gives the name ''Western Naga'' for the Zeme languages.

==Languages==
{{Unreferenced section|date=November 2021}}
The Zemeic languages are:
*[[Zeme language|Zeme]]
*[[Liangmai language|Liangmai]]
*[[Rongmei language (Songbu dialect)|Rongmei]]
*[[Mzieme language|Mzieme]] (Northern Zeme)
*[[Inpui language|Puiron]]
*[[Khoirao language|Khoirao]] (Thangal)
*[[Maram language|Maram]]

The Zeme and Rongmei language clusters are close enough to sometimes be considered dialects of a single ''Zeliang'' language.

Van Driem (2011) lists the varieties, from south to north, as:
:Mzieme, Khoirao, Maram, Puiron, Zeme (also known as Empeo Naga, Kacha Naga, Kochu Naga), Nruanghmei (also known as Rongmei, Kabui), Liangmai (also known as Kwoireng)

([[Inpui language|Inpui]] and [[Puimei language|Puimei]], which are sometimes listed, are not distinct.)

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{refbegin}}
* George van Driem (2001) ''Languages of the Himalayas: An Ethnolinguistic Handbook of the Greater Himalayan Region.'' Brill.
{{refend}}

{{Sino-Tibetan languages}}
{{Kuki-Chin–Naga languages}}
{{Languages of Northeast India}}

[[Category:Zeme languages|*]]
[[Category:Languages of India]]

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