Liangmai people
Kwoireng, Liyang, Liangmai jat | |
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| Total population | |
| 60,000 approx. (2011)[1] | |
| Languages | |
| Lianglad | |
| Religion | |
| Majority: Christianity[2] Minority: Polytheism | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
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The Liangmai people, are a Tibeto-Burmese ethnic group that inhabit Nagaland and Manipur states of Northeast India. Their villages are mostly spread across the Peren district in Nagaland and Tamenglong, Senapati in Manipur. They are a part of the larger Naga tribes and have a similar language and culture. A majority of the Liangmais practise Christianity while a small section in Tening village of Nagaland still adheres to traditional Heraka religious practices. [3]
Ethymology
The word “Liangmai” is a compound word made up of liang + mai. Here, liang is construed as kyliang means a ‘sector in a village’ and mai means people, which is best translated as “a group of people from one sector”, probably referring to a group of people from one segment of Makuiluangdi village. Secondly, liang is interpreted as north, which means people from the north. The interpretations are closely connected and possibly accurate as the Liangmais settled in the Northern part of the present Hamai (Zeliangrong or Luangdimai) territory. At the same time, the Liangmai people might be a number of people from the same kyliang or sector in Makuiluangdi village who lived there as the ruler of the land. [4]
References
- ^ "A-11 Individual Scheduled Tribe Primary Census Abstract Data and its Appendix". Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
- ^ Religion data of census 2011 cpsindia.org October 2016 Archived 1 December 2022 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ [1], Google AI overeview of the Liangmai Tribe.
- ^ Marienmai, Maisuangdibou (7 January 2022). LIANGMAI NARRATIVES: An Integral Look at History, Society, Culture. Winco Books. p. 33-34.
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