Thadou people, also called Thadou Kukis, are the Thadou language-speaking Kuki people inhabiting Northeast India, Burma, Bangladesh. "Thadou" is also the name of a clan among the Thadou Kukis. Thadou Kukis also nclude numerous other clans such as Kipgen, Doungel, Hangshing, Mangvung etc.
Thadou people | |
|---|---|
 Thadou man and woman in traditional dress | |
| Total population | |
| 229,340 in India[1] | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
 India, Myanmar and Israel | Manipur, Mizoram, Assam, Nagaland,Tripura |
| Languages | |
| Thadou | |
| Religion | |
| Predominantly Protestantism (Baptist) and Catholicism; very small minority Judaism (Bnei Menashe) | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Zo people · Chin · Kuki · Mara · Bnei Menashe, Ranglong · Mizo | |
References edit
- ^ "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
- www
.ethnologue .com /language /tcz - The Thadous at the Wayback Machine (archived December 2, 2021)
- thadoubaptistassociation
.org /en /home