The Zeme languages are a small family of Tibeto-Burman languages

Tibeto-Burman languages

The Tibeto-Burman languages are the non-Chinese members of the Sino-Tibetan language family, over 400 of which are spoken thoughout the highlands of southeast Asia, as well as lowland areas in Burma ....

 spoken in Nagaland

Nagaland

Nagaland is a state in the far north-eastern part of India. It borders the state of Assam to the west, Arunachal Pradesh and part of Assam to the north, Burma to the east and Manipur to the south. The state capital is Kohima, and the largest city is Dimapur...

 in northeast India

India

India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

. Conventionally classified as "Naga", they are not clearly related to other Naga languages, and are conservatively classified as an independent branch of Tibeto-Burman, pending further research.

The Zeme languages are the Zeme cluster (Zeme

Zeme language

Zeme is a Tibetan–Burman language of India. It is part of a dialect continuum that includes Liangmai and Rongmai. Zeme and Liangmai together are called Kacha Naga, and the whole continuum Zeliang or Zeliangrong....

 proper, Empeo; Liangmai, and Rongmai, Kabui or Nruanghmei), which are close enough to sometimes be considered dialects of a single Zeliang language; plus Mzieme

Mzieme language

Mzieme is a Naga language of India. It has been called Northern Zeme due to its lack of official recognition, but is not particularly close to Zeme....

, Puiron, Khoirao, and Maram

Maram language

Maram is a Naga language of India. The language is taught up to secondary school, and the younger generations are almost fully literate....

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