The ****Zemeic, Zeme, Zeliangrong or Western Naga are a languages branch of Sino-Tibetan languages spoken mostly in Indian state of Nagaland, Assam and Manipur in northeast India. It may have close relationship with other Naga languages pending further research. The corresponding ethnic group is the Zeliangrong people. There were 63,529 Zeliang-speaking people in India in 2011. Ethnologue gives the name Western Naga for the Zeme languages.

Languages

The Zemeic languages are: The Zeme and Rongmei language clusters are close enough to sometimes be considered dialects of a single Zeliang language. Van Driem (2011) lists the varieties, from south to north, as: (Inpui and Puimei, which are sometimes listed, are not distinct.)