Tai Khamyang

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Tai Khamyang is a Tai ethnic group primarily found in northeastern India, known for its distinct language, culture, and Buddhist traditions.

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Label Occurrences
Tai Khamyang canonical 6

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Tai ethnic group
ethnic group
continent Asia
country India
countryOfCitizenship India
culturalArea Brahmaputra Valley
culturalHeritageStatus endangered language community
culturalPractice Buddhist merit-making rituals
monastic ordination ceremonies
culture Tai Buddhist culture
currentScriptUsed Assamese script
linked to: Bengali script
dietStaple rice
ethnicity Tai
ethnicMinorityIn Arunachal Pradesh
Assam
ethnonymVariant Khamyang
Shyam
heritageLanguage Khamyang
language Khamyang language
languageFamily Tai-Kadai languages
linguisticStatus endangered language
majorReligionBranch Theravada
migrationOrigin Upper Irrawaddy–Shan region (traditional belief)
partOf Tai peoples of Northeast India
primaryLocation Arunachal Pradesh
Assam
region Northeastern India
linked to: Northeast India
relatedEthnicGroup Shan
Tai Ahom
Tai Aiton
Tai Phake
linked to: Tai Phakhe

Tai Turung
religion Buddhism
Theravada Buddhism
linked to: Theravada
religiousFestivals Buddhist festivals
religiousInstitution Buddhist monastery
religiousLeaderTitle Bhikkhu
Monk
religiousTextTradition Pali Buddhist canon (via monastic tradition)
linked to: the Pali Canon
shiftLanguage Assamese
Hindi
socialStructure clan-based community
traditionalDressType Tai-style garments
traditionalOccupation agriculture
wet-rice cultivation
traditionalReligion Theravada Buddhism
linked to: Theravada
traditionalReligionPlace vihara
traditionalScriptUsed Tai script (historically)

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Referenced by (6)

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

Tai Khamyang language altName Tai Khamyang
Tai Aiton relatedEthnicGroup Tai Khamyang
Tai Khamyang community ethnicity Tai Khamyang
Khamyang ethnicGroupAssociated Tai Khamyang
Shyam (language) alternateName Tai Khamyang
subject linked to: Shyam (in some local usage)