Rengma language

Rengma
Rengma
Southern Rengma
Native to	India
Region	Nagaland
Ethnicity	Rengma Naga
Native speakers	(21,000 cited 1997); 65,300 total Rengma (2011 census)
Language family	Sino-Tibetan Angami–Pochuri Rengma; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	nre
Glottolog	sout2732
ELP	Southern Rengma Naga

Rengma, or Southern Rengma, is an Angami–Pochuri language spoken in Nagaland, India.^[2]

Names[edit]

Alternate names and dialect names of Rengma include Injang, Moiyui, Mon, Mozhumi, Nzong, Nzonyu, Rengma, Rengma Naga, Southern Rengma, Unza and Western Rengma (Ethnologue).

Dialects[edit]

Ethnologue reports the following dialects of Rengma.

Keteneneyu
Azonyu (Nzonyu, Southern Rengma)

Tseminyu is the principal dialect main center. Southern Rengma and Northern Rengma are reportedly inherently unintelligible.

Geographical distribution[edit]

Ethnologue reports the following locations for Rengma.

Tseminyü District, west-central Nagaland
15 villages of Karbi Anglong District, Assam
Manipur

References[edit]

^ Rengma at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
^ "Statement 1: Abstract of speakers' strength of languages and mother tongues - 2011". www.censusindia.gov.in. Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 7 July 2018.

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[e25-1] Rengma at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)

[2] "Statement 1: Abstract of speakers' strength of languages and mother tongues - 2011". www.censusindia.gov.in. Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 7 July 2018.

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