Jaintia people

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ethnic group indigenous people

The Jaintia people are an indigenous ethnic community of northeastern India, known for their matrilineal society, distinct Austroasiatic language, and rich cultural traditions centered in the Jaintia Hills of Meghalaya.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Jaintia people canonical 5
Jaintia tribe 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group ⓘ
indigenous people ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Synteng people ⓘ
country India ⓘ
culturalFestival Behdeinkhlam festival ⓘ
Laho dance ⓘ
culturalPractice clan exogamy ⓘ
erection of monoliths ⓘ
megalithic traditions ⓘ
demographicCategory tribal community of Meghalaya ⓘ
descentSystem matrilineal descent ⓘ
ethnicallyRelatedTo Khasi people ⓘ
Lyngngam people ⓘ
Wa people ⓘ
surface form: War people
governedBy Jaintia Hills Autonomous District Council ⓘ
historicalCapital Jaintiapur ⓘ
Nartiang ⓘ
historicalPolity Jaintia Kingdom ⓘ
historicalRegion Sylhet ⓘ
surface form: Sylhet region
inheritancePattern matrilineal inheritance ⓘ
kinshipSystem matrilineal clan system ⓘ
languageFamily Austroasiatic ⓘ
surface form: Austroasiatic languages
locatedIn Northeast India ⓘ
majorityReligionInRuralAreas Niamtre (indigenous religion) ⓘ
surface form: Niamtre (indigenous faith)
majorityReligionInUrbanAreas Christianity ⓘ
notableSite Nartiang Durga Temple ⓘ
Nartiang Monoliths ⓘ
surface form: Nartiang monoliths
presentInCountry People's Republic of Bangladesh (from East Pakistan) ⓘ
surface form: Bangladesh
presentInRegion Sylhet Division ⓘ
primaryRegion East Jaintia Hills district ⓘ
Jaintia Hills ⓘ
West Jaintia Hills district ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
Hinduism ⓘ
Niamtre (indigenous religion) ⓘ
scheduledTribeStatus Scheduled Tribe in India ⓘ
selfDesignation Pnar ⓘ
surface form: Pnars
societalStructure matrilineal society ⓘ
state Meghalaya ⓘ
subfamily Khasic languages ⓘ
traditionalEconomy agriculture ⓘ
betel nut cultivation ⓘ
lime and coal trade ⓘ
shifting cultivation ⓘ
traditionalLanguage Pnar language ⓘ
traditionalReligionType ancestor worship ⓘ
animism ⓘ
writingSystem Latin alphabet ⓘ
surface form: Latin script

Roman script-based orthography ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

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

Meghalaya → hasTribalGroup → Jaintia people ⓘ
Shillong → hasEthnicCommunity → Jaintia people ⓘ
Khasi people → relatedEthnicGroup → Jaintia people ⓘ
Jaintia Hills → majorEthnicGroup → Jaintia people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Jaintia tribe
Jowai → ethnicGroup → Jaintia people ⓘ
Shillong Plateau → inhabitedBy → Jaintia people ⓘ