Mech ethnic group

E644042

The Mech ethnic group is an indigenous community of the Indian subcontinent, primarily associated with the Bodo-Kachari peoples of northeastern India and parts of Bangladesh, with distinct linguistic and cultural traditions.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Mech ethnic group canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (34)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
country Bangladesh ⓘ
India ⓘ
culturalPractice folk dance ⓘ
folk music ⓘ
oral traditions ⓘ
culturalTrait distinct cultural traditions ⓘ
distinct linguistic traditions ⓘ
ethnicClassification Bodo-Kachari peoples ⓘ
linked to: Kachari people
ethnographicRegion Indian subcontinent ⓘ
ethnoLinguisticGroup Bodo-Mech group ⓘ
hasAutonym Mech ⓘ
hasExonym Bodo-Mech ⓘ
historicalAssociation Brahmaputra Valley ⓘ
Terai and Dooars regions ⓘ
languageFamily Sino-Tibetan languages ⓘ
Tibeto-Burman languages ⓘ
region Assam ⓘ
North Bengal ⓘ
Northeastern India ⓘ
linked to: Northeast India

Northern Bangladesh ⓘ
linked to: northern Bangladesh
relatedEthnicGroup Bodo people ⓘ
Dimasa people ⓘ
Kachari people ⓘ
Koch people ⓘ
Rabha people ⓘ
religion Hinduism ⓘ
indigenous animist beliefs ⓘ
socialClassification Scheduled Tribe in parts of India ⓘ
traditionalLanguage Bodo language ⓘ
linked to: Bodo

Mech language ⓘ
traditionalOccupation agriculture ⓘ
shifting cultivation ⓘ

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

Mech (historical name) → notToBeConfusedWith → Mech ethnic group ⓘ