Zeme
Zeliang
"Zeliang" written in Meitei script
Native toIndia
RegionAssam, Manipur, Nagaland
EthnicityZeme Naga
Native speakers
110,000 (2011 census)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3nzm
Glottologzeme1240
ELPZeme Naga

Zeme (also called Empeo, Jeme, Kacha and Zemi[1]) is a Sino-Tibetan language spoken in northeastern India. It is one of the dialects spoken by the Zeme Naga, the other being Mzieme.

Locations

Zeme (dialects: Paren, Njauna) is spoken in:[1]

Phonology

Consonants

Labial Alveolar Palatal Velar Glottal
Plosive/
Affricate 		voiceless p t tʃ k
aspirated pʰ tʰ kʰ
voiced b d ɡ
Nasal m n ŋ
Fricative voiceless s h
voiced z
Trill r
Approximant lateral l
central w j

Vowels

Front Central Back
Close i u
Mid e ə o
Open a

[2]

References

  1. ^ a b c Zeme at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) closed access
  2. ^ Chanu, Sapam Sangita (2017). A descriptive grammar of Zeme. Silchar: Assam University.


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