Maring people

Maring people, are a Tibeto-Burman ethnic group of Northeast Indian state of Manipur.[2] They live in the Chandel district along the north border and in the Tengnoupal district.[3] They speak the Maring language belonging to the Northwestern Kuki-Chin group (or the 'Old Kuki' group).[4] However, the Marings identiy with the Naga people.[5] The Marings and other 'old Kukis' do not have a system of hereditary chiefs.[6]

Not to be confused with the Tsembaga Maring tribe of New Guinea.

Maring
Total population
25,800[1]
Languages
Maring
Religion
Christianity, Animism

References
  1. "Census of India 2011: Language" (PDF). Office of the Registrar General of India. 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 July 2018.
  2. Hodson, TC (1911). tribes of Manipur.
  3. Maring people at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  4. Thurgood, Graham (2016), "Sino-Tibetan: Genetic and Areal Subgroups", in Graham Thurgood; Randy J. LaPolla (eds.), The Sino-Tibetan Languages (2 ed.), Taylor & Francis, p. 22, ISBN 9781315399492
  5. Kipgen, Nehginpao (October–December 2011), "Ethnic Conflict in India: A Case Study of the Kukis and the Nagas in Manipur", The Indian Journal of Political Science, 72 (4): 1046, JSTOR 41856539
  6. Kipgen, Nehginpao (October–December 2011), "Ethnic Conflict in India: A Case Study of the Kukis and the Nagas in Manipur", The Indian Journal of Political Science, 72 (4): 1048, JSTOR 41856539
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