Zeme language
# Zeme language

Zeme (also called Empeo, Jeme, Kacha and Zemi) is a Sino-Tibetan language spoken in northeastern India. It is one of the dialects spoken by the Zeme Naga, the other being Mzieme.

## Locations

Zeme (dialects: Paren, Njauna) is spoken in:

* North Cachar hills district, Assam
* Tamenglong district, Manipur
* Peren district, Nagaland

## Phonology

### Consonants

| | | Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Plosive/ Affricate | voiceless | p | t | tʃ | k | |
| Plosive/ Affricate | aspirated | pʰ | tʰ | | kʰ | |
| Plosive/ Affricate | voiced | b | d | | ɡ | |
| Nasal | Nasal | m | n | | ŋ | |
| Fricative | voiceless | | s | | | h |
| Fricative | voiced | | z | | | |
| Trill | Trill | | r | | | |
| Approximant | lateral | | l | | | |
| Approximant | central | w | | j | | |

### Vowels

| | Front | Central | Back |
| - | - | - | - |
| Close | i | | u |
| Mid | e | ə | o |
| Open | | a | |
