Zeme language


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.

Zeme
Zeliang
RegionAssam, Manipur, Nagaland.
EthnicityZeme Naga
Native speakers
100,736 (2011 census)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3nzm
Glottologzeme1240

LocationsEdit

Zeme (dialects: Paren, Njauna) is spoken in:[3]

ReferencesEdit

  1. "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.
  2. "Naga, Zeme". Ethnologue.
  3. Ethnologue