Alternate Names: Arung, Empui, Jeme, Kacha, Kachcha, Kutcha, Mezama, Sangrima, Sengima, Zemi
Dialects: Njauna, Paren.
Genealogy:
Demographics: 34,100 (2001 census).
Language Use: Used strongly for oral communication but not much in written form. Home, village, church. Positive attitudes. Also use Hindi [hin].
Language Development: Literacy rate in L2: 59% in Manipur (2001 census). Radio programs. NT: 1978–1992.
Writing System: Latin
Nation of Origin: India
Other Comments: Ethnonym: Zeliang, with both Liangmai or Zeliangrong, including Rongmei. A Scheduled Tribe. Christian (Protestant), Hindu.