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#REDIRECT [[List of Naga ethnic groups]]
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[[Naga people|Naga]] is an umbrella term for several indigenous communities in [[North-East India]] and [[Upper Burma]]. The word Naga originated as an exonym. Today, it covers a number of tribes that reside in [[Nagaland]], [[Manipur]], [[Assam]] and [[Arunachal Pradesh]] states of [[India]], and also in [[Myanmar]].


Before the arrival of the British, the term "Naga" was used in Assam to refer to certain isolated tribes. The British adopted this term for a number of tribes in the surrounding area, based on loose linguistic and cultural associations.
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S. R. Tohring (2010) lists 66 Naga tribes<ref>{{cite book | title = Violence and identity in North-east India: Naga-Kuki conflict |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zlaIRKRspYQC | author = S. R. Tohring | year = 2010 | publisher = Mittal Publications | isbn = 978-81-8324-344-5 | pages = xv-xvii }}</ref> whereas Kibangwar Jamir (2016) lists 67 tribes.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Jamir |first1=Kibangwar |title=The Nagas with the three great nations |location=Dimapur, Nagaland |edition=1st}}</ref> The 1991 [[Census of India]] listed 35 Naga groups as Scheduled Tribes: 17 in Nagaland, 15 in Manipur and 3 in Arunachal Pradesh.<ref name="UAShimray_2007">{{cite book | title = Naga population and integration movement |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eBPRzDO-9KEC | author = U. A. Shimray | publisher = Mittal Publications | year = 2007 | isbn = 978-81-8324-181-6 | pages = 25–33 }}</ref>
 
