Rengma language

Rengma
	Southern Rengma
Native to	India
Region	Nagaland
Ethnicity	Rengma Naga
Native speakers	65,328 (2011 census)[1]
Language family	Sino-Tibetan Angami–Pochuri Rengma; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	nre
Glottolog	sout2732[2]

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

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

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References

"Statement 1: Abstract of speakers' strength of languages and mother tongues - 2011". www.censusindia.gov.in. Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 7 July 2018.
Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Southern Rengma Naga". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.

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[1] "Statement 1: Abstract of speakers' strength of languages and mother tongues - 2011". www.censusindia.gov.in. Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 7 July 2018.

[Glottolog-2] Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Southern Rengma Naga". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.