Zomi people

E759970

The Zomi people are an indigenous Tibeto-Burman ethnic group living across the hilly regions of northeastern India and western Myanmar, with a distinct language, culture, and Christian-influenced traditions.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Zomi people canonical 11
Zomi 6
Chin-Kuki-Mizo peoples 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group ⓘ
alternativeName Tedim-Chin ⓘ
Zo people ⓘ
colonialHistory British Burma ⓘ
linked to: Colony of Burma

British India ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
diaspora Australia ⓘ
Malaysia ⓘ
Singapore ⓘ
United States ⓘ
ethnicGroupOf India ⓘ
Myanmar ⓘ
hasCulturalPractice clan-based social structure ⓘ
oral storytelling traditions ⓘ
traditional dances ⓘ
traditional folk songs ⓘ
vernacular Christian hymns ⓘ
hasOrganization Zomi Council ⓘ
Zomi National Congress ⓘ
Zomi Revolutionary Army ⓘ
language Tedim language ⓘ
Zomi language ⓘ
linked to: Mizo language
languageFamily Sino-Tibetan languages ⓘ
Tibeto-Burman languages ⓘ
majorReligionIntroducedBy Christian missionaries ⓘ
nativeTo Chin Hills ⓘ
Chin State ⓘ
Manipur ⓘ
Mizoram ⓘ
Nagaland ⓘ
Sagaing Region ⓘ
northeastern India ⓘ
western Myanmar ⓘ
partOf Chin ethnic groups of Myanmar ⓘ
Kuki-Chin peoples of Northeast India ⓘ
linked to: Kuki-Chin peoples
relatedEthnicGroup Chin people ⓘ
Kuki people ⓘ
Mizo people ⓘ
religion Baptist Christianity ⓘ
linked to: Baptists

Christianity ⓘ
Protestantism ⓘ
selfIdentification Zomi ⓘ
linked to: Zomi people
subgroupOf Chin-Kuki-Mizo peoples ⓘ
traditionalDress handwoven shawls ⓘ
traditionalEconomy shifting cultivation ⓘ
subsistence agriculture ⓘ
traditionalReligion animism ⓘ
writingSystem Latin script ⓘ
linked to: Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (19)

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

Kuki → relatedEthnicGroup → Zomi ⓘ
linked to: Zomi people
Tedim Chin → spokenBy → Zomi people ⓘ
Zo people → alternativeName → Zomi ⓘ
linked to: Zomi people
Zo people → partOfBroaderGroup → Chin-Kuki-Mizo peoples ⓘ
linked to: Zomi people
Kuki people → relatedEthnicGroup → Zomi people ⓘ
Chin people → notableSubgroup → Zomi ⓘ
linked to: Zomi people
Chin State → hasEthnicGroup → Zomi people ⓘ
subject linked to: Chin State, Myanmar
Tedim people → relatedEthnicGroup → Zomi people ⓘ
Tedim language → spokenBy → Zomi people ⓘ
Hmar people → relatedEthnicGroup → Zomi people ⓘ
Vaiphei → macroEthnicContext → Zomi peoples ⓘ
linked to: Zomi people
Zomi people → selfIdentification → Zomi ⓘ
linked to: Zomi people
Chin Hills → ethnicGroup → Zomi ⓘ
linked to: Zomi people
Tedim → inhabitedBy → Zomi people ⓘ
Tedim → ethnicMajority → Zomi people ⓘ
Tedim → hasEthnicGroup → Zomi ⓘ
linked to: Zomi people
Tedim → isCulturalCenterFor → Zomi people ⓘ