Vaiphei

E710317

The Vaiphei are an indigenous Tibeto-Burman–speaking ethnic group of Northeast India and Myanmar, culturally related to other Kuki-Chin peoples.

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Vaiphei canonical 5

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Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
country India ⓘ
Myanmar ⓘ
culturalArea Zomi-Kuki-Chin cultural sphere ⓘ
culturalPractice folk dances ⓘ
folk songs ⓘ
oral tradition ⓘ
culturalRelation shares customs with other Kuki-Chin groups ⓘ
ethnicCategory Scheduled Tribe in some Indian states ⓘ
ethnolinguisticGroup Tibeto-Burman ⓘ
geographicDistribution border areas of India and Myanmar ⓘ
hills of Northeast India ⓘ
language Vaiphei language ⓘ
languageBranch Kuki-Chin languages ⓘ
languageFamily Tibeto-Burman languages ⓘ
linguisticStatus minority language in India ⓘ
minority language in Myanmar ⓘ
linguisticTypology agglutinative language ⓘ
tonal language ⓘ
macroEthnicContext Zomi peoples ⓘ
linked to: Zomi people
minorityStatus ethnic minority in India ⓘ
ethnic minority in Myanmar ⓘ
nativeTo Myanmar ⓘ
Northeast India ⓘ
primaryReligionToday Protestant Christianity ⓘ
region Assam ⓘ
Chin State ⓘ
Manipur ⓘ
Mizoram ⓘ
Nagaland ⓘ
relatedTo Chin people ⓘ
Kuki people ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
traditional animist beliefs ⓘ
religiousInfluence Protestant missions ⓘ
socialStructure clan-based society ⓘ
subgroupOf Kuki-Chin peoples ⓘ
traditionalHousing stilt houses ⓘ
traditionalLeadership village chief ⓘ
traditionalLivelihood shifting cultivation ⓘ
subsistence agriculture ⓘ
traditionalReligion ancestor worship ⓘ
writingSystem Latin script ⓘ
linked to: Latin alphabet

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