Tibeto-Burman peoples

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The Tibeto-Burman peoples are a diverse group of ethnolinguistic communities across the Himalayas, Northeast India, Myanmar, and surrounding regions who speak Tibeto-Burman languages and share related cultural and historical roots.

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Tibeto-Burman peoples canonical 7
Rgyalrongic peoples 1
Sino-Tibetan peoples 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (82)

Predicate Object
instanceOf cultural group
ethnolinguistic group
hasEthnicGroup Akha people
Angami Naga
linked to: Naga peoples

Ao Naga
Bhutia people
linked to: Bhutia

Bodo people
Chin people
Garo people
Gurung people
Hani people
Jingpo people
Kachin people
Karen peoples
Konyak Naga
linked to: Naga peoples

Kuki people
Lahu people
Limbu people
Lisu people
linked to: Jingpo people

Lolo (Yi) people
Lotha Naga
Magar people
Mara people
Meitei people
Mizo people
Monpa people
Mru (Mro) people
Naga peoples
Naxi people
Newar people
linked to: Newar

Qiang people
Rai peoples
Sherpa people
Sumi Naga
Tamang people
linked to: Hmar people

Tibetan people
Tripuri people
Tujia people
hasLanguageBranch Bodish languages
Bodo-Garo languages
Kachin (Jingpho) languages
linked to: Kachin language

Kiranti languages
Kuki-Chin languages
Lolo-Burmese languages
linked to: Lolo-Burmese

Magaric languages
Qiangic languages
Tamangic languages
Tani languages
Tibetic languages
hasLanguageFamily Tibeto-Burman languages
hasMajorRegion Bangladesh (Chittagong Hill Tracts)
Bhutan
Himalayas
Laos
Myanmar
Nepal
Northeast India
Northern Myanmar
Northern Thailand
linked to: northern Thailand

Qinghai
Sichuan
linked to: Sichuan Province

Southwest China
Tibet
Yunnan
linked to: Yunnan Province
hasPopulationScope tens of millions of people
hasWritingTradition Burmese script (for some related groups)
Meitei script (for Meitei people)
linked to: Meitei Mayek script

Tibetan script (for Tibetic groups)
isDiverseIn cultural practices
languages
religions
isRelatedTo Sino-Tibetan language family
isSubjectOf anthropological research
comparative linguistics
historical migration studies
partOf Sino-Tibetan peoples
sharesCulturalTraits Himalayan highland agriculture
Tibetan Buddhism (among many groups)
animist and indigenous religions
clan-based social organization
transhumant pastoralism
sharesHistoricalRoots ancient Sino-Tibetan migrations

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (11)

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

Assamese people culturalInfluence Tibeto-Burman peoples
Karbi people ethnicity Tibeto-Burman
linked to: Tibeto-Burman peoples
Sharchop ethnolinguisticGroup Tsangla-speaking peoples
linked to: Tibeto-Burman peoples
Qiangic languages spokenBy Rgyalrongic peoples
linked to: Tibeto-Burman peoples
Mizo people ethnolinguisticGroup Tibeto-Burman peoples
Tibeto-Burman peoples partOf Sino-Tibetan peoples
linked to: Tibeto-Burman peoples
Dimasa Kingdom ethnolinguisticGroup Tibeto-Burman peoples
Teron ethnolinguisticGroup Tibeto-Burman peoples
Akha people ethnogenesis Tibeto-Burman peoples
Yi people ethnolinguisticGroup Tibeto-Burman peoples
subject linked to: Yi
Garo people relatedEthnicGroup Tibeto-Burman peoples