Mishmi people

Mishmi
Mishmi celebrating a festival
Total population
35,000 approx[1]
Regions with significant populations
 IndiaN/A
           Arunachal PradeshN/A
 ChinaN/A
           Tibet Autonomous RegionN/A
Languages
Northern Mishmi languages, Southern Mishmi languages, Mandarin
Religion
Animism[2]
Related ethnic groups
Tibetans, Other Sino-Tibetan people
Mishmi people
Chinese代巴玫
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinDeng
Deng Ren
Traditional Chinese僜人
Transcriptions

The Mishmi people are an ethnic group of Tibet and Arunachal Pradesh, India. The area is known as the Mishmi Hills.[3] Only one group, called the Deng, occupy Zayu County in southern Tibet.[3]

  1. ^ Britannica, The Editors of Encyclopaedia. "Mishmi". Encyclopedia Britannica, 13 Aug. 2015, https://www.britannica.com/topic/Mishmi. Accessed 4 April 2021.
  2. ^ "(T)he Mishmi as it is connected to their animist religion and tradition"(Mayilvaganan, Bej & Khatoon 2020:108)
  3. ^ a b Aiyadurai A., & Lee C. S. (2018). "Living on the Sino-Indian Border: The Story of the Mishmis in Arunachal Pradesh, Northeast India". Asian Ethnology. 76 (2): 367–378 – via Ebsco.