Thadou people

Thadou people, also called Thadou Kukis, are the Thadou language-speaking Kuki people inhabiting Northeast India, Burma, Bangladesh. "Thadou" is also the name of a clan among the Thadou Kukis. Thadou Kukis also nclude numerous other clans such as Kipgen, Doungel, Hangshing, Mangvung etc.

Thadou people, Thadou te, Thadou tribe
Thadou people
Thadou man and woman in traditional dress
Total population
229,340 in India[1]
Regions with significant populations
 India, Myanmar and IsraelManipur, Mizoram, Assam, Nagaland,Tripura
Languages
Thadou
Religion
Predominantly Protestantism (Baptist) and Catholicism; very small minority Judaism (Bnei Menashe)
Related ethnic groups
Zo people  · Chin  · Kuki  · Mara  · Bnei Menashe, Ranglong  · Mizo

References
  1. "Language" (PDF). Census of India. 2011.

Other sources
  • Shaw, William. 1929. Notes on the Thadou kuki.
  • Shakespear, J. Part I, London, 1912, The Lushai Kuki Clans. Aizawl : Tribal Research Unit.
  • Tribal Research Institute. 1994. The Tribes of Mizoram. (A Dissertation) Aizawl: Tribal Research Institute, Directorate of Art and Culture.
  • The Socio-Economics Of Linguistic Identity A Case Study In The Lushai Hills. Satarupa Dattamajumdar, Ph.D.
  • Lieut. R. Stewart in the Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal (1857). entitled "A slight notice of the Grammar of Thadou or New Kookie language."
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