Zeme language
Zeme | |
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Zeliang | |
Region | Assam, Manipur, Nagaland. |
Ethnicity | Zeme Naga |
Native speakers | 100,736 (2011 census)[1] |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | nzm |
Glottolog | zeme1240 |
Zeme (also called Empeo, Jeme, Kacha and Zemi[2]) is a Sino-Tibetan language spoken in northeastern India. It is one of the dialects spoken by the Zeme Naga, the other being Mzieme.
Locations[edit]
Zeme (dialects: Paren, Njauna) is spoken in:[3]
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.
- ↑ "Naga, Zeme". Ethnologue.
- ↑ Ethnologue