Mizo people

Mizo
Mizo hnam
Traditional Cheraw dance with traditional attire
Total population
1,400,000+ (2011–2019)[a][1][2]
Regions with significant populations
 India
830,846–1,000,902 (2011)[b][3]
 Myanmar400,000[2]
 Bangladesh70,000[4]
 United States50,000[5]
 Singapore20,000[6]
 Australia15,000[7]
 Malaysia6,000[8]
 Israel5,000[9]
Languages
Mizo language
Religion
Majority:
Christianity[10]
Minority:
Judaism, Buddhism, and Mizo religion
Related ethnic groups

The Mizo people, historically recorded as the Lushais, are an ethnic group native to the state of Mizoram in India and neighbouring states of Northeast India. They speak the Tibeto-Burman language of Mizo, the official language and lingua franca of Mizoram. The state is the second most literate state in India, at more than a rate of 90%.[11]

The Chin people of Myanmar and the Kuki people of India and Bangladesh are the kindred tribes of Mizos[12] and many of the Mizo migrants in Myanmar have accepted the Chin identity. The Chin, Kuki, Mizo, and southern Naga peoples are collectively known as Zo people (Mizo: Zohnahthlak; lit. "descendants of Zo") which all speak the Kukish languages.[13]


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  1. ^ "Statement 1: Abstract of speakers' strength of languages and mother tongues – 2011". www.censusindia.gov.in. Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 1 April 2022.
  2. ^ a b "Myanmar Mizo". Kabaw Tlangval. 20 November 2022. Retrieved 30 October 2023.
  3. ^ "Statement 1: Abstract of speakers' strength of languages and mother tongues – 2011". www.censusindia.gov.in. Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 1 April 2022.
  4. ^ "Why is Bangladesh driving Kuki refugees into Mizoram, a year after Myanmar militias did the same from Rakhine?". 28 November 2022.
  5. ^ Forrest, Jack. "Celebrating Chin culture".
  6. ^ "SINGAPORE-A MIZO KAL TUM LEH AWM MEK TAN THU PAWIMAWH".
  7. ^ "Australia Ramah Kal Tumte Tana Chhiar Ngei Ngei Chi – MIZO SOCIETY OF AUSTRALIA THUCHHUAH".
  8. ^ https://misual.life/2008/05/10/japan-a-hnathawk-thin-george-lalremruata/
  9. ^ Haime, Jordyn. "India's Bnei Menashe community in crisis as Manipur rocked by ethnic violence". www.timesofisrael.com.
  10. ^ Religion data of census 2011 cpsindia.org October 2016 Archived 1 December 2022 at the Wayback Machine
  11. ^ "Mizoram Population 2022 | Sex Ratio & Literacy rate 2023". www.census2011.co.in. Retrieved 13 September 2023.
  12. ^ "Interesting facts about the Kuki tribe". 6 May 2023.
  13. ^ "MNF steps up campaign for unification of Manipur's Kuki, Zo-Zomi tribals | Tripuraindia".

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