Zeme (also called Empeo, Jeme, Kacha and Zemi
[) is a ]Sino-Tibetan language
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. ...
spoken in northeastern India
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. It is one of the dialects spoken by the Zeme Naga, the other being Mzieme.
Locations
Zeme (dialects: Paren, Njauna) is spoken in:[
*]North Cachar hills district
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Dima Hasao district is one of the two autonomous hill distr ...
, Assam
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*Tamenglong district
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History
In 1919, the British Government established four sub-divisions office in Manipur Hills known as North East ...
, 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 ...
*Peren district
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History
The Peren district was originally a sub-division of the Kohima district. It ...
, Nagaland
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References
Languages of Assam
Languages of Manipur
Languages of Nagaland
Languages of Tripura
Zeme languages
Endangered languages of India
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