Singpho

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The Singpho are an indigenous ethnic group of Northeast India and neighboring Myanmar, known for their distinct language, culture, and historical role in the region’s tea cultivation.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Singpho canonical 2
Singpho language 1

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group
indigenous people
agriculturalPractice slash-and-burn agriculture
agriculturalProduct millet
rice
tea
country India
Myanmar
culturalPractice ancestor veneration
communal feasts
oral traditions
customaryLaw clan-based customary law
endonym Singpho self-link
ethnonym Singpho people
exonym Jingpo people
surface form: Jingpo
knownFor contribution to development of tea industry in Assam
early tea cultivation in Assam
language Singpho self-linksurface differs
surface form: Singpho language
languageFamily Sino-Tibetan languages
languageSubfamily Jingpho–Luish languages
nativeTo Myanmar Highlands
surface form: Kachin Hills

Myanmar
Northeast India
partOf Jingpo people
surface form: Jingpo ethnolinguistic group
populationDistribution Tinsukia district
surface form: Tinsukia district of Assam

eastern Arunachal Pradesh
recognizedAs Scheduled Tribe in Arunachal Pradesh
Scheduled Tribe in Assam
region Arunachal Pradesh
Assam
Kachin State
relatedEthnicGroup Jingpo people
Kachin people
religion Animism
Christianity
Theravada
surface form: Theravada Buddhism
socialStructure clan-based society
teaCulture consumption of tea as a daily beverage
processing of tea leaves by roasting and drying
use of wild tea plants
traditionalDress distinctive woven textiles
traditionalHouseType stilt house
traditionalOccupation shifting cultivation
tea cultivation
traditionalPoliticalOrganization village chief system
traditionalReligion animist beliefs
traditionalWeapon da (traditional sword)

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Arunachal Pradesh hasTribe Singpho
Singpho language Singpho self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Singpho language
Singpho endonym Singpho self-link