Zomi people

E759970

The Zomi people are an indigenous Tibeto-Burman ethnic group living across the hilly regions of northeastern India and western Myanmar, with a distinct language, culture, and Christian-influenced traditions.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Zomi people canonical 11
Zomi 6
Chin-Kuki-Mizo peoples 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group
alternativeName Tedim-Chin
Zo people
colonialHistory British Burma
linked to: Colony of Burma

British India
continent Asia
diaspora Australia
Malaysia
Singapore
United States
ethnicGroupOf India
Myanmar
hasCulturalPractice clan-based social structure
oral storytelling traditions
traditional dances
traditional folk songs
vernacular Christian hymns
hasOrganization Zomi Council
Zomi National Congress
Zomi Revolutionary Army
language Tedim language
Zomi language
linked to: Mizo language
languageFamily Sino-Tibetan languages
Tibeto-Burman languages
majorReligionIntroducedBy Christian missionaries
nativeTo Chin Hills
Chin State
Manipur
Mizoram
Nagaland
Sagaing Region
northeastern India
western Myanmar
partOf Chin ethnic groups of Myanmar
Kuki-Chin peoples of Northeast India
linked to: Kuki-Chin peoples
relatedEthnicGroup Chin people
Kuki people
Mizo people
religion Baptist Christianity
linked to: Baptists

Christianity
Protestantism
selfIdentification Zomi
linked to: Zomi people
subgroupOf Chin-Kuki-Mizo peoples
traditionalDress handwoven shawls
traditionalEconomy shifting cultivation
subsistence agriculture
traditionalReligion animism
writingSystem Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (19)

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

Kuki relatedEthnicGroup Zomi
linked to: Zomi people
Tedim Chin spokenBy Zomi people
Zo people alternativeName Zomi
linked to: Zomi people
Zo people partOfBroaderGroup Chin-Kuki-Mizo peoples
linked to: Zomi people
Kuki people relatedEthnicGroup Zomi people
Chin people notableSubgroup Zomi
linked to: Zomi people
Chin State hasEthnicGroup Zomi people
subject linked to: Chin State, Myanmar
Tedim people relatedEthnicGroup Zomi people
Tedim language spokenBy Zomi people
Hmar people relatedEthnicGroup Zomi people
Vaiphei macroEthnicContext Zomi peoples
linked to: Zomi people
Zomi people selfIdentification Zomi
linked to: Zomi people
Chin Hills ethnicGroup Zomi
linked to: Zomi people
Tedim inhabitedBy Zomi people
Tedim ethnicMajority Zomi people
Tedim hasEthnicGroup Zomi
linked to: Zomi people
Tedim isCulturalCenterFor Zomi people