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Ethnologue > Web version > Country index > Asia > India > Naga, Mzieme

Naga, Mzieme

A language of India

ISO 639-3nme

Population  29,000 (1997).
Region  Southwest Nagaland, Kohima District, Paren area, northeast of Zeme.
Alternate names   Mzieme, Northern Zeme
Dialects  Different from Zeme Naga [nzm].
Classification  Sino-Tibetan, Tibeto-Burman, Kuki-Chin-Naga, Naga, Zeme
Language development  Bible: 1992.
Writing system  Latin script.
Comments  Adopted the designation ‘Northern Zeme’ because Zeme has government recognition while Mzieme does not. Peoples closely related.