Zemeic languages

The Zemeic, Zeme, or Zeliangrong[2] languages are a branch of Sino-Tibetan languages spoken mostly in Indian state of Nagaland, Assam and Manipur in northeast India. It may have close relationship with other Naga languages pending further research. The corresponding ethnic group is the Zeliangrong people.

Zemeic
Zeliangrong
Western Naga
Geographic
distribution		India
Linguistic classificationSino-Tibetan
  • Kuki-Chin-Naga?
    • Zemeic
Glottologzeme1241[1]

Ethnologue gives the name Western Naga for the Zeme languages.

Languages

The Zemeic languages are:

The Zeme and Rongmei language clusters are close enough to sometimes be considered dialects of a single Zeliang language.

Van Driem (2011) lists the varieties, from south to north, as:

Mzieme, Khoirao, Maram, Puiron, Zeme (also known as Empeo Naga, Kacha Naga, Kochu Naga), Nruanghmei (also known as Rongmei, Kabui), Liangmai (also known as Kwoireng)

(Inpui and Puimei, which are sometimes listed, are not distinct.)[1]

References
  1. Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Zemeic". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
  2. Mortensen, David R. (2003). “Comparative Tangkhul.” Unpublished Qualifying Paper, UC Berkeley.
  • George van Driem (2001) Languages of the Himalayas: An Ethnolinguistic Handbook of the Greater Himalayan Region. Brill.


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