| Zemeic | |
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| Zeliangrong Western Naga | |
| Geographic distribution | India |
| Linguistic classification | Sino-Tibetan |
| Language codes | |
| Glottolog | zeme1241 |
| Culture of the Nagas |
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TheZemeic,Zeliangrong orWestern Naga[1] are a languages branch ofSino-Tibetan languages spoken mostly in Indian state ofNagaland,Assam andManipur innortheast India. It may have close relationship with otherNaga languages pending further research. The corresponding ethnic group is theZeliangrong people. There were 63,529 Zeliang-speaking people in India in 2011.[2]
Ethnologue gives the nameWestern Naga for the Zemeic languages.
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The Zemeic languages are:
The Zeme and Rongmei language clusters are close enough to sometimes be considered dialects of a singleZeliang language.
Van Driem (2011) lists the varieties, from south to north, as:
(Inpui andPuimei, which are sometimes listed, are not distinct.)
Sino-Tibetan branches | |||||
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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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| Proto-languages | |||||
Italics indicates single languages that are also considered to be separate branches. | |||||
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