Tai ethnic groups in India
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The following is a list of Tai
ethnic groups in India
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Tai peoples
The Tai ethnicity refers collectively to the ethnic groups of southern China and Southeast Asia, stretching from Hainan to eastern India and from southern Sichuan to Laos, Thailand, and parts of Vietnam, which speak languages in the Tai family and share similar traditions and festivals, including...
ethnic groups in India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
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- Ahom people
- PhakePhakeTai Phake, also known as Phakial or simply Phake belong to the Tai-speaking tribal 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 districts in Arunachal Pradesh...
- Khamti
- AitonTai AitonTai Aitons are one among the six Indigenous Tai communities of Assam. They are Buddhist by religion. The Assamese people commonly term them as Shyams or the people from Siam i.e. Thailand....
- Khamyang
- TurungTurung peopleThe Tai Turungs are a numerically small Buddhist community in the North East Indian state of Assam.They originally migrated from Upper Burma and settled in Assam in the latter part of 18th century....