Rongmei language

Rongmei is a Sino-Tibetan language spoken by 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]

Rongmei
Songbu
Ruanglat, "Ruangmei"
RegionAssam, Manipur and Nagaland
EthnicityRongmei Naga
Native speakers
350,580 approx
Language codes
ISO 639-3nbu
Glottologrong1266

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]

References
  1. "Naga, Rongmei". Ethnologue. Retrieved 2 October 2019.
  2. https://bsem.nic.in/syllabus.html. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. https://cohsem.nic.in/Curriculum_Syllabus_for_Classes_XI_XII.html. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. "Distribution of 99 non schedule languages" (PDF). Census India. MHA, Govt of India. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
  5. "Census of language in India 2011". MHA, Govt of India.


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