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Sümi language

Sümi, also Sema, is a Sino-Tibetan language spoken in Nagaland, India. It is spoken by the Sümi Naga people. It differs from every other Naga languages due to the presence of guttural sounds.

Sümi is spoken in central and southern Nagaland, mainly in Zünheboto District. There are also good number of speakers in parts of Niuland, Dimapur, Chümoukedima and Kiphire District(s), as well as in 7 villages of Tinsukia District, Assam (Ethnologue).

Ethnologue lists the following dialects of Sümi.

The transcriptions in this section use the International Phonetic Alphabet.

The vowels of Sümi are as follows:

Notes:

The consonants of Sümi are as follows:

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