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Total population | |
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8000 (approx.) | |
Regions with significant populations | |
India | |
Languages | |
Tai Phake, Assamese | |
Religion | |
Theravada Buddhism, Animism | |
Related ethnic groups | |
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Tai Phake, also known as Phakial or simply Phake, belong to the Tai-speaking indigenous ethnic group living in Dibrugarh district and Tinsukia district of Assam, principally along the areas of Dihing river as well as adjacent parts of Lohit and Changlang district in Arunachal Pradesh.[1] As of 1990, their population stood at 5,000, which consists of less than 250 families.