Bnei MenasheThe Bnei Menashe (בני מנשה, "Children of Menasseh", known as the Shinlung in India) is a community of Indian Jews from various Tibeto-Burmese ethnic groups from the border of India and Burma who claim descent from one of the Lost Tribes of Israel; some of them have adopted Judaism. The community has around 10,000 members. The movement began in 1951 when a tribal leader reported having a dream that his people's ancient homeland was Israel; some tribal members began embracing the idea that they were Jews.
Khyangvignette|Habitants d'un village khyang de Birmanie. Les 'Khyang, ou Chin', sont un groupe ethnique présent dans les Chittagong Hill Tracts, au Bangladesh, ainsi que, dans une acception plus large, dans l'État indien de Mizoram et l'État Chin de Birmanie. Ils parlent des langues tibéto-birmanes relativement proches les unes des autres. Ils sont 1,5 million. Khyang, Chin pour les anglophones, est le terme appliqué par les Birmans et les ethnographes à un ensemble de populations dont les langues sont très apparentées.
Hmar peopleHmar is an Kuki ethnic group living in Northeast Indian state of Manipur, Mizoram, Assam and western Myanmar (Burma) and eastern Bangladesh. They use Meitei language as their second language (L2) in Manipur. They speak Mizo language as their L1 in Mizoram. According to the 2011 Indian Census, there were 98,988 Hmar speakers. In the 2011 census, there were 49,081 Hmars in Manipur. The exact population of the Hmars in Mizoram is not known. In the first census of 1901 there were 10,411 Hmar language speakers.
Zo peopleThe Zo people are an ethnic group which inhabit areas of India, Myanmar and the Chittagong hill tracts of Bangladesh. The word Zohnatlâk/Zo is used to describe an ethnic group, which is also known as the Chin, the Mizo, the Kuki, or a number of other names based on geographic distribution, that speaks the Kuki-Chin languages. They are from same origin which is known as Sinlung (also known as Chhinlung, Khur, Khul, etc,.).
Kuki peopleThe Kuki people are an ethnic group in the Northeastern Indian states of Manipur, Nagaland, Assam, Meghalaya, Tripura and Mizoram, as well as neighbouring countries of Bangladesh and Myanmar. The Kuki constitute one of several hill tribes within India, Bangladesh, and Myanmar. In Northeast India, they are present in all states except Arunachal Pradesh. Some fifty tribes of Kuki peoples in India are recognised as scheduled tribes, based on the dialect spoken by that particular Kuki community as well as their region of origin.
Chittagong Hill TractsLes Chittagong Hill Tracts (« région montagneuse de Chittagong ») sont une région du sud-est du Bangladesh, dans la division de Chittagong. Jusqu'en 1984, cette région constituait un district de la division. Elle a alors été divisée en trois nouveaux districts : Khagrachari, Rangamati et Bandarban. La superficie totale des Chittagong Hill Tracts est de , soit quelque 10 % du Bangladesh. La région est bordée par l'Inde au nord et la Birmanie à l'est. Elle est constituée de nombreuses vallées orientées nord ouest-sud-est, avec des crêtes culminant à 900 mètres.
Inde du Nord-Estvignette|Une carte des "Sept États sœurs". Le Nord-Est indien est une zone géographique de la République indienne formant une communauté politique et économique de huit États au nord-est de celle-ci. Il regroupe le Sikkim, l'Arunachal Pradesh, l'Assam, Manipur, le Meghalaya, Mizoram, le Nagaland et Tripura. Cette zone est linguistiquement et culturellement très différente de ce que l'on rencontre dans le reste de l'Inde. Un grand nombre d'habitants de ces États parlent des langues tibéto-birmanes et ont une culture proche de celle des autres pays d'Asie du Sud-Est et du Tibet.
MizoramLe Mizoram est un État de l’Inde du Nord-Est ayant pour capitale Aizawl. Le nom est dérivé de Mizo, le nom des habitants natifs, et Ram, qui signifie « terre », Mizoram signifiant ainsi « terre des Mizos ». C’est l’État le plus méridional de l’Inde du Nord-Est, partageant des frontières avec trois des « sept États sœurs », à savoir le Tripura, l’Assam et le Manipur. L’État partage également une frontière de avec le Bangladesh et la Birmanie.
Thadou peopleThadou people and are an indigenous tribe of Kuki people inhabiting Northeast India, Burma, Bangladesh, Israel . Thadou is a Language of the Kuki-Chin languages. Thadou populations have been reported in India, Burma, Israel and Bangladesh — and in India populations have settled in largest in Manipur and smaller numbers in Nagaland, Assam, Tripura, Meghalaya, Mizoram and Delhi. Thadou tribe is one of the largest tribe among Kuki/Zo community and Thadou language is one of the most spoken language among All Kuki-Zo communities and is the second most spoken language in Manipur after Meitei.
Mara peopleThe Mara (Lakher) are the native inhabitants of Mizoram in India, native to northeastern India, primarily in the Mara Autonomous District Council of the state of Mizoram, and some populations in Myanmar. The Maras are related to Mizos, Kuki and Ranglong in India and Kachin, Karen, Shan in Myanmar. Significant numbers of Maras also live in the southwestern and south-central parts of Chin State (Burma) in Myanmar - the contiguous area of Mara area in India mostly separated by Kolodyne / Chhimtuipui / Beino river, which forms an international boundary.
