| Sümi | |
|---|---|
| Sümi (Naga) | |
| Pronunciation | [sɨ˧mi˩] |
| Native to | India |
| Region | Nagaland |
| Ethnicity | Sümi Naga |
Native speakers | 350,000 (2011 census)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | nsm |
| Glottolog | sumi1235 |
| ELP | Sumi Naga |
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Sümi, alsoSema, is aSino-Tibetan language spoken inNagaland,India. It is spoken by theSümi Naga people. It differs from every other Naga languages due to the presence of guttural sounds.[2][3]
Sümi is spoken in central and southernNagaland, mainly inZünheboto District. There are also good number of speakers in parts ofNiuland,Dimapur,Chümoukedima andKiphire District(s), as well as in 7 villages ofTinsukia District,Assam (Ethnologue).
Ethnologue lists the following dialects of Sümi.
The transcriptions in this section use theInternational Phonetic Alphabet.
The vowels of Sümi are as follows:[4][5]
| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | ɨ | u |
| Mid | e | o | |
| Open | a |
Notes:
The consonants of Sümi are as follows:[5][10]
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| WesternHimalayas (Himachal, Uttarakhand,Nepal,Sikkim) |
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| EasternHimalayas (Tibet,Bhutan,Arunachal) | |||||
| Myanmar and Indo- Burmese border |
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| East andSoutheast Asia |
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| Dubious (possible isolates,Arunachal) |
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