Zeme (also called Empeo, Jeme, Kacha and Zemi
[) is a Sino-Tibetan language spoken in northeastern India. It is one of the dialects spoken by the Zeme Naga, the other being Mzieme.
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Locations
Zeme (dialects: Paren, Njauna) is spoken in:[
* North Cachar hills district, ]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 ...
*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 Eas ...
, Manipur
Manipur () ( mni, Kangleipak) is a States and territories of India, 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 ...
*Peren district
Peren District is a district of Nagaland, India. With headquarters the town of Peren, the district was formed by the partition of Kohima District in 2003.
History
The Peren district was originally a sub-division of the Kohima district. ...
, Nagaland
Nagaland () is a landlocked States and union territories of India, state in the northeast India, 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 ...
References
Languages of Assam
Languages of Manipur
Languages of Nagaland
Languages of Tripura
Zeme languages
Endangered languages of India
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