Thadou people
Thadou people and are an indigenous tribe of Kuki people inhabiting Northeast India, Burma, Bangladesh, and Israel.
Thadou people | |
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Total population | |
229,340[1] | |
Regions with significant populations | |
India | Manipur, Mizoram, Assam, Nagaland,Tripura |
Israel | N/A |
Myanmar | N/A |
Chin State | N/A |
Sagaing Region | N/A |
Languages | |
Thadou language | |
Religion | |
Predominantly Protestantism (Baptist) and Catholicism; very small minority Judaism (Bnei Menashe) | |
Related ethnic groups | |
Zo people · Chin · Kuki · Mara · Bnei Menashe, Ranglong · Mizo |
Thadou is a Language of the Kuki-Chin languages.
Thadou tribe is one of the largest tribe among Kuki/Zo community and Thadou language is one of the most spoken language among All Kuki-Zo communities and is the second most spoken language in Manipur after Meitei.
Distribution
Thadou populations have been reported in India, Burma, Israel and Bangladesh — and in India populations have settled in largest in Manipur and smaller numbers in Nagaland, Assam, Tripura, Meghalaya, Mizoram and Delhi.
Clans
Thadou Tribe has multiple clans and the major clans are as below •
- Lupho
- Lupheng
- Misao
- Hangsing
- Chongloi
- Khongsai
- Kipgen
- Langiung
- Sairang
- Thangngeo
- Haokip
- Sitlhou
- Touthang
- Haolai
- Singson (Shingsol)
- Lhouvum
- Mate
- Lhungdim
- Baite
- Guite
- Kholhou
- Changsan
- Singsit
- Hanghal/Lhanghal
- Doungel
- Milhiem
- Dimngel
- Lunkim
- Lhoujem
- Lotjem
- Saimar
- Lhangum
- Lenthang
- Sa’um
- Lhangum
- Ngailut
- Insun
- Jongbe
- Khuongthang
- Tuboi
- Kilong/Kiloung.
References
- "Language" (PDF). Census of India. 2011.
Other sources
- Shaw, William. 1929. Notes on the Thadou kuki.
- Shakespear, J. Part I, London, 1912, The Lushai Kuki Clans. Aizawl : Tribal Research Unit.
- Tribal Research Institute. 1994. The Tribes of Mizoram. (A Dissertation) Aizawl: Tribal Research Institute, Directorate of Art and Culture.
- The Socio-Economics Of Linguistic Identity A Case Study In The Lushai Hills. Satarupa Dattamajumdar, Ph.D.
- Lieut. R. Stewart in the Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal (1857). entitled "A slight notice of the Grammar of Thadou or New Kookie language."
External links
- www
.ethnologue .com /language /tcz - The Thadous at the Wayback Machine (archived December 2, 2021)
- thadoubaptistassociation
.org /en /home
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