Maring people (India)

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Maring
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Total population
25,800 [1]
Languages
Maring
Religion
Christianity, Animism

Maring people, are a Tibeto-Burman ethnic group of Northeast Indian state of Manipur. [2] They live in the Chandel district along the north border and in the Tengnoupal district. [3] They speak the Maring language. [4] The Marings identify with the Naga people. [5] The Marings do not have a system of hereditary chiefs. [6]

References

  1. ↑ "Census of India 2011: Language" (PDF). Office of the Registrar General of India. 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 July 2018.
  2. ↑ Hodson, TC (1911). Tribes of Manipur.
  3. ↑ Maring people (India) at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  4. ↑ Thurgood, Graham (2016), "Sino-Tibetan: Genetic and Areal Subgroups", in Graham Thurgood; Randy J. LaPolla (eds.), The Sino-Tibetan Languages (2 ed.), Taylor & Francis, p. 22, ISBN   9781315399492
  5. ↑ Kipgen, Nehginpao (October–December 2011), "Ethnic Conflict in India: A Case Study of the Kukis and the Nagas in Manipur", The Indian Journal of Political Science, 72 (4): 1046, JSTOR   41856539
  6. ↑ Kipgen, Nehginpao (October–December 2011), "Ethnic Conflict in India: A Case Study of the Kukis and the Nagas in Manipur", The Indian Journal of Political Science, 72 (4): 1048, JSTOR   41856539
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