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The Vaiphei people are an ethnic group who live in the North-East Indian state of Manipur and in the Chin State of Myanmar.[3] They share cultural similarities with other tribes in the region like Paite, Thadou, Simte, Hmar, Zou people, Gangte and Kom (collectively known as the Kuki-Zomi people) or Zo.
Total population | |
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43,000 (2001 Census)[1][2] | |
Regions with significant populations | |
Northeast India, Myanmar (Burma) | |
Languages | |
Vaiphei language | |
Religion | |
Christianity | |
Related ethnic groups | |
Kuki · Chin · Kuki · Hmar · Mizo · Simte · Gangte · Zou · Paite.Ranglong |
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References
edit- ^ "Abstract of Speakers' Strength of Languages and Mother Tongues - 2011" (PDF). censusindia.gov.in. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 February 2022. Retrieved 12 June 2022.
- ^ "Distribution of the 100 non-scheduled languages". Censusindia.gov.in. Retrieved 8 July 2012.
- ^ *Pau, Pum Khan (2019), Indo-Burma Frontier and the Making of the Chin Hills: Empire and Resistance, Taylor & Francis, p. 15, ISBN 9781000507454