Zeme
Zeme Naga
Sino-Tibetan
Zeme Naga (autonymously Zeme) is a Tibeto-Burman language of the Zeme group within Kuki-Chin-Naga, spoken by ~70,000 people across the borderlands of Nagaland, Manipur, and Assam in northeast India. The Zeme people are part of the broader Naga ethnopolitical complex (~3M Nagas across NE India and Myanmar) but linguistically distinct from the more famous Naga languages like Tangkhul, Sumi, and Mao. Zeme has classical Tibeto-Burman features: tonal (low/high), simple noun morphology, polypersonal verb agreement, and SOV constituent order. Naga literacy programs since the 1960s have produced Bible translations and educational materials in Zeme.
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20 palabras esenciales en Zeme Naga
Agua
nki
/nki/
Fuego
mei
/mei/
Sol
sʰeu
/sʰeu/
Luna
kʰu
/kʰu/
Madre
nem
/nem/
Padre
ape
/ape/
Comer
so
/so/
Beber
hʷu
/hʷu/
Amor
kihai
/kihai/
Corazón
heisia
/heisia/
Árbol
rik
/rik/
Casa
ki
/ki/
Perro
hui
/hui/
Gato
kʰemi
/kʰemi/
Mano
hak
/hak/
Ojo
mik
/mik/
Hola
hangba
/haŋba/
Gracias
kazi
/kazi/
Uno
kha
/kʰa/
Bueno
ahei
/ahei/
Fuentes
Palabras comparadas
Comparado con lenguas Sino-Tibetan relacionadas
| Significado | Zeme Naga | Tangkhul Naga | Kurtöp | mizo | Hakha Chin | Limbu | Sikkimese |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agua | nki /nki/ | ze /ze/ | khwe /kʰwe/ | tui /tui/ | ti /ti/ | ᤇᤘᤠ /tʃʰwaː/ | ཆུ /tɕʰu/ |
| Fuego | mei /mei/ | mei /mei/ | mi /mi/ | mei /mei/ | mei /mei/ | ᤔᤡ /mi/ | མེ /me/ |
| Sol | sʰeu /sʰeu/ | nyithui /ɲitʰui/ | ningpe /niŋpe/ | ni /ni/ | ni /ni/ | ᤊᤠᤶᤑ /ɲaːmpʰʌ/ | ཉི་མ /ɲima/ |
| Luna | kʰu /kʰu/ | lai /lai/ | lai /lai/ | thla /tʰla/ | thla /tʰla/ | ᤗᤠᤒᤠ /laːba/ | ཟླ་བ /dawa/ |
| Madre | nem /nem/ | ina /ina/ | amai /amai/ | nu /nu/ | nu /nu/ | ᤔᤠᤔᤠ /aːmaː/ | ཨ་མ /ama/ |
| Padre | ape /ape/ | apa /apa/ | apai /apai/ | pa /pa/ | pa /pa/ | ᤀᤠᤒᤠ /aːbaː/ | ཨ་པ /apa/ |
| Comer | so /so/ | ngui /ŋui/ | za /za/ | ei /ei/ | ei /ei/ | ᤆᤠᤔᤠ /tʃaːmaː/ | ཟ /za/ |
| Beber | hʷu /hʷu/ | rai /rai/ | thung /tʰuŋ/ | in /in/ | din /din/ | ᤌᤢᤴᤔᤠ /tʰuŋmaː/ | འཐུང /tʰuŋ/ |
| Amor | kihai /kihai/ | cha /tʃa/ | ga /ɡa/ | hmangaih /hmaŋai/ | daw /daw/ | ᤔᤡᤌᤡ /mitʰi/ | དགའ /ɡa/ |
| Corazón | heisia /heisia/ | mokyaba /mokjaba/ | nying /ɲiŋ/ | thinlung /tʰinluŋ/ | lung /luŋ/ | ᤛᤡᤰ /sik/ | སྙིང /ɲiŋ/ |
| Árbol | rik /rik/ | leiyik /leijik/ | shing /ɕiŋ/ | thingkung /tʰiŋkuŋ/ | thingkung /tʰiŋkuŋ/ | ᤛᤡᤱ /siŋ/ | ཤིང /ɕiŋ/ |
| Casa | ki /ki/ | shim /ʃim/ | khim /kʰim/ | in /in/ | inn /in/ | ᤜᤡᤶ /him/ | ཁྱིམ /tɕim/ |
| Perro | hui /hui/ | ui /ui/ | khwi /kʰwi/ | ui /ui/ | ui /ui/ | ᤁᤣᤳᤇᤡ /keptʃi/ | ཁྱི /tɕʰi/ |
| Gato | kʰemi /kʰemi/ | mibu /mibu/ | byila /bila/ | zawhte /zɔʔte/ | minu /minu/ | ᤐᤡᤛᤡ /pisi/ | ཞི་མི /ʑimi/ |
| Mano | hak /hak/ | phei /pʰei/ | lak /lak/ | kut /kut/ | kut /kut/ | ᤜᤢᤰ /huk/ | ལག /lak/ |
| Ojo | mik /mik/ | mi /mi/ | mik /mik/ | mit /mit/ | mit /mit/ | ᤔᤡᤰ /mik/ | མིག /mik/ |
| Hola | hangba /haŋba/ | hayau /hajau/ | kuzu zangpo /kuzu zaŋpo/ | chibai /tʃibai/ | na dam maw /na dam maw/ | ᤐᤣᤜᤢᤙᤣ /peːhuːje/ | ཁམས་བཟང /kʰamsaŋ/ |
| Gracias | kazi /kazi/ | ase /ase/ | kadrinche /kadrintɕe/ | ka lawm e /ka lɔːm e/ | ka lawm /ka lawm/ | ᤐᤡᤍᤠᤱ /pidaːŋ/ | ཐུགས་རྗེ་ཆེ /tʰuktɕetɕe/ |
| Uno | kha /kʰa/ | kha /kʰa/ | thê /tʰe/ | pakhat /pakʰat/ | pakhat /pakʰat/ | ᤌᤡᤰ /tʰik/ | གཅིག /tɕik/ |
| Bueno | ahei /ahei/ | kahei /kahei/ | lekpo /lekpo/ | tha /tʰa/ | tha /tʰa/ | ᤏᤢᤒᤠ /nuba/ | ལེགས་པོ /lekpo/ |
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