Ethnic group
 Thadou man and woman in traditional dress | |
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 229,000–313,000 in India | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| India, Myanmar and Bangladesh | Manipur, Nagaland, Assam, Mizoram, Tripura |
| Languages | |
| Thadou | |
| 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 people, also called Thadou Kukis, are the Thadou language-speaking Kuki people inhabiting Northeast India, Burma, Bangladesh. "Thadou" is also the name of a particular clan among the Thadou Kukis. Other clans include Haokip, Kipgen, Doungel, Hangshing, Mangvung etc.
Distribution
According to the 2011 census of India, there are 229,340 Thadou language-speakers in the country. The vast majority of them (97.6%) are in the state of Manipur. Within Manipur, they make up the largest single tribe, forming about 19% of all its Scheduled Tribes. There are also significant numbers of Thadou-speakers in Meghalaya and Assam.
In addition, many Thadou language-speakers are also believed to list their language as "Kuki" in the census. The 2011 census lists 83,968 "Kuki" language-speakers, who are mostly distributed in the states of Nagaland, Manipur and Assam.
References
- Census of India, Language (2018), pp. 40, 48.
- Shaw, William (1929), Notes on the Thadou Kukis, Government of Assam – via archive.org
- Seilen Haokip, What Price, Twenty Years of Peace (2012), p. 95.
- Ngamkhohao Haokip, Politics of Tribe Identity (2012).
- ^ Census of India, Language (2018), p. 48.
- Michaud, Jean; Swain, Margaret Byrne; Barkataki-Ruscheweyh, Meenaxi (2016), Historical Dictionary of the Peoples of the Southeast Asian Massif (2nd ed.), Rowman & Littlefield, p. 244, ISBN 9781442272798
- Ngamkhohao Haokip, Politics of Tribe Identity (2012), pp. 67–68.
- Census of India, Language (2018), p. 40.
Bibliography
- Language: India, States and Union Territories (Table C-16) (PDF), Registrar General of India, 2018
- Haokip, Seilen (2012), "What Price, Twenty Years of Peace in Mizoram (1986–2006): A Kuki Perspective", in Thongkholal Haokip (ed.), The Kukis of Northeast India: Politics and Culture, Bookwell, pp. 89–, ISBN 9789380574448
- Haokip, Ngamkhohao (2012), "Politics of Tribe Identity with reference to the Kukis", Journal of North East India Studies, 2 (2): 64–73 – via academia.edu
- 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
| Ethnic groups of the Zo people and its clans | |||||
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| Zo people (Kuki-Chin-Mizo people) | |||||
| Chin |
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| Kuki-Zomi |
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| Mizo | |||||
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| Scheduled tribes of India | |
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