Miri

E166034

Miri refers to the Mishing people, an indigenous ethnic group primarily inhabiting parts of Assam and Arunachal Pradesh in northeastern India, known for their distinct Tibeto-Burman language and rich cultural traditions.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Miri canonical 9
Plains Miri 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group ⓘ
indigenous people ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Miri people ⓘ
Mishing ⓘ
country India ⓘ
ethnicGroupOf Arunachal Pradesh ⓘ
Assam ⓘ
India ⓘ
hasCulturalTrait animistic rituals ⓘ
rice-beer brewing traditions ⓘ
rich oral folklore ⓘ
kinshipSystem clan-based exogamous system ⓘ
languageBranch Tani languages ⓘ
languageFamily Tibeto-Burman languages ⓘ
locatedIn Northeast India ⓘ
migrationOrigin eastern Himalayan region (traditional belief) ⓘ
practicesReligion Hinduism ⓘ
recognizedAs Scheduled Tribe in India ⓘ
recognizedLanguageStatus Mising language recognized in Assam (associate official use) ⓘ
regionOfHabitation Brahmaputra Valley ⓘ
Dhemaji district ⓘ
Lakhimpur district ⓘ
Majuli region ⓘ
linked to: Majuli Island

Siang region of Arunachal Pradesh ⓘ
Sonitpur district ⓘ
Upper Assam ⓘ
relatedEthnicGroup Adi people ⓘ
Apatani people ⓘ
linked to: Apatani

Nyishi people ⓘ
other Tani groups ⓘ
socialOrganization village council system ⓘ
speaksLanguage Mising language ⓘ
linked to: Mishing language
subgroupOf Tani peoples ⓘ
traditionalDance Gumrag dance ⓘ
traditionalDress ege (women’s wrap skirt) ⓘ
gaseng (men’s wrap) ⓘ
traditionalFestival Ali-Aye-Ligang ⓘ
Po:rag ⓘ
traditionalHouseType stilt house ⓘ
traditionalMusicInstrument cymbals ⓘ
drums ⓘ
flutes ⓘ
traditionalOccupation animal husbandry ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
wet-rice cultivation ⓘ
traditionalReligion Donyi-Polo ⓘ
usesScript Assamese script (for Mising language) ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (10)

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

Mishing language → alternativeName → Plains Miri ⓘ
linked to: Miri
Miri-Piri → component → Miri ⓘ
Miri-Piri → hasAspect → Miri ⓘ
Piri → contrastedWith → Miri ⓘ