Vaiphei

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The Vaiphei are an indigenous Tibeto-Burman–speaking ethnic group of Northeast India and Myanmar, culturally related to other Kuki-Chin peoples.

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Vaiphei canonical 5

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group
continent Asia
country India
Myanmar
culturalArea Zomi-Kuki-Chin cultural sphere
culturalPractice folk dances
folk songs
oral tradition
culturalRelation shares customs with other Kuki-Chin groups
ethnicCategory Scheduled Tribe in some Indian states
ethnolinguisticGroup Tibeto-Burman
geographicDistribution border areas of India and Myanmar
hills of Northeast India
language Vaiphei language
languageBranch Kuki-Chin languages
languageFamily Tibeto-Burman languages
linguisticStatus minority language in India
minority language in Myanmar
linguisticTypology agglutinative language
tonal language
macroEthnicContext Zomi peoples
linked to: Zomi people
minorityStatus ethnic minority in India
ethnic minority in Myanmar
nativeTo Myanmar
Northeast India
primaryReligionToday Protestant Christianity
region Assam
Chin State
Manipur
Mizoram
Nagaland
relatedTo Chin people
Kuki people
religion Christianity
traditional animist beliefs
religiousInfluence Protestant missions
socialStructure clan-based society
subgroupOf Kuki-Chin peoples
traditionalHousing stilt houses
traditionalLeadership village chief
traditionalLivelihood shifting cultivation
subsistence agriculture
traditionalReligion ancestor worship
writingSystem Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet

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