Aimol people
Ethnic group
![]() The term "Aimol written in Manipuri script (Meitei script) | |
Regions with significant populations | |
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India (Manipur) | |
Languages | |
Aimol language (L1) Meitei language (L2)[1] | |
Religion | |
Christianity | |
Related ethnic groups | |
Meitei people, other Chin-Kuki-Mizo peoples |
The Aimol people are an ethnic group living mainly in Manipur and in parts of Mizoram, Tripura, Nagaland and Assam,Meghalaya in India. They speak Aimol language which is a Kuki-Chin language. They identify themselves as 'Aimol' an independent tribe with no affiliates. Aimols have continued to live in harmony with neighboring communities before the independence and to this day. Aimols are closely related to Kom, Koireng, Chiru, Chothe,khelma,Biete,Biate etc. They use Meitei language as their second language (L2) according to the Ethnologue.[2]
They practice slash-and-burn agriculture and are primarily Christian. Their language is classified as Old-kuki.[3]
References
- ^ "Meitei | Ethnologue". Ethnologue. Retrieved 3 May 2023.
- ^ "Meitei | Ethnologue". Ethnologue. Retrieved 3 May 2023.
- ^ Burling, Robbins. 2003. The Tibeto-Burman languages of northeastern India. In Graham Thurgood and Randy J. LaPolla (eds.), The Sino-Tibetan languages, 169-191. London & New York: Routledge.
Sources
- Aimol at Ethnologue
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- Chakma
- Dimasa (Kachari)
- Garo
- Hajong
- Hmar
- Khasi and Jaintia (inc. Khasi Synteng or Pnar, War, Bhoi or Lyngngam)
- Kuki Tribes (see below)
- Mara
- Man (Tai speaking)
- Mizo (Lushai) tribes
- Mikir (Karbi)
- Naga tribes
- Pawi (Lai)
- Synteng (Pnar)
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Naga woman
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- Koch
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including:
See also List of Scheduled Tribes in India