Zeme language
Zeme (also called Empeo, Jeme, Kacha and Zemi[1]) 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 | |
 "Zeliang" written in Meitei script | |
| Native to | India |
| Region | Assam, Manipur, Nagaland |
| Ethnicity | Zeme Naga |
Native speakers | 110,000 (2011 census)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | nzm |
| Glottolog | zeme1240 |
| ELP | Zeme Naga |
Locations
Zeme (dialects: Paren, Njauna) is spoken in:[1]
Phonology
References
- Zeme at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
- Chanu, Sapam Sangita (2017). A descriptive grammar of Zeme. Silchar: Assam University.
Sino-Tibetan branches | |||||
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| Western Himalayas (Himachal, Uttarakhand, Nepal, Sikkim) |
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| Eastern Himalayas (Tibet, Bhutan, Arunachal) | |||||
| Myanmar and Indo-Burmese border |
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| East and Southeast Asia |
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| Dubious (possible isolates) (Arunachal) |
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Italics indicates single languages that are also considered to be separate branches. | |||||
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