Chin-kuki-mizo people

The Chin-kuki-mizo, also known as The Zo, the Mizo, the Kuki, the Chin, the Zomi, and a number of other names, are a large group of related Tibeto-Burman indigenous peoples spread throughout the northeastern states of India,[1][2] northwestern Myanmar (Burma), and the Chittagong Hill Tracts of Bangladesh. In northeastern India, they are present in: Nagaland, Mizoram, Manipur and Assam. This dispersal across international borders resulted from British colonial policy that drew the borders on political grounds rather than ethnic ones.

The Zo have typical Tibeto-Burman features and are generally of short-stature with straight black hair and dark brown eyes. Natively, the Zo speak one of the fifty or so languages that linguists call the Kukish language group, which is also known as Kuki-Chin (Kuki/Chin) or Mizo/Kuki/Chin.

References

  1. ↑ ZOU, DAVID VUMLALLIAN (1 January 2010). "A Historical Study of the 'Zo' Struggle". Economic and Political Weekly 45 (14): 56–63.
  2. ↑ Kumar, Nikhlesh (1 January 2005). "Identity Politics in the Hill Tribal Communities in the North-Eastern India". Sociological Bulletin 54 (2): 195–217.
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