Vaiphei people

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Vaiphei
Total population
c. 50,000 (India)[1]
Regions with significant populations
Northeast India, Burma
Languages
Vaiphei language
Religion
Christianity
Related ethnic groups
Zomi  · Chin  · Kuki  · Hmar  · Mizo  · Simte  · Gangte  · Zou  · Paite

The Vaiphei are an ethnic group who inhabit the North-East part of India and Burma. Lt. Colonel J. Shakespeare (1887–1905), the first superintendent of the then Lushai Hills, referred to them as one of the Kuki clans of Manipur[2] and recognized as part of the Chin-Kuki-Mizo tribe by the state government of Manipur.[3] The group is originally from the located in the northern part of Chin State.[4] The group speak the Vaiphei language.[5] Each clan has a chief called ‘Upa’. The Vaiphei people follows primogeniture system where the eldest son inherits his father's property. Considered to be the first among the Chin-Kuki-Mizo groups to settle in Manipur and hence were included under the "Old Kuki" group based on arrival and settlement in the present borders of Manipur.

References[]

  1. ^ "Distribution of the 100 non-scheduled languages". Censusindia.gov.in. Retrieved 8 July 2012.
  2. ^ Shakespear, J. (2006). The Lushei Kuki Clan. Kessinger Publishing. pp. 148–149. ISBN 978-1-4286-2698-0.
  3. ^ Tarapot, Phanjoubam (2003). Bleeding Manipur. Har-Anand Publications. p. 12. ISBN 978-81-241-0902-1. Retrieved 3 September 2009.
  4. ^ K. S. Singh; V. Bhalla; V. Kaul (1994). People of India: national series. People of India. Vol. 3. Anthropological Survey of India. p. 1167 The Vaiphei people believed that they emerged out from Khul/Chhinlung/Sinlung. ISBN 978-0-19-563255-2. OCLC 67867100.
  5. ^ Yamuna Kachru; S. N. Sridhar (1996). Language in South Asia. Cambridge University Press. p. 45. ISBN 978-0-521-78141-1. Retrieved 3 September 2009.


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