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Rongmei language

Rongmei language

Sino-Tibetan language spoken in India

Rongmei is a Sino-Tibetan language spoken by the 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]

Quick Facts Region, Ethnicity ...

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]

Phonology

Consonants

More information Labial, Alveolar ...

Vowels

More information Front, Central ...

A lower-mid elongated sound [ɐː] also occurs only in word-medial positions.[6]

References

  1. [1]
    "Naga, Rongmei". Ethnologue. Retrieved 2 October 2019.
  2. [2]
    "Board of secondary education manipur- BSEM".
  3. [3]
    "Welcome to Council of Higher Secondary Education, Manipur".
  4. [4]
    "Distribution of 99 non schedule languages" (PDF). Census India. MHA, Govt of India. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
  5. [5]
    "Census of language in India 2011". MHA, Govt of India.
  6. [6]
    Tiwari, Surendra K. (1971). A descriptive grammar of Kabui. Poona: Deccan College.


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