Rengma language explained

Rengma language should not be confused with Northern Rengma language.

Rengma
Nativename:Southern Rengma
States:India
Region:Nagaland
Ethnicity:Rengma Naga
Speakers:21,000
Date:1997
Ref:e25
Speakers2:65,300 total Rengma (2011 census)
Familycolor:Sino-Tibetan
Fam2:Angami–Pochuri
Iso3:nre
Glotto:sout2732
Glottorefname:Southern Rengma Naga

Rengma, or Southern Rengma, is an Angami–Pochuri language spoken in Nagaland, India.[1]

Names

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

Ethnologue reports the following dialects of Rengma.

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

Geographical distribution

Ethnologue reports the following locations for Rengma.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Statement 1: Abstract of speakers' strength of languages and mother tongues - 2011. Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. www.censusindia.gov.in. 2018-07-07.