Zemeic languages
{{Short description|Sino-Tibetan language spoken in India}}
{{Infobox language family
|name=Zemeic
|altname=Zeliangrong
Western Naga
|region=India
|familycolor=Sino-Tibetan
|fam2=Tibeto-Burman
|fam3=Central Tibeto-Burman (?)
|fam4=Kuki-Chin-Naga
|glotto=zeme1241
|glottorefname=Zemeic
}}
{{Culture of the Nagas}}
The Zemeic, Zeme, Zeliangrong or Western NagaMortensen, David R. (2003). “[http://www.davidmortensen.org/papers/comparative_tangkhul.pdf Comparative Tangkhul].” Unpublished Qualifying Paper, UC Berkeley. are a languages branch of Sino-Tibetan languages spoken mostly in Indian state of Nagaland, Assam and Manipur in northeast India. It may have close relationship with other Naga languages pending further research. The corresponding ethnic group is the Zeliangrong people. There were 63,529 Zeliang-speaking people in India in 2011.{{Cite web|title=Census of India Website : Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India|url=https://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/C-16.html|access-date=2021-11-27|website=www.censusindia.gov.in}}
Ethnologue gives the name Western Naga for the Zeme languages.
Languages
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The Zemeic languages are:
The Zeme and Rongmei language clusters are close enough to sometimes be considered dialects of a single Zeliang language.
Van Driem (2011) lists the varieties, from south to north, as:
:Mzieme, Khoirao, Maram, Puiron, Zeme (also known as Empeo Naga, Kacha Naga, Kochu Naga), Nruanghmei (also known as Rongmei, Kabui), Liangmai (also known as Kwoireng)
(Inpui and Puimei, which are sometimes listed, are not distinct.)
References
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- George van Driem (2001) Languages of the Himalayas: An Ethnolinguistic Handbook of the Greater Himalayan Region. Brill.
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{{Kuki-Chin–Naga languages}}
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