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.
BawmLes Bawm sont un groupe ethnique : Du Bangladesh (région des Chittagong Hill Tracts), où ils étaient environ 5 800 en 1981; De Birmanie (état Chin), où ils étaient environ 3 600 en 2000; D'Inde (États du Mizoram, du Tripura et de l'Assam), où ils étaient un peu plus de 4 400 en 2004. Au Bangladesh, au terme de l'accord de paix du qui a mis fin à plus de 20 années de conflit entre le gouvernement et les populations autochtones des Chittagong Hill Tracts, les Bawm seront représentés au « Chittagong Hill Tracts Regional Council » qui sera chargé de l'administration des 3 districts constituant la région.
Biate peopleThe Biates are an ethnic hill tribe of Assam, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Tripura and Manipur. Their language belongs to the Tibeto-Burman family. Spread over many parts of North-East India, they have a unique identity with a rich and distinctive history, culture, dialect and religious heritages. They are one of the oldest hill tribes of North East India especially among the Chin-Kuki-Mizo people . The term Biate comes from the word Bia-te. The word ‘Bia’ or ‘Biak’ means ‘speak’ or ‘worship’. ‘Te’ is a suffix denoting plurality.
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.
Nagas (peuple)thumb|upright|Yimchunger (Yimchungru) Naga Les Nagas forment un groupe ethnique d'environ deux millions et demi de personnes, dans l'Inde du Nord-Est. Ils sont répartis entre les États du Nagaland (où ils sont majoritaires), du Manipur, de l'Assam, de l'Arunachal Pradesh et à proximité de la frontière avec la Birmanie (Union du Myanmar). Originaires du Yunnan et de Birmanie, leurs dialectes font partie de la famille des langues tibéto-birmanes. thumb|upright=0.
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.
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.
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.
MizosLes Mizos (Lushai), sont un groupe ethnique tibéto-birman originaire de l'État indien du Mizoram et des régions voisines du nord-est de l'Inde. Le terme couvre plusieurs groupes ethniques ou clans apparentés au sein du groupe Mizo. Tous les Mizo revendiquent leurs légendes folkloriques selon lesquelles Sinlung (également appelé "Chhinlung" ou "Khul") est le berceau des Mizos. Sinlung peut soit se référer à "enfermé avec un rocher" dans les langues Mizo, soit à un ancêtre principal nommé "Chin-Laung" dont descendent Mizo, Chin et d'autres clans.
Meiteis (peuple)The Meitei people, Meetei people, or Manipuri people is an ethnic group native to Manipur. They form the largest and dominant ethnic group of Manipur in Northeast India. They speak Meitei language (officially called Manipuri), one of the 22 official languages of the Indian Republic and the sole official language of Government of Manipur. The Meiteis primarily settled in the Imphal Valley region in modern-day Manipur, though a sizable population has settled in the other Indian states of Assam, Tripura, Nagaland, Meghalaya, and Mizoram.
