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Zeme
Zeliang
RegionAssam, Manipur, Nagaland.
EthnicityZeme Naga
Native speakers
100,736 (2011 census)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3
nzm – Zeme
Glottologzeme1240  Zeme Naga
ELPZeme Naga

Zeme (also called Empeo, Jeme, Kacha and Zemi[2]) is a Sino-Tibetan language spoken in northeastern India. It is one of the dialect spoken by Zeme Naga the other dialect being Mzieme language.

Locations

Zeme (dialects: Paren, Njauna) is spoken in:[3]

References

  1. ^ "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.
  2. ^ "Naga, Zeme". Ethnologue.
  3. ^ Ethnologue