Mishmi tribes

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The Mishmi tribes are an indigenous ethnic group of the eastern Himalayas, primarily inhabiting parts of Arunachal Pradesh in India and neighboring regions, known for their distinct Tibeto-Burman languages and rich animist cultural traditions.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Mishmi people 15
Mishmi peoples 4
Indigenous peoples of Northeast India 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group ⓘ
indigenous people ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Mishmi ⓘ
Mishmi people ⓘ
linked to: Mishmi tribes
country India ⓘ
culturalPractice animal sacrifice in rituals ⓘ
elaborate funeral rituals ⓘ
festivals linked to agricultural cycles ⓘ
oral epics and myths ⓘ
ethnicGroupOf Arunachal Pradesh ⓘ
India ⓘ
eastern Himalayas ⓘ
linked to: Eastern Himalayas
geographicFeature Dibang River basin ⓘ
linked to: Dibang River

Lohit River basin ⓘ
linked to: Lohit River
languageFamily Tibeto-Burman languages ⓘ
languageFamilyBranch Sino-Tibetan ⓘ
linguisticGroup Digaru Mishmi language speakers ⓘ
Idu Mishmi language speakers ⓘ
Miju Mishmi language speakers ⓘ
notableDistrict Anjaw district ⓘ
Dibang Valley district ⓘ
Lohit district ⓘ
Lower Dibang Valley district ⓘ
primaryState Arunachal Pradesh ⓘ
Assam ⓘ
recognizedAs Scheduled Tribe in India ⓘ
region Arunachal Pradesh ⓘ
Assam ⓘ
China ⓘ
Tibet ⓘ
eastern Himalayas ⓘ
religion Buddhism ⓘ
Hinduism ⓘ
animism ⓘ
shamanism ⓘ
subgroup Digaru Mishmi ⓘ
Idu Mishmi ⓘ
Miju Mishmi ⓘ
traditionalBelief presence of spirits in natural objects ⓘ
role of shamans as ritual specialists ⓘ
traditionalDress beaded jewelry ⓘ
handwoven garments ⓘ
ornamental belts ⓘ
traditionalEconomy animal husbandry ⓘ
hunting and gathering ⓘ
shifting cultivation ⓘ
weaving ⓘ
traditionalReligion ancestor worship ⓘ
animist beliefs ⓘ
nature worship ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (21)

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

Dibang River → associatedWith → Mishmi tribes ⓘ
North-East Frontier Agency → ethnicGroups → Mishmi people ⓘ
linked to: Mishmi tribes
Tezu → hasEthnicGroup → Mishmi people ⓘ
linked to: Mishmi tribes
Mishmi Hills → inhabitedBy → Mishmi people ⓘ
linked to: Mishmi tribes
Dibang Valley district → ethnicGroup → Mishmi peoples ⓘ
linked to: Mishmi tribes
Mishmi tribes → alsoKnownAs → Mishmi people ⓘ
linked to: Mishmi tribes
Lohit River → associatedWith → Mishmi people ⓘ
linked to: Mishmi tribes
Digaru Mishmi → subgroupOf → Mishmi people ⓘ
linked to: Mishmi tribes
Miju Mishmi → partOf → Mishmi peoples ⓘ
linked to: Mishmi tribes
Anjaw district → hasIndigenousCommunity → Mishmi people ⓘ
linked to: Mishmi tribes
Dibang Valley → knownFor → Mishmi people ⓘ
linked to: Mishmi tribes
Lohit district → hasIndigenousCommunity → Mishmi people ⓘ
linked to: Mishmi tribes
Miji → belongsToCategory → Indigenous peoples of Northeast India ⓘ
linked to: Mishmi tribes
Mishmi languages → spokenBy → Mishmi people ⓘ
linked to: Mishmi tribes
Lohit Valley → hasEthnicGroup → Mishmi people ⓘ
linked to: Mishmi tribes
Singpho people → neighboringGroup → Mishmi people ⓘ
linked to: Mishmi tribes
Digaru Mishmi language → spokenBy → Mishmi people ⓘ
linked to: Mishmi tribes
Digaru Mishmi language → ethnicGroup → Mishmi people ⓘ
linked to: Mishmi tribes
Idu → partOfLargerGroup → Mishmi peoples ⓘ
linked to: Mishmi tribes
Chulikata Mishmi → ethnolinguisticGroup → Mishmi peoples ⓘ
linked to: Mishmi tribes
Upper Dibang Valley district → indigenousPeople → Mishmi people ⓘ
linked to: Mishmi tribes