Thadou people
Thadou people and are an indigenous tribe of Kuki people inhabiting Northeast India, Burma, Bangladesh, and Israel.
Thadou people | |
|---|---|
 Thadou man and woman in traditional dress | |
| Total population | |
| 229,340[1] | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
 India | Manipur, Mizoram, Assam, Nagaland,Tripura |
 Israel | N/A |
 Myanmar | N/A |
 Chin State | N/A |
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| 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 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.[citation needed]
Distribution
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]
Clans
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
- ^ "Language" (PDF). Census of India. 2011.
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
