Mao Naga

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Mao Naga are an indigenous Naga ethnic group primarily inhabiting the northern region of Manipur, India, known for their distinct language, customs, and traditional village-based social structure.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Mao Naga canonical 2
Mao of Bambasi 1
Mao of Begi 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Naga ethnic group ⓘ
indigenous ethnic group ⓘ
associatedDistrict Senapati district ⓘ
associatedWithTown Mao Gate ⓘ
borderProximity Myanmar ⓘ
Nagaland ⓘ
colonialEraContact British administration in Naga Hills ⓘ
country India ⓘ
culturalPractice folk dances ⓘ
folk songs ⓘ
harvest festivals ⓘ
oral traditions ⓘ
culturalRegion Naga Hills region ⓘ
linked to: Naga Hills
demographicStatus minority group in Manipur ⓘ
ethnicGroupOf India ⓘ
ethnolinguisticFamily Naga peoples ⓘ
governanceTradition village council system ⓘ
hasClanSystem yes ⓘ
hasLanguage Mao language ⓘ
heritageStatus indigenous people of Northeast India ⓘ
languageFamily Sino-Tibetan languages ⓘ
languageSubfamily Tibeto-Burman languages ⓘ
linguisticStatus Mao language is a minority language ⓘ
locatedIn Northeast India ⓘ
missionaryContact Christian missionaries in Northeast India ⓘ
primaryRegion northern Manipur ⓘ
primaryState Manipur ⓘ
recognizedAs Scheduled Tribe in India ⓘ
relatedEthnicGroups Angami Naga ⓘ
linked to: Angami Naga tribe

Poumai Naga ⓘ
other Naga tribes ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
traditional animist beliefs ⓘ
scriptUsage Latin script for Mao language ⓘ
selfIdentification Naga ⓘ
traditionalAgricultureType shifting cultivation ⓘ
terrace cultivation ⓘ
traditionalCraft basketry ⓘ
weaving ⓘ
woodwork ⓘ
traditionalDressFeature distinctive shawls ⓘ
traditional headgear ⓘ
traditionalEconomy agriculture ⓘ
traditionalReligion indigenous animist practices ⓘ
traditionalSettlementType hill villages ⓘ
traditionalSocialStructure village-based social structure ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

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

Naga peoples → subgroup → Mao Naga ⓘ
Naga → subgroup → Mao Naga ⓘ
Mao peoples → hasSubgroup → Mao of Bambasi ⓘ
linked to: Mao Naga
Mao peoples → hasSubgroup → Mao of Begi ⓘ
linked to: Mao Naga