Zeme Naga languages
The Zeme-Naga languages are a sub-unit of the Kuki-Chin-Naga languages , which belong to the Tibetan Burman languages , a primary branch of Sinotibetic . The seven Zeme Naga languages are spoken by 180,000 people in northeast India in the states of Nagaland and Manipur . The largest single language is Rongmai with 60,000 speakers.
Zeme-Naga within Sino-Tibetan
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Sinotibian
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Tibeto Burmese
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Kuki-Chin-Naga
- Mizo-Kuki-Chin
- Ao-Naga
- Angami Pochuri Naga
- Zeme Naga
- Tangkhul Naga
- Meithei (Manipuri)
- Karbi (Mikir)
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Kuki-Chin-Naga
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Tibeto Burmese
Internal classification and number of speakers
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Zeme Naga
- Zeme-Liangmai
- Zeme (Empeo, Kacha) (30 thousand) Dialects: Paren, Njauna
- Liangmai (Kwoireng, Koireng) (20 thousand)
- Mzieme (30 thousand)
- Rongmai-Khoirao
- Rongmai (Kabui, Nruangmai) (60 thousand)
- Khoirao (Thangal) (20k)
- Maram (15k)
- Poumei (Puiron) (2,500)
- Zeme-Liangmai
Classification and number of speakers according to the given web link.
literature
- Christopher I. Beckwith (Ed.): Medieval Tibeto-Burman Languages. Brill, Leiden / Boston / Cologne 2002.
- Paul K. Benedict: Sino-Tibetan. A Conspectus. Cambridge University Press, 1972.
- Scott DeLancey: Sino-Tibetan Languages. In: Bernard Comrie (Ed.): The World's Major Languages. Oxford University Press, 1990.
- Austin Hale: Research on Tibeto-Burman Languages. Mouton, Berlin / New York / Amsterdam 1982.
- James A. Matisoff: Handbook of Proto-Tibeto-Burman. University of California Press, 2003.
- Anju Saxena (Ed.): Himalayan Languages. Mouton de Gruyter, Berlin / New York 2004.
- Graham Thurgood, Randy J. LaPolla: The Sino-Tibetan Languages. Routledge, London 2003.
- George Van Driem: Languages of the Himalayas. Brill, Leiden 2001.
See also
Web links
- Ernst Kausen: The Classification of the Sino-Tibetan Languages. (DOC; 113 kB)