Rengma language
Rengma, or Southern Rengma, is an Angami–Pochuri language spoken in Nagaland, India.
Rengma | |
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Southern Rengma | |
Native to | India |
Region | Nagaland |
Ethnicity | Rengma Naga |
Native speakers | 65,328 (2011 census)[1] |
Sino-Tibetan
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | nre |
Glottolog | sout2732 |
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NamesEdit
Alternate names and dialect names of Rengma include Injang, Moiyui, Mon, Mozhumi, Nzong, Nzonyu, Rengma, Rengma Naga, Southern Rengma, Unza and Western Rengma (Ethnologue).
DialectsEdit
Ethnologue reports the following dialects of Rengma.
- Keteneneyu
- Azonyu (Nzonyu, Southern Rengma)
Tseminyu is the principal dialect main center. Southern Rengma and Northern Rengma are reportedly inherently unintelligible.
Geographical distributionEdit
Ethnologue reports the following locations for Rengma.
- Tseminyu subdivision, Kohima district, west-central Nagaland
- 15 villages of Karbi Anglong district, Assam
- Manipur
ReferencesEdit
- ↑ "Statement 1: Abstract of speakers' strength of languages and mother tongues - 2011". www.censusindia.gov.in. Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 7 July 2018.