Singpho

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The Singpho are an indigenous ethnic group of Northeast India and neighboring Myanmar, known for their distinct language, culture, and historical role in the region’s tea cultivation.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Singpho canonical 2
Singpho language 1

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group
indigenous people
agriculturalPractice slash-and-burn agriculture
agriculturalProduct millet
rice
tea
country India
Myanmar
culturalPractice ancestor veneration
communal feasts
oral traditions
customaryLaw clan-based customary law
endonym Singpho
ethnonym Singpho people
exonym Jingpo
linked to: Jingpo people
knownFor contribution to development of tea industry in Assam
early tea cultivation in Assam
language Singpho language
linked to: Singpho
languageFamily Sino-Tibetan languages
languageSubfamily Jingpho–Luish languages
nativeTo Kachin Hills
linked to: Myanmar Highlands

Myanmar
Northeast India
partOf Jingpo ethnolinguistic group
linked to: Jingpo people
populationDistribution Tinsukia district of Assam
linked to: Tinsukia district

eastern Arunachal Pradesh
recognizedAs Scheduled Tribe in Arunachal Pradesh
Scheduled Tribe in Assam
region Arunachal Pradesh
Assam
Kachin State
relatedEthnicGroup Jingpo people
Kachin people
religion Animism
Christianity
Theravada Buddhism
linked to: Theravada
socialStructure clan-based society
teaCulture consumption of tea as a daily beverage
processing of tea leaves by roasting and drying
use of wild tea plants
traditionalDress distinctive woven textiles
traditionalHouseType stilt house
traditionalOccupation shifting cultivation
tea cultivation
traditionalPoliticalOrganization village chief system
traditionalReligion animist beliefs
traditionalWeapon da (traditional sword)

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Referenced by (3)

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

Arunachal Pradesh hasTribe Singpho
Singpho language Singpho language
linked to: Singpho
Singpho endonym Singpho