Kuki

E216393
ethnic group indigenous people

The Kuki are an indigenous ethnic group of Northeast India and surrounding regions, known for their distinct Tibeto-Burman language varieties, clan-based social structure, and rich cultural traditions.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Kuki canonical 5
Kuki-Chin 2
Kukura 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group ⓘ
indigenous people ⓘ
colonialEraClassification Kuki people ⓘ
surface form: “Kuki-Chin” group
country People's Republic of Bangladesh (from East Pakistan) ⓘ
surface form: Bangladesh

India ⓘ
Myanmar ⓘ
culturalPractice clan-based exogamous marriage rules ⓘ
community jhum cultivation ⓘ
traditional chieftainship system ⓘ
ethnographicRegion Northeast India ⓘ
festival Chavang Kut ⓘ
Mim Kut ⓘ
festivalType harvest festival ⓘ
kinshipSystem patrilineal descent ⓘ
languageFamily Sino-Tibetan languages ⓘ
Tibeto-Burman languages ⓘ
linguisticVariety Gangte ⓘ
Hmar people ⓘ
surface form: Hmar

Kom ⓘ
Lamkang ⓘ
Paite ⓘ
Simte ⓘ
Thadou ⓘ
Vaiphei ⓘ
minorityStatus scheduled tribe communities in India ⓘ
missionaryInfluence Welsh Presbyterian missionaries ⓘ
primaryLivelihood agriculture ⓘ
region Assam ⓘ
Chin Hills ⓘ
Hill Tracts of Chittagong ⓘ
surface form: Chittagong Hill Tracts

Manipur ⓘ
Mizoram ⓘ
Nagaland ⓘ
Tripura ⓘ
relatedEthnicGroup Chin ⓘ
Mizo people ⓘ
surface form: Mizo

Zomi people ⓘ
surface form: Zomi
religion Christianity ⓘ
animism ⓘ
scriptUsage Latin script for Kuki languages ⓘ
socialStructure clan-based society ⓘ
traditionalDance group dances performed at festivals ⓘ
traditionalDress distinctive woven shawls ⓘ
traditionalEconomy shifting cultivation ⓘ
subsistence agriculture ⓘ
traditionalHousing stilt houses ⓘ
traditionalMusic drum-based music ⓘ
folk songs ⓘ
traditionalReligion indigenous animist beliefs ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

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

Nagaland → hasEthnicGroup → Kuki ⓘ
Yadava → hasSubgroup → Kuki ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kukura
Dima Hasao district → hasIndigenousCommunity → Kuki ⓘ
Dima Hasao district of Assam → hasTribalCommunities → Kuki ⓘ
subject surface form: Dima Hasao district
Hakha Chin → languageFamily → Kuki ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kuki-Chin
Tedim Chin → subfamilyOf → Kuki ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kuki-Chin
Zo people → hasExonym → Kuki ⓘ
Kuki people → ethnonym → Kuki ⓘ