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| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 3,365 (Sylhet Division) | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Sylhet Division (Bangladesh), Assam and Meghalaya (India) | |
| Languages | |
| Laiunghtor (native), Sylheti, Bengali | |
| Religion | |
| Brahmadharma (Syncretic tribal-Hinduism), Christianity (minority) | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Bodo-Kachari peoples |
The Laleng, also known as the Patra (Bengali: পাত্র, romanized: Patro) are a small indigenous ethnolinguistic group primarily living deep in the forests of Sylhet District and Moulvibazar District in Bangladesh. They speak the endangered Laiunghtor language. There are diaspora communities in the Indian states of Assam and Meghalaya. Most people living in Sylhet are even unaware of the existence of this minority community, although their presence dates back centuries, as they choose to stay hidden in the deep forests.[1]
- ^ Mri, Selentin Shishir (January 2007). Parto, Bangladesh cultural survey-5(Indigenous Communities). Dhaka: Asiatic Society of Bangladesh. p. 431.