Mizo hnam | |
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![]() Mizo girls wearing kawrchei on the top, hmaram at the bottom. | |
Total population | |
1,400,000+ (2011–2019)[a][1][2] | |
Regions with significant populations | |
![]() 830,846–1,000,902 (2011)[b][3] | |
![]() | 400,000[2] |
![]() | 70,000[4] |
![]() | 50,000[5] |
![]() | 20,000[6] |
![]() | 15,000[7] |
![]() | 6,000[8] |
![]() | 5,000[9] |
Languages | |
Mizo language | |
Religion | |
Majority:![]() Minority: Judaism, Buddhism, and Mizo religion | |
Related ethnic groups | |
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The Mizo people, historically recorded as the Lushais, are an ethnic group native to the state of Mizoram in India and neighbouring states of Northeast India. They speak the Tibeto-Burman language of Mizo, the official language and lingua franca of Mizoram. The state is the second most literate state in India, at more than a rate of 90%.[11]
The Chin people of Myanmar and the Kuki people of India and Bangladesh are the kindred tribes of Mizos[12] and many of the Mizo migrants in Myanmar have accepted the Chin identity. The Chin, Kuki, Mizo, and southern Naga peoples are collectively known as Zo people (Mizo: Zohnahthlak; lit. "descendants of Zo") which all speak the Kukish languages.[13]
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