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.
Dove si parla
20 parole essenziali in Zeme naga
Acqua
nki
/nki/
Fuoco
mei
/mei/
Sole
sʰeu
/sʰeu/
Luna
kʰu
/kʰu/
Madre
nem
/nem/
Padre
ape
/ape/
Mangiare
so
/so/
Bere
hʷu
/hʷu/
Amore
kihai
/kihai/
Cuore
heisia
/heisia/
Albero
rik
/rik/
Casa
ki
/ki/
Cane
hui
/hui/
Gatto
kʰemi
/kʰemi/
Mano
hak
/hak/
Occhio
mik
/mik/
Ciao
hangba
/haŋba/
Grazie
kazi
/kazi/
Uno
kha
/kʰa/
Buono
ahei
/ahei/
Fonti
Parole a confronto
Confrontato con le lingue Sino-Tibetan correlate
| Significato | Zeme naga | Tangkhul naga | Kurtöp | mizo | Hakha Chin | Limbu | Sikkimese |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acqua | nki /nki/ | ze /ze/ | khwe /kʰwe/ | tui /tui/ | ti /ti/ | ᤇᤘᤠ /tʃʰwaː/ | ཆུ /tɕʰu/ |
| Fuoco | mei /mei/ | mei /mei/ | mi /mi/ | mei /mei/ | mei /mei/ | ᤔᤡ /mi/ | མེ /me/ |
| Sole | 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/ |
| Mangiare | so /so/ | ngui /ŋui/ | za /za/ | ei /ei/ | ei /ei/ | ᤆᤠᤔᤠ /tʃaːmaː/ | ཟ /za/ |
| Bere | hʷu /hʷu/ | rai /rai/ | thung /tʰuŋ/ | in /in/ | din /din/ | ᤌᤢᤴᤔᤠ /tʰuŋmaː/ | འཐུང /tʰuŋ/ |
| Amore | kihai /kihai/ | cha /tʃa/ | ga /ɡa/ | hmangaih /hmaŋai/ | daw /daw/ | ᤔᤡᤌᤡ /mitʰi/ | དགའ /ɡa/ |
| Cuore | heisia /heisia/ | mokyaba /mokjaba/ | nying /ɲiŋ/ | thinlung /tʰinluŋ/ | lung /luŋ/ | ᤛᤡᤰ /sik/ | སྙིང /ɲiŋ/ |
| Albero | 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/ |
| Cane | hui /hui/ | ui /ui/ | khwi /kʰwi/ | ui /ui/ | ui /ui/ | ᤁᤣᤳᤇᤡ /keptʃi/ | ཁྱི /tɕʰi/ |
| Gatto | 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/ |
| Occhio | mik /mik/ | mi /mi/ | mik /mik/ | mit /mit/ | mit /mit/ | ᤔᤡᤰ /mik/ | མིག /mik/ |
| Ciao | hangba /haŋba/ | hayau /hajau/ | kuzu zangpo /kuzu zaŋpo/ | chibai /tʃibai/ | na dam maw /na dam maw/ | ᤐᤣᤜᤢᤙᤣ /peːhuːje/ | ཁམས་བཟང /kʰamsaŋ/ |
| Grazie | 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/ |
| Buono | ahei /ahei/ | kahei /kahei/ | lekpo /lekpo/ | tha /tʰa/ | tha /tʰa/ | ᤏᤢᤒᤠ /nuba/ | ལེགས་པོ /lekpo/ |
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