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ALSO KNOWN AS		Zeme, Empeo, Kachcha, Kacha, Kutcha, Mezama, Sangrima, Sengima, Arung, Empui, Jeme, Zemi, Naga (Zeme), Kachcha Nagas, Naga, Zeme
CLASSIFICATION		Sino-Tibetan, Tibeto-Burman, Baric, Kamarupan, Kuki-Naga, Southern Naga, Zemeic
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		nzm
VARIANTS & DIALECTS		Njauna Paren
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Information from: “A Descriptive Grammar of Zeme” . Sapam Sangita Chanu and Kh Dhiren Singha (2017)

Threatened

80 percent certain, based on the evidence available
34,110
Native speakers worldwide

DATE OF INFO: 2001 Indian census report

DOMAINS OF USE
TRANSMISSION
SPEAKER ATTITUDE: Most Zeme people are multilingual, but prefer to speak Zeme in order to maintain their language and identity.
GOVERNMENT SUPPORT: Zeme is one of 34 recognized scheduled tribes of Manipur
OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY
LANGUAGE CONTEXT COMMENTS: No formal education in Zeme is available.
More on Orthography: Zeme Naga speakers use a Roman script with some modifications, but it does not accommodate tonal distinctions.

PLACES: Zeme speakers are settled in the Indian states of Manipur (Tamenglong District and Senapati District), Assam (Dima Hasao District), and Nagaland (Peren District). The Zeme Naga are one of the sub-tribes of Zeliangrong along with the Liangmei and Rongmei.

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
34,000
Native speakers worldwide

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
30,800
Native speakers worldwide

unknown
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
"No reliable census information."

MORE ON VITALITY

Severely endangered by contact with Meithei, official language of Manipur. See Van Driem 2007.

Scripts (Writing system)

Latin

PLACES: India

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: northwestern Manipur and southwestern Nagaland states.

		2017	A Descriptive Grammar of Zeme							Assam University, Silchar	http://idr.aus.ac.in/jspui/handle/21011994/623	Sapam Sangita Chanu and Kh Dhiren Singha			34,110	2001 Indian census report	10000-99999		Manipuri (Meiteilon), English, Rongmei, Liangmei, Hindi, Nagamese, Assamese	Zeme is one of 34 recognized scheduled tribes of Manipur	Most Zeme people are multilingual, but prefer to speak Zeme in order to maintain their language and identity.	No formal education in Zeme is available.	Threatened (80 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	11		12	Zeme speakers are settled in the Indian states of Manipur (Tamenglong District and Senapati District), Assam (Dima Hasao District), and Nagaland (Peren District). The Zeme Naga are one of the sub-tribes of Zeliangrong along with the Liangmei and Rongmei.		24.5911,93.2946;25.2318,93.0109;25.3044,93.4416;
	3rd	2010	Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger				UNESCO Publishing	Paris			http://www.unesco.org/culture/en/endangeredlanguages/atlas	Christopher Moseley (ed.)	Moseley, Christopher (ed.). 2010. Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger, 3rd edn. http://www.unesco.org/culture/en/endangeredlanguages/atlas. (03 June, 2011.)	ll_pub	34,000		10000-99999						Vulnerable (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)						25.5027,93.5595
0199255911		2005	The World Atlas of Language Structures			Bernard Comrie and David Gil and Martin Haspelmath and Matthew S. Dryer	Oxford University Press	New York					2005. "The World Atlas of Language Structures." edited by Bernard Comrie et al. Oxford University Press.																25.1666666667,93.5
		2007	South Asia and the Middle East	Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages	289-348	Christopher Mosely	London and NewYork: Routledge		4			George Van Driem	Driem, George Van. 2007. "South Asia and the Middle East." In Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages, edited by Christopher Mosely. 289-348. London and NewYork: Routledge.		unknown			"No reliable census information."							Severely endangered by contact with Meithei, official language of Manipur. See Van Driem 2007.		India	northwestern Manipur and southwestern Nagaland states.
			World Oral Literature Project								http://www.oralliterature.org		"World Oral Literature Project." Online: http://www.oralliterature.org.		30,800		10000-99999						Vulnerable (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)

Zeme Naga

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Language information by source

Threatened

80 percent certain, based on the evidence available

34,110

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

34,000

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

30,800

unknown

Discussion

Zeme Naga

Language metadata

Language information by source

Threatened

80 percent certain, based on the evidence available

34,110

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

34,000

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

30,800

unknown

Discussion

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