Karbi people

E32156

Scheduled Tribe ethnic group indigenous people

The Karbi people are an indigenous ethnic community of Northeast India known for their distinct Tibeto-Burman language, rich oral traditions, and hill-based agrarian lifestyle.

Aliases (1)

Garo people ×1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Scheduled Tribe → ethnic group → indigenous people →
alsoFoundIn	Arunachal Pradesh → Bangladesh → Manipur → Meghalaya → Nagaland →
clan	Engti → Inghi → Terang → Teron → Timung →
clanSystem	patrilineal clans →
country	India →
culturalTrait	folk dances → folk songs → oral epics → rich oral traditions →
ethnicity	Tibeto-Burman →
festival	Chojun → Hacha-Kekan → Rongker → Rongphu-Rongling →
language	Karbi language →
languageBranch	Kuki-Chin-Naga →
languageFamily	Tibeto-Burman languages →
marriageRule	clan exogamy →
numberOfClans	5 →
primaryLocation	Karbi Anglong district → West Karbi Anglong district →
recognizedAs	Scheduled Tribe in Assam →
region	Northeast India →
relatedEthnicGroup	Kuki people → Naga people →
religion	Christianity → Hinduism → traditional animist beliefs →
script	Assamese script → Latin script →
state	Assam →
traditionalCouncil	Kangthir →
traditionalDress	pekok → pini → vamkok →
traditionalEconomy	hill agriculture → jhum cultivation → shifting cultivation →
traditionalHouseType	stilt house →
traditionalPoliticalInstitution	Mei →
traditionalReligion	Hemphu-Mukrang worship →

Referenced by (3)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Assam →	ethnicGroup
Northeast India ("Garo people") →	hasEthnicGroup
Assamese people →	relatedEthnicGroup