Zo people

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The Zo people are an indigenous ethnic group of the Chin Hills region spanning parts of Myanmar, India, and Bangladesh, known for their distinct Tibeto-Burman language and shared cultural traditions with other Chin-related communities.

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Zo people canonical 8

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group
indigenous people
alternativeName Zo mi
Zo people of Chin Hills
linked to: Hakha Chin people

Zomi
linked to: Zomi people
continent Asia
country Bangladesh
India
Myanmar
culturalArea Chin Hills region
linked to: Chin Hills
diaspora urban centers in India
urban centers in Myanmar
ethnicGroupOf Bangladesh
India
Myanmar
ethnonym Zo
hasExonym Chin
Kuki
languageBranch Kuki-Chin languages
languageFamily Tibeto-Burman languages
locatedIn Chin Hills
Chin State
Chittagong Hill Tracts
Manipur
Mizoram
Tripura
migrationPattern internal migration within Myanmar and Northeast India
partOfBroaderGroup Chin-Kuki-Mizo peoples
linked to: Zomi people
region Northeast India
Southeastern Bangladesh
Western Myanmar
linked to: western Myanmar
relatedEthnicGroup Chin people
Kuki people
Mizo people
religion Animism
Christianity
sharesCulturalTraditionsWith Chin-related communities
socialStructure clan-based society
speaks Zo language
traditionalDress handwoven textiles
traditionalHousing stilt houses
traditionalLivelihood shifting cultivation
subsistence agriculture
traditionalMusic drum-based music
folk songs
traditionalReligion Zo indigenous beliefs

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Referenced by (8)

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

Chin relatedGroup Zo people
Chin collectiveIdentityTerm Zo people
Zo language spokenBy Zo people
Zo language ethnicGroup Zo people
Paite people culturalFamily Zo people
Paite partOfBroaderGroup Zo people
Zomi people alternativeName Zo people