== Naga tribes ==
 
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Tribe
! Country
! Recognized as Scheduled Tribe in
! Reference for classification as Naga
! Comments
|-
|[[Angami Naga|Angami]]
| India
| Nagaland
| S. R. Tohring, 2010
|
|-
|[[Anal Naga|Anāl]]
|India, Myanmar
|Manipur
|S.R. Tohring, 2010
|
|-
| [[Ao Naga|Ao]]
| India
| Nagaland
| S. R. Tohring, 2010
|
|-
| [[Chakhesang Naga|Chakhesang]]
| India
| Nagaland
|
|
|-
| [[Chang Naga|Chang]]
| India
| Nagaland
| S. R. Tohring, 2010
|
|-
|[[Chirr Naga|Chirr]]
| India
| Nagaland
| S. R. Tohring, 2010
|
|-
| [[Chiru Naga|Chiru]]
| India
| Manipur
| S. R. Tohring, 2010
|
|-
| [[Chothe Naga|Chothe]]
| India
| Manipur
| S. R. Tohring, 2010
|
|-
| [[Inpui Naga|Inpui]]
| India
| Manipur
| S. R. Tohring, 2010
|
|-
| [[Kharam people|Kharam]] (also Purum)
| India
| Manipur
| S. R. Tohring, 2010
|
|-
| [[Khiamniungan people|Khiamniungan]] (or Khiamnungam)
| Myanmar, India
| Nagaland
| S. R. Tohring, 2010
| Also known as Nokow (Noko) in Myanmar.
|-
| [[Konyak Naga|Konyak]]
| Myanmar, India
| Nagaland
| S. R. Tohring, 2010
|
|-
| [[Lamkang Naga|Lamkang]]
| India
| Manipur
| S. R. Tohring, 2010
|
|-
| [[Lainong Naga|Lainong]]
| Myanmar
|
| S. R. Tohring, 2010
| Also known as Htang ngan
|-
|[[Liangmai Naga|Liangmai]]
| India
| Nagaland, Manipur
|
| Part of Zeliangrong
|-
| [[Lotha Naga|Lotha]]
| India
| Nagaland
| S. R. Tohring, 2010
|
|-
| [[Makury Naga|Makury]] (sometimes spelt Makuri)
| Myanmar, India
|
| S. R. Tohring, 2010
| Considered part of Yimchunger in Nagaland, India
|-
| [[Mao Naga|Mao]] (also Ememei)
| India
| Manipur
| S. R. Tohring, 2010
| Together with [Ekhramei|Khrasi ]<ref name="WilliamNepuni_2010"/>
|-
|[[Maram Naga|Maram]]
| India
| Manipur
| S. R. Tohring, 2010
|
|-
| [[Maring Naga|Maring]]
| India
| Manipur
| S. R. Tohring, 2010
|
|-
| [[Monsang Naga|Monsang]]
| India
| Manipur
| S. R. Tohring, 2010
|
|-
| [[Moyon Naga|Moyon]]
| Myanmar, India
| Manipur
| S. R. Tohring, 2010
| Moyon Naga.<ref name="Sen1992">{{cite book |author=Sipra Sen |title=Tribes and Castes of Manipur: Description and Select Bibliography |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bQQNCU-QWBAC&pg=PA58 |year=1992 |publisher=Mittal Publications |isbn=978-81-7099-310-0 |page=58 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=D3ZLAAAAMAAJ |title=Folk tales of Moyon-Monsang |page=1 |publisher=Directorate for Development of Tribals and Backward Classes, Manipur |year=1982 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IpVXpfA663IC&pg=PA54 |title=Women of Manipur |author=G. K. Ghosh |author2=Shukla Ghosh |page=54 |isbn=9788170248972 |publisher=APH |year=1997 }}</ref>
|-
| [[Nocte people|Nocte]] (or Nokte)
| India
|  Arunachal Pradesh
| S. R. Tohring, 2010
| Part of Tangshang Naga.
|-
| [[Para Naga|Para]]
| Myanmar
|
| S. R. Tohring, 2010
|
|-
| [[Phom Naga|Phom]]
| India
| Nagaland
| S. R. Tohring, 2010
|
|-
| [[Pochury Naga|Pochury]]
| India
| Nagaland
| S. R. Tohring, 2010
|
|-
| [[Poumai Naga|Poumai]]
| India
|Manipur
| S. R. Tohring, 2010
|
|-
| [[Rengma Naga|Rengma]]
| India
| Assam, Nagaland
| S. R. Tohring, 2010
|
|-
| [[Rongmei Naga|Rongmei]]
| India
| Assam, Manipur and Nagaland
| S. R. Tohring, 2010
| Part of Zeliangrong
|-
| [[Sangtam Naga|Sangtam]]
| India
| Nagaland
| S. R. Tohring, 2010
|
|-
| [[Sumi Naga|Sumi]] (or Sema)
| India
| Nagaland
| S. R. Tohring, 2010
|
|-
| [[Tangkhul Naga|Tangkhul]]
| India, Myanmar
| Manipur
|
|
|-
| [[Tangsa Naga|Tangsa]] (or Tase in language coding name)
| India, Myanmar
| Arunachal Pradesh
| S. R. Tohring, 2010
| Known as Tangshang in Myanmar
|-
| [[Tarao Naga|Tarao]]
| India
| Manipur
|S. R. Tohring, 2010
|
|-
| [[Thangal Naga|Thangal]]
| India
|Manipur
| S. R. Tohring, 2010
|
|-
|[[Tikhir Naga|Tikhir]]
| India
| Nagaland
| S. R. Tohring, 2010
|
|-
| [[Tutsa Naga|Tutsa]]
| India
| Arunachal Pradesh
| Robin Tribhuwan, 2005<ref name="Robin2005">{{cite book | author=Robin D. Tribhuwan | title=Tribal Housing Issues | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RfOa19WlWLAC&pg=PA56 | accessdate=8 September 2013 | date=1 January 2005 | publisher=Discovery Publishing House | isbn=978-81-7141-917-3 | pages=56–}}</ref>
|It is a sub-tribe of Tangshang Naga.
|-
| [[Wancho Naga|Wancho]]
| India
| Arunachal Pradesh
| S. R. Tohring, 2010
|| It is a sub-tribe of Tangshang Naga.
|-
| [[Yimchunger]]
| Myanmar, India
| Nagaland
| S. R. Tohring, 2010
|
|-
| [[Zeme Naga|Zeme]]
| India
| Nagaland, Assam & Manipur
| S.R.Tohring
| Part of Zeliangrong Community
|}
 
<gallery>
File:Viswe–mi women.jpeg|Angami women
File:Aos 2219b.jpg|Ao woman in traditional attire
File:Koniak 0382b.jpg|A Konyak chief in his traditional outfit
File:Liangmai Dance.jpg|Liangmai youths performing folk dance during Road Show in Peren, Nagaland
File:Oral Literature in the Digital Age - 000103.jpg|A Pochury woman on a book cover
File:Nocte diorama.JPG|A diorama of Nocte people in a museum
File:Glory Day celebration of the Poumai Naga.jpg|Glory Day celebration of the Poumai Naga
File:Tangkhul Chonchon.jpg|Tangkhul girl in a modern adaptation of the traditional dress
File:Tangsa diorama.JPG|A diorama of Tangsa people in a museum
File:Wancho diorama.JPG|A diorama of the Wancho people in a museum
File:Naga female by retlaw snellac.jpg|Yimchunger girl at the Kutur village morung
File:GaanNgai 20140113 3 15.jpg|Rongmeis of Manipur during Gaan-Ngai 2014 at Keikhu, Kabui Village
</gallery>
 
