Zo people

Zo people
Mizo:Zohnahthlak or Zofa
Tedim:Zosuante or Zota
Thadou–Kuki:Zosuonte or Zocha
Regions with significant populations
 Bangladesh,  India,  Myanmar
Languages
Kuki-Chin languages
Religion
Predominantly Christianity, with significant minorities following Animism, Judaism (Bnei Menashe) and Buddhism
Related ethnic groups
Kachin people, northern Naga people, Karbi people

The Zo people[a] is a term to denote the ethnolinguistically related speakers of the Kuki-Chin languages[1] who primarily inhabit northeastern India, western Myanmar, and southeastern Bangladesh.[2]

The dispersal across international borders resulted from a British colonial policy that drew borders on political, rather than ethnic, grounds.[3]


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  1. ^ "Kuki-Zo bodies oppose move to review ST status of certain tribes". The Hindu. 10 January 2024. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 23 May 2024.
  2. ^ "Kuki-Zo tribes - Gokulam Seek IAS". 11 January 2024. Retrieved 23 May 2024.
  3. ^ T. Haokip, 'The Kuki Tribes of Meghalaya: A Study of their Socio-Political Problems', in S.R. Padhi (Ed.). Current Tribal Situation: Strategies for Planning, Welfare and Sustainable Development. Delhi: Mangalam Publications, 2013, p. 85.