Tai Khamyang

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Tai Khamyang is a Tai ethnic group primarily found in northeastern India, known for its distinct language, culture, and Buddhist traditions.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Tai Khamyang canonical 6

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Tai ethnic group ⓘ
ethnic group ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
country India ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship India ⓘ
culturalArea Brahmaputra Valley ⓘ
culturalHeritageStatus endangered language community ⓘ
culturalPractice Buddhist merit-making rituals ⓘ
monastic ordination ceremonies ⓘ
culture Tai Buddhist culture ⓘ
currentScriptUsed Assamese script ⓘ
linked to: Bengali script
dietStaple rice ⓘ
ethnicity Tai ⓘ
ethnicMinorityIn Arunachal Pradesh ⓘ
Assam ⓘ
ethnonymVariant Khamyang ⓘ
Shyam ⓘ
heritageLanguage Khamyang ⓘ
language Khamyang language ⓘ
languageFamily Tai-Kadai languages ⓘ
linguisticStatus endangered language ⓘ
majorReligionBranch Theravada ⓘ
migrationOrigin Upper Irrawaddy–Shan region (traditional belief) ⓘ
partOf Tai peoples of Northeast India ⓘ
primaryLocation Arunachal Pradesh ⓘ
Assam ⓘ
region Northeastern India ⓘ
linked to: Northeast India
relatedEthnicGroup Shan ⓘ
Tai Ahom ⓘ
Tai Aiton ⓘ
Tai Phake ⓘ
linked to: Tai Phakhe

Tai Turung ⓘ
religion Buddhism ⓘ
Theravada Buddhism ⓘ
linked to: Theravada
religiousFestivals Buddhist festivals ⓘ
religiousInstitution Buddhist monastery ⓘ
religiousLeaderTitle Bhikkhu ⓘ
Monk ⓘ
religiousTextTradition Pali Buddhist canon (via monastic tradition) ⓘ
linked to: the Pali Canon
shiftLanguage Assamese ⓘ
Hindi ⓘ
socialStructure clan-based community ⓘ
traditionalDressType Tai-style garments ⓘ
traditionalOccupation agriculture ⓘ
wet-rice cultivation ⓘ
traditionalReligion Theravada Buddhism ⓘ
linked to: Theravada
traditionalReligionPlace vihara ⓘ
traditionalScriptUsed Tai script (historically) ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Tai Khamyang language → altName → Tai Khamyang ⓘ
Tai Aiton → relatedEthnicGroup → Tai Khamyang ⓘ
Tai Khamyang community → ethnicity → Tai Khamyang ⓘ
Khamyang → ethnicGroupAssociated → Tai Khamyang ⓘ
Shyam (language) → alternateName → Tai Khamyang ⓘ
subject linked to: Shyam (in some local usage)