Thadou people

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Thadou people and are an indigenous tribe of Kuki people inhabiting Northeast India, Burma, Bangladesh, Israel .

Thadou people, Thadou te, Thadou tribe
Thadou people
Thadou dress.jpg
Thadou man and woman in traditional dress
Total population
229,340[1]
Regions with significant populations
 IndiaManipur, Mizoram, Assam, Nagaland,Tripura
 IsraelN/A
 MyanmarN/A
           Flag of Chin State.svg Chin StateN/A
           Flag of Sagaing Region (2019).svg Sagaing RegionN/A
Languages
Thadou language
Religion
Predominantly Protestantism (Baptist) and Catholicism; very small minority Judaism (Bnei Menashe)
Related ethnic groups
Zo people  · Chin  · Zomi  · Kuki  · Mara  · Bnei Menashe, Ranglong

Thadou is a Language of the Kuki-Chin languages. 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.[citation needed]

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.

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[edit]

  1. "Language" (PDF). Census of India. 2011.

Other sources[edit]

  • 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[edit]

Template:Kuki-Chin-Mizo tribes