Pnar people

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The Pnar people are an indigenous ethnic community of the Jaintia Hills in Meghalaya, India, known for their matrilineal society, distinct Austroasiatic language, and rich traditional festivals and customs.

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Pnar people canonical 9

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Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group ⓘ
social group ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Jaintia people ⓘ
Synteng ⓘ
clanSystem matriclan-based ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
country India ⓘ
culturalTrait clan-based social organization ⓘ
communal festivals ⓘ
rich oral traditions ⓘ
customaryLawScope inheritance ⓘ
land tenure ⓘ
marriage ⓘ
descentSystem matrilineal descent ⓘ
ethnicity Pnar ⓘ
governedByCustomaryLaw yes ⓘ
inheritanceSystem matrilineal inheritance ⓘ
kinshipSystem clan-based matrilineal kinship ⓘ
language Pnar language ⓘ
languageFamily Austroasiatic languages ⓘ
languageSubfamily Khasic languages ⓘ
locatedIn Jaintia Hills ⓘ
Meghalaya ⓘ
Northeast India ⓘ
notableArea Jowai ⓘ
partOf Scheduled Tribes of Meghalaya ⓘ
linked to: Scheduled Tribes
populationStatus minority group in India ⓘ
primaryState Meghalaya ⓘ
region East Jaintia Hills district ⓘ
Jaintia Hills district ⓘ
West Jaintia Hills district ⓘ
relatedEthnicGroup Bhoi people ⓘ
Khasi people ⓘ
War people ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
Niamtre ⓘ
selfDesignation Pnar ⓘ
socialSystem matrilineal ⓘ
traditionalDance Laho dance ⓘ
traditionalFestival Behdeinkhlam ⓘ
Laho dance festival ⓘ
linked to: Laho dance
traditionalOccupation agriculture ⓘ
trade ⓘ
weaving ⓘ
traditionalReligion Niamtre ⓘ

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Referenced by (9)

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

Khasi people → relatedEthnicGroup → Pnar people ⓘ
Jaintia Hills → inhabitedBy → Pnar people ⓘ
Khasian → associatedEthnicGroup → Pnar people ⓘ
Khasic languages → hasEthnicGroup → Pnar people ⓘ
Jaintia Kingdom → ethnicGroup → Pnar people ⓘ
Pnar → spokenBy → Pnar people ⓘ
Pnar → ethnicGroupAssociated → Pnar people ⓘ
Pnar language → spokenBy → Pnar people ⓘ