Thadou people

Thadou people, also called Thadou te, are the Thadou language-speaking Mizo people inhabiting Northeast India, Burma, Bangladesh. Thadou also include numerous other clans such as Kipgen, Haokip, Doungel, Hangshing, etc.

Thadou people, Thadou te, Thadou tribe

Thadou people
Thadou man and woman in traditional dress
Total population
229,340 in India
Regions with significant populations
India, Myanmar and Israel	Manipur, Mizoram, Assam, Nagaland,Tripura
Languages
Thadou
Religion
Predominantly Protestantism (Baptist) and Catholicism; very small minority Judaism (Bnei Menashe)
Related ethnic groups
Zo people  · Chin  · Kuki  · Mara  · Bnei Menashe, Ranglong  · Mizo

References

Other sources

• Shaw, William. 1929. Notes on the Thadou kuki.
• Shakespear, J. Part I, London, 1912, The Lushai Kuki Clans. Aizawl : Tribal Research Unit.
• Tribal Research Institute. 1994. The Tribes of Mizoram. (A Dissertation) Aizawl: Tribal Research Institute, Directorate of Art and Culture.
• The Socio-Economics Of Linguistic Identity A Case Study In The Lushai Hills. Satarupa Dattamajumdar, Ph.D.
• Lieut. R. Stewart in the Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal (1857). entitled "A slight notice of the Grammar of Thadou or New Kookie language."

External links

• www.ethnologue.com/language/tcz
• The Thadous at the Wayback Machine (archived December 2, 2021)
• thadoubaptistassociation.org/en/home