Thadou people
Appearance
Thadou people, also called Thadou te, are the Thadou language-speaking Mizo people inhabiting Northeast India, Burma, Bangladesh. Thadou also include numerous other clans such as Kipgen, Haokip, Doungel, Hangshing, etc.
Thadou people | |
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![]() Thadou man and woman in traditional dress | |
Total population | |
229,340 in India[1] | |
Regions with significant populations | |
![]() | 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
- ^ "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