Paite
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Paite are an indigenous ethnic community of the broader Mizo group, primarily inhabiting parts of Northeast India and Myanmar, with their own distinct language and cultural traditions.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Paite canonical | 3 |
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | ethnic group ⓘ |
| country |
India
ⓘ
Myanmar ⓘ |
| ethnicGroupOf |
India
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Myanmar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| geographicDistribution | Indo-Myanmar border region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCulturalTradition |
clan-based social structure
ⓘ
folk dances ⓘ folk songs ⓘ oral literature ⓘ |
| hasDistinctCulture | true ⓘ |
| hasDistinctLanguage | true ⓘ |
| hasWritingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
| language | Paite language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageBranch | Kuki-Chin languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Sino-Tibetan languages ⓘ |
| linguisticStatus |
minority language in India
ⓘ
minority language in Myanmar ⓘ |
| partOfBroaderGroup | Zo people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryRegion |
Chin Hills
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Northeast India NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recognizedAsScheduledTribeIn |
Manipur
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mizoram NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region |
Assam
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Chin State NERFINISHED ⓘ Manipur NERFINISHED ⓘ Mizoram NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedEthnicGroup |
Chin
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Hmar NERFINISHED ⓘ Mizo NERFINISHED ⓘ Thadou NERFINISHED ⓘ Zou NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Christianity ⓘ |
| selfDesignation | Paite NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subgroupOf | Mizo people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| traditionalDress | handwoven shawls ⓘ |
| traditionalHousing | stilt houses ⓘ |
| traditionalMusic | drum-based ensemble ⓘ |
| traditionalOccupation |
shifting cultivation
ⓘ
subsistence agriculture ⓘ |
| traditionalReligion | animism ⓘ |
| usesClanSystem | true ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.