Endangered Languages Project

ALSO KNOWN AS		Mzieme, Northern Zeme, Zeme, Naga, Mzieme
CLASSIFICATION		Sino-Tibetan, Zemeic
ORTHOGRAPHY		Latin script
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		nme
DOWNLOAD		As csv
MORE RESOURCES		OLAC search
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS		Speakers adopted the name "Northern Zeme" because the Zeme language has government recognition whereas Mzieme does not. Nonetheless, Zeme and Mzieme are distinct languages.

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Southwest Nagaland, Kohima district, Paren area, northeast of Zeme.

	2007	South Asia and the Middle East	Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages	283-348	Christopher Moseley	London & New York: Routledge			George van Driem	George van Driem. 2007. "South Asia and the Middle East." In Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages, edited by C. Moseley. 283-348. London & New York: Routledge.	HHOLD				"no reliable census information"		India	southwestern Nagaland state
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								25.6019,93.8891
16	2009	Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th Edition (2009)			M. Paul Lewis	SIL International	Dallas, TX	http://www.ethnologue.com/		Lewis, M. Paul (ed.). 2009. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16 edn. http://www.ethnologue.com/home.asp. (15 February, 2011.)	ll_pub	~29,000	1997	10000-99999		Vulnerable (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	India	Southwest Nagaland, Kohima district, Paren area, northeast of Zeme.

Mzieme Naga