Malto people
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The Malto people are an indigenous ethnic group of eastern India, traditionally forest-dwelling and known for their distinct culture and language within the Dravidian family.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Malto people canonical | 2 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Scheduled Tribe
ⓘ
ethnic group ⓘ indigenous people ⓘ |
| continent | Asia ⓘ |
| country | India ⓘ |
| culturalRegion |
Santhal Pargana region
ⓘ
surface form:
Santhal Parganas region
|
| culturalTrait |
distinct oral traditions
ⓘ
ritual dances ⓘ traditional folk songs ⓘ |
| economyType | mixed subsistence economy ⓘ |
| ethnicity |
Dravidian peoples
ⓘ
surface form:
Dravidian people
|
| facingIssue |
deforestation
ⓘ
healthcare challenges ⓘ land alienation ⓘ limited access to education ⓘ poverty ⓘ |
| governmentCategory |
Scheduled Tribe in Bihar
ⓘ
Scheduled Tribe in Jharkhand ⓘ Scheduled Tribe in West Bengal ⓘ |
| heritage |
indigenous ecological knowledge
ⓘ
traditional medicinal knowledge ⓘ |
| language | Malto language ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Dravidian languages ⓘ |
| languageStatus | vulnerable language ⓘ |
| livelihood |
subsistence agriculture
ⓘ
wage labor ⓘ |
| marriagePractice |
clan exogamy
ⓘ
endogamy ⓘ |
| populationStatus | numerically small tribe ⓘ |
| primaryLocation |
Bihar
ⓘ
Jharkhand ⓘ West Bengal ⓘ |
| recognizedAs | Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Group ⓘ |
| recognizedBy | Government of India ⓘ |
| region | eastern India ⓘ |
| relatedGroup | Dravidian tribal groups of central India ⓘ |
| religion |
Christianity
ⓘ
Hinduism ⓘ animism ⓘ |
| religiousSpecialist | traditional priest ⓘ |
| residencePattern | hill and forest villages ⓘ |
| script |
Devanagari script
ⓘ
surface form:
Devanagari
Latin alphabet ⓘ |
| socialStructure | clan-based society ⓘ |
| traditionalLifestyle | forest-dwelling ⓘ |
| traditionalOccupation |
hunting and gathering
ⓘ
shifting cultivation ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.