== Naga tribes with limited recognition ==
 
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Tribe
! Country
! State
! Reference for classification as Naga
! Comments
|-
| [[Khoibu (Uipo) Naga|Khoibu]]
| India
| Manipur
| Romesh Singh, 2006<ref name="Romesh2006">{{cite book | author=M. Romesh Singh | title=Tribal Development in 21st Century: An Experience from Manipur | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Tek_ICRgARIC&pg=PA60 | accessdate=8 September 2013 | date=1 January 2006 | publisher=Mittal Publications | isbn=978-81-8324-150-2 | page=60}}</ref>
| Also considered as a subtribe of Maring
|-
| [[Heimi Naga|Hemi]] (also Haimi)
| Myanmar
|
| S. R. Tohring, 2010
|Limited scope of former name of Tangshang
|-
| [[Pangmi Naga|Pangmi]]
| Myanmar
|
| S. R. Tohring, 2010
| Limited scope of former name of Tangshang
|-
| [[Muklom tribe|Muklom]]
| India
|
| S. R. Tohring, 2010
| subtribe of Tangsa/Tangshang Naga
|-
| [[Rangpang Naga|Rangpang]]
| India
| Arunachal Pradesh
| S. R. Tohring, 2010
| Limited scope of former name of Tangshang
|-
| [[Ollo Naga|Ollo]] (Lazu)
| India
| Arunachal Pradesh
|
| Also considered as a sub-tribe of Nocte
|-
| [[Koka Naga]] (Goga)
| Myanmar
|
| S. R. Tohring, 2010
| sometimes considered as a subtribe of Somra Tangkhul
|-
| [[Longphuri Naga|Longphuri]]
| Myanmar
|
| S. R. Tohring, 2010
| Also considered as a subtribe of Makury
|-
| [[Makyam Naga|Makyam]] (Paung Nyuan)
| Myanmar
|
| S. R. Tohring, 2010
| Also considered as a subtribe of Khiamniungan Naga
|-
| [[Tikhak Naga|Tikhak]]
| India, Myanmar
| Arunachal Pradesh
| S. R. Tohring, 2010
| Also considered as a subtribe of Tangsa/Tangshang Naga
|}
 
== Composite tribes or communities ==
 
* [[Chakhesang Naga|Chakhesang]]: Chokri, Khezha and Sangtam combined<ref name="WilliamNepuni_2010">{{cite book | title = Socio-cultural history of Shüpfomei Naga tribe |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uXWiDcJwlCMC | author = William Nepuni | publisher = Mittal Publications | year = 2010 | isbn = 978-81-8324-307-0 | pages = 24–25 }}</ref>
 
* Shepfomei or Shepoumai (Mao-Poumai): Ememei, Lepaona, Chiliivai and Paomata together<ref name="WilliamNepuni_2010"/>
* [[Zeliangrong]]: Zeme, Liangmai and Rongmei together<ref name="GKGhosh_Women_1997">{{cite book | title = Women of Manipur | author = G. K. Ghosh | author2 = Shukla Ghosh |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IpVXpfA663IC | edition = illustrated | publisher = APH Publishing | year = 1997 | isbn = 978-81-7024-897-2 | page = 4 }}</ref>
* [[Zeliang]]: Zeme and Liangmei together are called Zeliang in Nagaland<ref name="UAShimray_2007"/>
* Tangshang: A combination term, Tang from Tangnyu Vang (Wang) and Shang from Shangnyu Vang (Wang) chieftains, which were formerly known as and includes Heimi (Haimi), Pangmi, Rangpang, Tangsa, Wancho, Nocte, and Tutsa now.
* Tenyimi: Angami, Chakhesang, Inpui, Mao, Maram, Pochury, Poumai, Rengma, Thangal, Zeliangrong.<ref>{{cite web |title=Tenyimi Day message from TPO president |url=https://www.theindiapost.com/nation/nagaland/tenyimi-day-message-from-tpo-president/ |website=The India Post|date=22 February 2012 }}</ref>
 
== References ==
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