Vaiphei people

Vaiphei

Total population
43,000 (2011 Census)[1][2]
Regions with significant populations
Northeast India in Manipur, Assam, Mizoram, Tripura, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Myanmar (Burma)
Languages
Vaiphei Language
Religion
Christianity
Related ethnic groups
Mizo  · Chin  · Kuki  · Hmar  · Mizo  · Simte  · Gangte  · Zou  · Paite.Ranglong

The Vaiphei people are an ethnic group who live in the North-East India state of Manipur, Assam, Mizoram, Nagaland, Meghalaya, Tripura and in the Chin State of Myanmar.[3] They share cultural similarities with other tribes in the region like Mizo, Paite, Thadou, Simte, Hmar, Zou people, Gangte and Kom (collectively known as the Zo-Mizo people) or Zo.[4]

References

1. "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.
2. "Distribution of the 100 non-scheduled languages". Censusindia.gov.in. Retrieved 8 July 2012.
3. *Pau, Pum Khan (2019), Indo-Burma Frontier and the Making of the Chin Hills: Empire and Resistance, Taylor & Francis, p. 15, ISBN 9781000507454
4. "A Sociolinguistic Exploration of the Vaiphei Tribe" (PDF). International Journal for Multidisciplinary Research.