Tiwa people
E174735
The Tiwa people are an indigenous ethnic group of northeastern India, primarily in Assam and Meghalaya, known for their distinct Tibeto-Burman language, agrarian lifestyle, and rich festival traditions such as Jonbeel Mela.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tiwa people canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1457293 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Tiwa people Context triple: [Assamese people, relatedEthnicGroup, Tiwa people]
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A.
Damara people
The Damara people are an indigenous ethnic group of Namibia known for their distinct Khoe language, rich oral traditions, and historical role as pastoralists and miners in the region.
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B.
Kichwa people
The Kichwa people are an Indigenous group of the Andes and Amazon regions, primarily in Ecuador and neighboring countries, known for their Quechuan language varieties, traditional agriculture, and rich communal cultural practices.
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C.
Yami people
The Yami people are an Indigenous Austronesian ethnic group living primarily on Orchid Island (Lanyu) off Taiwan’s southeastern coast, known for their distinct maritime culture, traditional boat-building, and unique language and customs.
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D.
Ngaju people
The Ngaju people are an indigenous Dayak ethnic group of central Kalimantan, Borneo, known for their rich river-based culture, traditional longhouses, and elaborate secondary burial rituals.
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E.
Ndyuka people
The Ndyuka people are a Maroon community in eastern Suriname and French Guiana, descended from escaped African slaves and known for their distinct Afro-Surinamese culture and traditions.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Tiwa people Target entity description: The Tiwa people are an indigenous ethnic group of northeastern India, primarily in Assam and Meghalaya, known for their distinct Tibeto-Burman language, agrarian lifestyle, and rich festival traditions such as Jonbeel Mela.
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A.
Damara people
The Damara people are an indigenous ethnic group of Namibia known for their distinct Khoe language, rich oral traditions, and historical role as pastoralists and miners in the region.
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B.
Kichwa people
The Kichwa people are an Indigenous group of the Andes and Amazon regions, primarily in Ecuador and neighboring countries, known for their Quechuan language varieties, traditional agriculture, and rich communal cultural practices.
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C.
Yami people
The Yami people are an Indigenous Austronesian ethnic group living primarily on Orchid Island (Lanyu) off Taiwan’s southeastern coast, known for their distinct maritime culture, traditional boat-building, and unique language and customs.
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D.
Ngaju people
The Ngaju people are an indigenous Dayak ethnic group of central Kalimantan, Borneo, known for their rich river-based culture, traditional longhouses, and elaborate secondary burial rituals.
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E.
Ndyuka people
The Ndyuka people are a Maroon community in eastern Suriname and French Guiana, descended from escaped African slaves and known for their distinct Afro-Surinamese culture and traditions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ethnic group
ⓘ
indigenous people ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Karbi Anglong
ⓘ
surface form:
Karbi Anglong district
Morigaon district ⓘ Nagaon district ⓘ Ri Bhoi district ⓘ
surface form:
Ri-Bhoi district
|
| autonomousRegion |
Tiwa Autonomous Council
ⓘ
surface form:
Tiwa Autonomous Council area
|
| country | India ⓘ |
| culturalHeritage |
folk tales
ⓘ
oral tradition ⓘ |
| culturalPractice |
community feasts
ⓘ
folk songs ⓘ traditional dance ⓘ |
| economicActivity | agrarian lifestyle ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Tiwa ⓘ |
| ethnolinguisticGroup |
Tibeto-Burman languages
ⓘ
surface form:
Tibeto-Burman
|
| festival |
Jonbeel Mela
ⓘ
Langkhon festival ⓘ Sogra festival ⓘ Wanshuwa festival ⓘ |
| governedBy | Tiwa Autonomous Council ⓘ |
| hasClanSystem | yes ⓘ |
| language | Tiwa language ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Tibeto-Burman languages ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Assam
ⓘ
Meghalaya ⓘ |
| music |
bamboo instruments
ⓘ
traditional drums ⓘ |
| nativeName | Tiwa ⓘ |
| neighboringGroup |
Assamese people
ⓘ
Karbi people ⓘ Khasi people ⓘ |
| politicalOrganization | village council ⓘ |
| primaryLivelihood | wet rice cultivation ⓘ |
| recognizedAs |
Scheduled Tribe in India
ⓘ
surface form:
Scheduled Tribe (Hills) in Assam
Scheduled Tribe (Plains) in Assam ⓘ |
| region |
Northeast India
ⓘ
surface form:
Northeastern India
|
| religion |
Hinduism
ⓘ
indigenous religion ⓘ |
| socialStructure | clan-based society ⓘ |
| traditionalDress |
chador
ⓘ
phaskai ⓘ |
| traditionalOccupation |
agriculture
ⓘ
shifting cultivation ⓘ |
| traditionalReligion |
ancestor worship
ⓘ
animism ⓘ |
| usesScript |
Bengali script
ⓘ
surface form:
Assamese script
Latin script ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Tiwa people Description of subject: The Tiwa people are an indigenous ethnic group of northeastern India, primarily in Assam and Meghalaya, known for their distinct Tibeto-Burman language, agrarian lifestyle, and rich festival traditions such as Jonbeel Mela.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Karbi Anglong district