Naga, Southern Rengma
A language of India
| Population | 21,000 (1997). |
| Region | West central Nagaland, Kohima District, Tseminyu Subdivision; Assam, Karbi-Anglong District, 15 villages; Manipur. |
| Alternate names | Rengma, Rengma Naga, Mozhumi, Moiyui, Mon, Unza, Nzong, Nzonyu, Injang, Southern Rengma, Western Rengma |
| Dialects | Keteneneyu, Azonyu (Nzonyu, Southern Rengma). Tseminyu is main center for the principal dialect. Southern Rengma and Northern Rengma [nnl] are reportedly mutually inherently unintelligible. |
| Classification | Sino-Tibetan, Tibeto-Burman, Kuki-Chin-Naga, Naga, Angami-Pochuri |
| Language use | Also use Naga Pidgin [nag] or English. |
| Language development | Literacy in Rengma is higher among older people. Young people are learning English. Bible: 2000. |
| Writing system | Latin script. |
| Comments | A Scheduled Tribe. Christian. |
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