Sumi Naga
Sumi Naga is a Sino-Tibetan language spoken in India.
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Sümi, also Sema, is a Sino-Tibetan language spoken in Nagaland, India. It is spoken by the Sümi Naga people. It differs from every other Naga languages due to the presence of guttural sounds.
According to the 2011 Census of India, the Sümi Naga had a Scheduled Tribe population of 236,313 in Nagaland.
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Words in Sumi Naga
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | timi* | |
| name | aCe* | |
| eye | anyeti* | |
| ear | akini* | |
| nose | anhiki* | |
| tooth | ahu* | |
| tongue | amili* | |
| hand | aoumi* | |
| blood | aCi* | |
| bone | aSoxo* | |
| skin | ayikwo* | |
| knee | akwonhyeh* | |
| breast | akiche* | |
| liver | aloSi* | |
| water | azü | |
| fire | ami* | |
| sun | cikinhye* | |
| star | ayeh* | |
| stone | athu* | |
| tree | as3* | |
| leaf | acini* | |
| night | keCiliu* | |
| dog | ac3* | |
| fish | akha* | |
| one | khe* | |
| two | kini* | |
| I | niye* | |
| you | no* | |
| we | niun* | |
| drink | Su* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
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Vocabulary
- Pochuri NagaSino-Tibetan20% alike
- Mao NagaSino-Tibetan15% alike
- Angami NagaSino-Tibetan14% alike
- Chokri NagaSino-Tibetan14% alike
- Ili'uunAustronesian13% alike
- TaraoSino-Tibetan13% alike
Grammar
- ZakhringSino-Tibetan85% alike
- BangruSino-Tibetan83% alike
- Maram NagaSino-Tibetan83% alike
- GuiqiongSino-Tibetan83% alike
- ChocangacakhaSino-Tibetan83% alike
- Oki-No-ErabuJaponic82% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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Elsewhere
Glottolog · sumi1235 · Wikipedia (English) · Ethnologue · nsm