Rongmei language

Rongmei
Songbu
Ruanglat, "Ruangmei"
RegionAssam, Manipur and Nagaland
EthnicityRongmei Naga
Native speakers
(undated figure of 350,580)
Language codes
ISO 639-3nbu
Glottologrong1266
ELPRongmei Naga

Rongmei is a Sino-Tibetan language spoken by the Rongmei Naga community in Northeast India. It has been called Songbu and is close to Zeme and Liangmai. The language has been nomenclatured as "Ruangmei" and studied as a First Language paper from class I to X of Board of Secondary Education, Manipur. Ruangmei is studied as a Minor Indian Language (MIL) in Class XI & XII of Council of Higher Secondary Education Manipur (COHSEM).