Chin

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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.

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All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Chin canonical 15

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 Americans ⓘ
surface form: Chin people
geographicalFeature mountainous region ⓘ
language Falam Chin ⓘ
Hakha Chin ⓘ
Mizo people ⓘ
surface form: Mizo (Lushai)

Tedim Chin ⓘ
Zo ⓘ
languageBranch Kuki-Chin languages ⓘ
languageFamily Tibeto-Burman languages ⓘ
linguisticDiversity high ⓘ
neighboringRegion People's Republic of Bangladesh (from East Pakistan) ⓘ
surface form: 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 Baptists ⓘ
surface form: 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 (15)

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

Burma (until 1937) → ethnicGroups → Chin ⓘ
Myanmar → ethnicGroup → Chin ⓘ
Upper Burma → otherEthnicGroup → Chin ⓘ
陳 → romanizationVariant → Chin ⓘ
Chen → hasVariant → Chin ⓘ
Chen → hasHakkaForm → Chin ⓘ
Chen → hasJapaneseForm → Chin ⓘ
Burmese diaspora → includesEthnicGroup → Chin ⓘ
Kuki → relatedEthnicGroup → Chin ⓘ
Sagaing Region → ethnicGroup → Chin ⓘ
Chin Americans → hasEthnicIdentity → Chin ⓘ
Mandalay Region → ethnicGroup → Chin ⓘ
Province of Burma → hasEthnicGroup → Chin ⓘ
Jimmy Chin → familyName → Chin ⓘ
Zo people → hasExonym → Chin ⓘ