Tangsa people

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The Tangsa people are an ethnic group of Tibeto-Burman origin primarily inhabiting the border regions of northeastern India and Myanmar, known for their diverse dialects, traditional animist beliefs (alongside Hinduism and Christianity), and rich cultural practices.

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Label Occurrences
Tangsa people canonical 6

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group ⓘ
borderRegion India–Myanmar border ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
conversionTrend conversion to Christianity ⓘ
conversion to Hinduism ⓘ
country India ⓘ
Myanmar ⓘ
culturalPractice communal dances ⓘ
oral storytelling tradition ⓘ
ritual feasts ⓘ
ethnicOrigin Tibeto-Burman ⓘ
hasDialect Havi dialect ⓘ
Longchang dialect ⓘ
Mossang dialect ⓘ
Muklom dialect ⓘ
Pangwa dialects ⓘ
Tikhak dialect ⓘ
Tonglum dialect ⓘ
Yongkuk dialect ⓘ
hasDialectContinuum Tangsa dialects ⓘ
hasWritingSystem Tangsa alphabet ⓘ
linked to: Tangsa script
kinshipSystem patrilineal ⓘ
languageFamily Sino-Tibetan languages ⓘ
languageSubfamily Tibeto-Burman languages ⓘ
neighboringEthnicGroup Naga peoples ⓘ
Singpho people ⓘ
politicalOrganization village council ⓘ
primaryRegion Myanmar ⓘ
Northeast India ⓘ
recognizedAs Scheduled Tribe in India ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
Hinduism ⓘ
animism ⓘ
socialStructure clan-based society ⓘ
stateInIndia Arunachal Pradesh ⓘ
Assam ⓘ
traditionalBeliefSystem animist practices ⓘ
traditionalCraft basketry ⓘ
weaving ⓘ
wood carving ⓘ
traditionalCrop maize ⓘ
millet ⓘ
rice ⓘ
traditionalDressFeature distinctive patterns by subgroup ⓘ
handwoven textiles ⓘ
traditionalEconomy shifting cultivation ⓘ
subsistence agriculture ⓘ
traditionalHousing stilt houses ⓘ
traditionalHousingMaterial bamboo ⓘ
thatch ⓘ
traditionalReligion ancestor worship ⓘ
worship of nature spirits ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

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

Nocte → neighboringGroups → Tangsa people ⓘ
Tangsa language → spokenBy → Tangsa people ⓘ
Tirap district → hasEthnicGroup → Tangsa people ⓘ
Lohit district → hasIndigenousCommunity → Tangsa people ⓘ
Nocte people → relatedEthnicGroup → Tangsa people ⓘ