Rongmei Naga
Rongmei Naga is a Sino-Tibetan language spoken in India. Glottolog rates it threatened.
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Rongmei (also Ruangmei) natively known as Ruanglat is a Sino-Tibetan language spoken by the Rongmei Naga community in Northeast India. It has been called Songbu and is close to Zeme, Liangmai and Inpui. 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. Ruangmei is studied as a Minor Indian Language (MIL) in Class XI & XII of Council of Higher Secondary Education Manipur (COHSEM).
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Words in Rongmei Naga
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | mei* | |
| name | yinh* | |
| eye | mik* | |
| ear | koN* | |
| nose | ton* | |
| tooth | huh* | |
| tongue | balei* | |
| hand | ban* | |
| blood | yei* | |
| bone | rou* | |
| skin | kagi* | |
| knee | khubut* | |
| breast | nou* | |
| water | dui* | |
| fire | mai* | |
| sun | neih* | |
| star | banToNa* | |
| stone | luN* | |
| mountain | TiN* | |
| tree | thiN* | |
| leaf | kanoN* | |
| night | ziNbuN* | |
| dog | Si* | |
| fish | kha* | |
| louse | rik* | |
| two | kanai* | |
| I | ai* | |
| you | niN* | |
| we | aniu* | |
| drink | yiN* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
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Grammar
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Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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Elsewhere
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