Chin

E65237

ethnic group indigenous people

The Chin are an indigenous ethnic group from the mountainous regions of western Myanmar (and neighboring areas), known for their distinct Tibeto-Burman languages and rich cultural traditions.

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ethnic group → indigenous people →
administrativeUnit	Chin State →
collectiveIdentityTerm	Zo people →
continent	Asia →
country	Myanmar →
culturalPractice	folk dance → folk music → traditional tattooing → weaving →
ethnonym	Chin people →
geographicalFeature	mountainous region →
language	Falam Chin → Hakha Chin → Mizo (Lushai) → Tedim Chin → Zo →
languageBranch	Kuki-Chin languages →
languageFamily	Tibeto-Burman languages →
linguisticDiversity	high →
neighboringRegion	Bangladesh → Manipur → Mizoram → Tripura →
notableCustom	facial tattooing of women (historically in some groups) →
politicalStatusInMyanmar	recognized ethnic nationality →
primaryRegion	Chin State → Magway Region → Sagaing Region → western Myanmar →
regionType	upland →
relatedGroup	Kuki people → Mizo people → Zo people →
religion	Baptist Christianity → Christianity → Roman Catholicism → traditional animist beliefs →
subregion	Southeast Asia →
traditionalCrop	maize → millet → rice →
traditionalEconomy	shifting cultivation → subsistence agriculture →
traditionalHousing	stilt houses →
traditionalLivelihood	gathering → hunting →
traditionalReligion	ancestor worship → animism →
writingSystem	Latin alphabet →

Referenced by (4)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Myanmar →	ethnicGroup
Burma (until 1937) →	ethnicGroups
Upper Burma →	otherEthnicGroup
陳 →	romanizationVariant