Rongmei | |
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Songbu | |
Ruanglat, "Ruangmei" | |
Region | Assam, Manipur and Nagaland |
Ethnicity | Rongmei Naga |
Native speakers | (undated figure of 350,580[citation needed]) |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | nbu |
Glottolog | rong1266 |
ELP | Rongmei Naga |
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]