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 | |
| Region | Assam, Manipur, Nagaland. |
| Ethnicity | Zeme Naga |
Native speakers | 100,736 (2011 census)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | nzm |
| Glottolog | zeme1240 |
| ELP | Zeme Naga |
Locations
Zeme (dialects: Paren, Njauna) is spoken in:[3]
References
- "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
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