Rongmei language
Rongmei is a Sino-Tibetan language spoken by Rongmei Naga community in Northeast India.[1] It has been called Songbu and is close to Zeme and Liangmai. The language has been nomenclatured as "Ruangmei" and studied as a First Language paper from class I to X of Board of Secondary Education, Manipur.[2] Ruangmei is studied as a Minor Indian Language(MIL) in Class XI & XII of Council of Higher Secondary Education Manipur (Cohsem).[3]
| Rongmei | |
|---|---|
| Songbu | |
| Ruanglat, "Ruangmei" | |
| Region | Assam, Manipur and Nagaland |
| Ethnicity | Rongmei Naga |
Native speakers | 350,580 approx |
Sino-Tibetan
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | nbu |
| Glottolog | rong1266 |
Geography
Rongmei is mostly spoken in the three states of Assam, Manipur and Nagaland.[4]
It is the most spoken language in Tamenglong district and Noney district; and the second most spoken language in Imphal West district and Bishnupur district of Manipur.[5]
References
- "Naga, Rongmei". Ethnologue. Retrieved 2 October 2019.
- https://bsem.nic.in/syllabus.html. Missing or empty
|title=(help) - https://cohsem.nic.in/Curriculum_Syllabus_for_Classes_XI_XII.html. Missing or empty
|title=(help) - "Distribution of 99 non schedule languages" (PDF). Census India. MHA, Govt of India. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
- "Census of language in India 2011". MHA, Govt of India.
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