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Liangmai language

Zeme
Zeliang
Region Assam, Manipur, Nagaland, Tripura
Ethnicity Zeliangrong (Zeme Naga, Liangmai Naga, Rongmei Naga)
Native speakers
130,000 (2001 census)
Language codes
ISO 639-3 Variously:
 – Zeme
 – Rongmai
 – Liangmai (Kwoireng)
 – Kwoireng (Koireng)
Glottolog zeme1240  Zeme Naga
rong1266  Rongmei Naga
koir1240  Koireng
lian1251  Liangmai Naga

Zeme is a Sino-Tibetan language spoken in northeastern India. It is part of a dialect continuum that includes Rongmei and Liangmei.

Zeme (dialects: Paren, Njauna) is spoken in (Ethnologue):

Rongmei (dialects: Songbu) is spoken in 35 villages of Cachar district, Assam, as well as in northwestern Manipur and Nagaland (Ethnologue).

Liangmei is spoken in Jalukie, Peren, and Medzephima blocks of Kohima district, Nagaland (Ethnologue).

Koireng is spoken in (Ethnologue):

Singh (2011:52) reports 11 Koireng villages in Saikul and Kangpokpi sub-divisions of Sadar Hills

The "purest" Koireng is spoken in Satu and Utonglo (Ethnologue).

There are Koireng 8 clans (phung), namely Shong, Yei, Tieltu, Thamthu, Virei, Khonglung, Mreiem, and Mikan.



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