Zome

Facts

  • Language: Zome
  • Alternate names: Zorni, Zomi, Zou, Zo, Kuki Chin, Jo, ဇိုမီး
  • Language code: zom
  • Language family: Sino-Tibetan, Tibeto-Burman, Sal, Kuki-Chin-Naga, Kuki-Chin, Northern (SIL classification)
  • Number of speakers: 17,000
  • Vulnerability: Vulnerable
  • Script: Latin script, used in India.

More information:

    Ethnic autonym: Zomi or Zome, also a collective name by Tedim Chin (See: [[Chin, Tedim]]) of Myanmar, Paite (See: [[Chin, Paite]]), and Vaiphei (See: [[Vaiphei]]) of Manipur. Christian.

    Zome is spoken in India, Myanmar, South Asia;Southeast Asia.