Naga, Sumi
A language of India
| Population | 242,000 (2001 census). |
| Region | Central and south Nagaland, Zunheboto, Kohima, Mokokchung, Tuensang districts; Assam, Tinsukia District, 7 villages. Dayang is near Dayang River. |
| Alternate names | Sema, Simi, Sumi |
| Dialects | Dayang (Western Sumi), Lazemi, Zhimomi, Zumomi. |
| Classification | Sino-Tibetan, Tibeto-Burman, Kuki-Chin-Naga, Naga, Angami-Pochuri |
| Language use | Also use Naga Pidgin [nag], Naga Angami [njm], Naga Ao [njo], Naga Lotha [njh], English, or Hindi. |
| Language development | Literacy rate in L2: 50% Assamese [asm], English. Taught in primary schools. Dictionary. Grammar. Bible: 2000–2004. |
| Writing system | Latin script. |
| Comments | A Scheduled Tribe. Agriculturalists, seminomadic. Christian. |
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