Zeme language
| Zeme | |
|---|---|
| Zeliang | |
 "Zeliang" written in Meitei script
| |
| Native to | India |
| Region | Assam, Manipur, Nagaland |
| Ethnicity | Zeme Naga |
Native speakers |
110,000 (2011 census) |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | nzm |
| Glottolog | zeme1240 |
| ELP | Zeme Naga |
Zeme (also called Empeo, Jeme, Kacha and Zemi) is a Sino-Tibetan language spoken in northeastern India. It is one of the dialects spoken by the Zeme Naga, the other being Mzieme.
Locations
Zeme (dialects: Paren, Njauna) is spoken in:
Phonology
Consonants
| Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Plosive/ Affricate |
voiceless | p | t | tʃ | k | |
| aspirated | pʰ | tʰ | kʰ | |||
| voiced | b | d | ɡ | |||
| Nasal | m | n | ŋ | |||
| Fricative | voiceless | s | h | |||
| voiced | z | |||||
| Trill | r | |||||
| Approximant | lateral | l | ||||
| central | w | j | ||||
Vowels
| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | u | |
| Mid | e | ə | o |
| Open | a |