Thadou people

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 man and woman in traditional dress
Total population
229,340
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  · 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.

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

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