Tedim people

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The Tedim people are an ethnic group from the Chin Hills region of Myanmar (and neighboring areas of India) known for their distinct culture, traditions, and Tibeto-Burman linguistic heritage.

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Tedim people canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Chin ethnic group
ethnic group
alsoKnownAs Tedim Chin
Tiddim people
linked to: Khumi people
associatedTown Tedim
continent Asia
country India
Myanmar
crossBorderGroup India–Myanmar border
culturalHeritage clan-based customs
oral traditions
culturalRegion Chin Hills
ethnicGroupOf India
Myanmar
geopoliticalContext Indo-Myanmar borderlands
historicalReligion animism
languageFamily Sino-Tibetan languages
Tibeto-Burman languages
linguisticHeritage Tibeto-Burman
locatedIn Chin State
northeastern India
northwestern Myanmar
minorityStatus ethnic minority in India
ethnic minority in Myanmar
nativeLanguage Tedim language
partOf Chin people
primarySettlement Chin State
Tedim Township
region Chin Hills
relatedEthnicGroup Kuki people
Mizo people
Zomi people
other Chin subgroups
religion Baptist Christianity
linked to: Baptists

Christianity
Protestantism
socialStructure clan system
traditionalDance group dances
traditionalDress handwoven textiles
striped shawls
traditionalHousing stilt houses
traditionalLivelihood shifting cultivation
subsistence agriculture
traditionalMusic folk songs
traditionalReligion animism
usesScript Latin alphabet

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Kuki-Chin languages spokenBy Tedim people
Tedim language spokenBy Tedim people