Rengma language
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 |
Rengma, or Southern Rengma, is an Angami–Pochuri language spoken in Nagaland, India.
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Names[edit]
Alternate names and dialect names of Rengma include Injang, Moiyui, Mon, Mozhumi, Nzong, Nzonyu, Rengma, Rengma Naga, Southern Rengma, Unza and Western Rengma (Ethnologue).
Dialects[edit]
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 distribution[edit]
Ethnologue reports the following locations for Rengma.
- Tseminyu subdivision, Kohima district, west-central Nagaland
- 15 villages of Karbi Anglong district, Assam
- Manipur
References[edit]
- ↑ "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.