Alternate Names: Sema, Simi, Sumi
Dialects: Dayang (Western Sumi), Lazemi, Zhimomi, Zumomi.
Genealogy:
Demographics: 104,000 (2001 census).
Language Use: Also use Angami Naga [njm], Ao Naga [njo], Assamese [asm], English [eng], Hindi [hin], Lotha Naga [njh], Naga Pidgin [nag].
Language Development: Literacy rate in L2: 50% Assamese [asm], English. Taught in primary schools. Dictionary. Grammar. Bible: 2000–2004.
Writing System: Latin
Nation of Origin: India
Other Comments: A Scheduled Tribe. Christian.