Rongmei is a

Sino-Tibetan Sino-Tibetan, also cited as Trans-Himalayan in a few sources, is a family of more than 400 languages, second only to Indo-European in number of native speakers. The vast majority of these are the 1.3 billion native speakers of Chinese languages. ...

language spoken by the Rongmei Naga community in Northeast India. It has been called Songbu and is close to Zeme and Liangmai. The language has been nomenclatured as "Ruangmei" and studied as a First Language paper from class I to X of Board of Secondary Education, Manipur. Ruangmei is studied as a Minor Indian Language (MIL) in Class XI & XII of Council of Higher Secondary Education Manipur (COHSEM).

Geography

Rongmei is mostly spoken in the three states of

Assam Assam (; ) is a state in northeastern India, south of the eastern Himalayas along the Brahmaputra and Barak River valleys. Assam covers an area of . The state is bordered by Bhutan and Arunachal Pradesh to the north; Nagaland and Manipur ...

Manipur Manipur () ( mni, Kangleipak) is a state in Northeast India, with the city of Imphal as its capital. It is bounded by the Indian states of Nagaland to the north, Mizoram to the south and Assam to the west. It also borders two regions of Myanm ...

and

Nagaland Nagaland () is a landlocked state in the northeastern region of India. It is bordered by the Indian states of Arunachal Pradesh to the north, Assam to the west, Manipur to the south and the Sagaing Region of Myanmar to the east. Its capital cit ...

. It is the most spoken language in

Tamenglong district Tamenglong district ( Meitei pronunciation:/tæmɛŋˈlɒŋ/) is one of the 16 districts of Manipur state in northeastern India. History In 1919, the British Government established four sub-divisions office in Manipur Hills known as North East ...

and

Noney district Noney district ( Meitei pronunciation: /nō-né/) is a new district in Manipur, India, created by bifurcating erstwhile Tamenglong district. The district headquarters is located in Longmai. Sub-divisions The following are the sub-divisions ...

; and the second most spoken language in

Imphal West district , native_name_lang = Meitei , other_name = omp, Nongchup Yumphal , nickname = , settlement_type = District of Manipur , image_skyline = Knagla fort, manipur, India 6.jpg , image_a ...

and Bishnupur district of Manipur.

Phonology

Consonants

Vowels

A lower-mid elongated sound �ːalso occurs only in word-medial positions.

References

Languages of Assam Languages of Manipur Languages of Nagaland Zeme languages {{st-lang-stub