Zeme languages

The Zeme - Naga languages ​​form a sub- unit of the Kuki - Chin- Naga languages ​​belonging to the Tibeto-Burman languages ​​, a primary branch of the Sino Tibetan. The seven Zeme - Naga languages ​​are spoken by 180,000 people in Northeast India in the states of Nagaland and Manipur. The largest single language is Rongmai with 60,000 speakers.

Zeme - Naga within the Sino Tibetan

• Sino-Tibetan Tibetobirmanisch Kuki - Chin- Naga Mizo - Kuki -Chin
• Ao - Naga
• Angami Naga - Pochuri -
• Zeme - Naga
• Tangkhul - Naga
• Meithei ( Manipuri )
• Karbi ( Mikir )

Internal classification and numbers of speakers

• Zeme - Naga Zeme - Liangmai Zeme ( Empeo, Kacha ) (30 thousand) Dialects: Paren, Njauna
• Liangmai ( Kwoireng, Koireng ) (20 thousand)
• Mzieme (30 thousand)

• Rongmai ( Kabui, Nruangmai ) (60 thousand)
• Khoirao ( Thangal ) (20 thousand)
• Maram (15 thousand)
• Poumei ( Puiron ) ( 2500 )

Classification and numbers of speakers according to the specified web link.