Ethnicity Rengma Naga ISO 639-3 nre | Native speakers 21,000 (1997) | |
Language family Sino-TibetanAngami–PochuriPochuri ?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.
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.
References
Rengma language Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA