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Rengma language

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Native to
  
India

Ethnicity
  
Rengma Naga

ISO 639-3
  
nre

Region
  
Nagaland

Native speakers
  
21,000 (1997)

Language family
  
Sino-Tibetan Angami–Pochuri Pochuri ? Rengma

Rengma, or Southern Rengma, is an Angami–Pochuri language spoken in Nagaland, India.

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Names

Alternate names and dialect names of Rengma include Injang, Moiyui, Mon, Mozhumi, Nzong, Nzonyu, Rengma, Rengma Naga, Southern Rengma, Unza and Western Rengma (Ethnologue).

Dialects

Ethnologue reports the following dialects of Rengma.

  • Keteneneyu
  • Azonyu (Nzonyu, Southern Rengma)

    • Tseminyu is the principal dialect main center. Southern Rengma and Northern Rengma are reportedly inherently unintelligible.

    Geographical distribution

    Ethnologue reports the following locations for Rengma.

  • Tseminyu subdivision, Kohima district, west-central Nagaland
  • 15 villages of Karbi Anglong district, Assam
  • Manipur

    • References

    Rengma language Wikipedia
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