Vaiphei people

Vaiphei
Total population
43,000 (2011 Census)[1][2]
Regions with significant populations
Manipur, Assam, Mizoram, Tripura, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Myanmar (Burma)
Languages
Vaiphei language
Religion
Related ethnic groups

The Vaiphei people are an ethnic group who live in the North-East Indian states of Manipur, Assam, Mizoram, Nagaland, Meghalaya, Tripura and in the Chin State of Myanmar.[4] They share cultural similarities with other tribes in the region like Mizo, Paite, Thadou, Simte, Hmar, Zou people, Gangte and Kom (collectively known as the Zo-Mizo people) or Zo.[5]




References

  1. ^ "Abstract of Speakers' Strength of Languages and Mother Tongues - 2011" (PDF). censusindia.gov.in. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 February 2022. Retrieved 12 June 2022.
  2. ^ "Distribution of the 100 non-scheduled languages". Censusindia.gov.in. Retrieved 8 July 2012.
  3. ^ "Social and Religious Life of the Vaiphei Tribe". academia.edu. Archived from the original on 19 August 2025. Retrieved 17 March 2026.
  4. ^ *Pau, Pum Khan (2019), Indo-Burma Frontier and the Making of the Chin Hills: Empire and Resistance, Taylor & Francis, p. 15, ISBN 9781000507454
  5. ^ "A Sociolinguistic Exploration of the Vaiphei Tribe" (PDF). International Journal for Multidisciplinary Research.
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