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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Tibeto-Burman ethno-linguistic group native to the state of Manipur, India}}<br />
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{{Use Indian English|date=July 2019}}<br />
{{Infobox ethnic group<br />
|group = Monsang<br />
|image = "Monsang" written in Meitei script.jpg<br />
|caption = "Monsang" written in [[Meitei script]]<br />
|population = 2,427 <ref>{{cite web |title=CENSUS OF ST |url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/PCA/ST.html |website=CENSUS 2011 |publisher=MHA GOI}}</ref><br />
|languages = [[Monsang language]] ([[first language|L1]]) <br /> [[Meitei language]] ([[second language|L2]])<ref>{{Cite web |title=Meitei {{!}} Ethnologue |url=https://www.ethnologue.com/language/mni/ |access-date=2023-05-03 |website=[[Ethnologue]] |language=en}}</ref><br />
|religions = [[Christianity]]<br />
|related = [[Meitei people]], [[Moyon people]], [[Naga people]]<br />
|footnotes = <br />
}}<br />
{{Naga people}}<br />
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The '''Monsang people''', also known as the '''Monsang Naga''', are a [[Tibeto-Burman]] [[ethno-linguistic group]] native to the [[Northeast India]]n state of [[Manipur]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Singh |first=K. S. |year=1998 |title=People of India: India's communities |volume=5 |publisher=Oxford University Press |page=2360 |isbn=9780195633542}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Prakash |first=Col Ved |year=2007 |title=Encyclopaedia of North-East India |volume=4 |publisher=Atlantic Publishers & Distributors |pages=1560–1563 |isbn=9788126907069}}</ref><br />
They use [[Meitei language]] as their [[second language]] (L2) according to the [[Ethnologue]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Meitei {{!}} Ethnologue |url=https://www.ethnologue.com/language/mni/ |access-date=2023-05-03 |website=[[Ethnologue]] |language=en}}</ref><br />
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== Religion ==<br />
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|title=Religion among Monsang<ref name="census2001">{{cite book<br />
| title = Census of India - Socio-cultural aspects, Table ST-14<br />
| publisher = Government of India, Ministry of Home Affairs<br />
| type = compact disc <br />
}}<br />
</ref><br />
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|left1=Religion<br />
|right1=Percent<br />
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|bars=<br />
{{bar percent|[[Hinduism]]|#FF6600|0.00}}<br />
{{bar percent|[[Christianity]]|#9955BB|100.00}}<br />
{{bar percent|Others|#808080|0.00}}<br />
}}<br />
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==References==<br />
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{{Naga tribes}}<br />
{{Hill tribes of Northeast India}}<br />
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[[Category:Naga people]]<br />
[[Category:Scheduled Tribes of Manipur]]<br />
[[Category:Ethnic groups in Northeast India]]<br />
[[Category:Ethnic groups in South Asia]]<br />
[[Category:Ethnic groups in Manipur]]<br />
[[Category:Ethnic groups in India]]<br />
[[Category:Scheduled Tribes of India]]<br />
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