Zeme Naga languages

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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

  • Sinotibian
    • Tibeto Burmese
      • Kuki-Chin-Naga
        • Mizo-Kuki-Chin
        • Ao-Naga
        • Angami Pochuri Naga
        • Zeme Naga
        • Tangkhul Naga
        • Meithei (Manipuri)
        • Karbi (Mikir)

Internal classification and number of speakers

  • 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)

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

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