Rengma language

Rengma
Rengma
Southern Rengma
Native to	India
Region	Nagaland
Ethnicity	Rengma Naga
Native speakers	(21,000 cited 1997)[1]; 65,300 total Rengma (2011 census)
Language family	Sino-Tibetan Angami–Pochuri Rengma; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	nre
Glottolog	sout2732
ELP	Southern Rengma Naga

Rengma, or Southern Rengma, is an Angami–Pochuri language spoken in Nagaland, India.[2]

Names

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

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

Ethnologue reports the following locations for Rengma.

Tseminyü District, west-central Nagaland
15 villages of Karbi Anglong District, Assam
Manipur

References

Rengma at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
"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.

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[e25-1] Rengma at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)

[2] "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.