Gangte is also the name of the language spoken by the Gangte people of northeast India and Burma, one of the northern Chin, Kuki and Mizo languages of the Tibeto-Burman family.
Naming systemEdit
The Gangtes do not have written history so to know their history and ancestry and to trace their lineage a unique method of naming was used and still in use today. The grandparents named their grandchildren from the last syllable of their name for instance Thangmang = Manglun = Lunkholal = Lalminlun and so on. The grandfather named the grandson and the grandmother the granddaughter. The firstborn son and daughter were named after the paternal grandparents and the secondborn son and daughter after the maternal grandparents. This naming system is also used by most of the Zo peoples
Notes and referencesEdit
^"A-11 Individual Scheduled Tribe Primary Census Abstract Data and its Appendix". www.censusindia.gov.in. Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 3 November 2017.
^"Meitei | Ethnologue". Ethnologue. Retrieved 3 May 2023.
External linksEdit
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gangte, people, this, article, multiple, issues, please, help, improve, discuss, these, issues, talk, page, learn, when, remove, these, template, messages, this, article, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, improve, this, article, adding,. This article has multiple issues Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page Learn how and when to remove these template messages This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Gangte people news newspapers books scholar JSTOR April 2020 Learn how and when to remove this template message This article may require copy editing for grammar style cohesion tone or spelling You can assist by editing it December 2022 Learn how and when to remove this template message Learn how and when to remove this template message Gangte is an ethnic group mainly living in the Indian state of Manipur They belong to the Zo people and are parts of the Kuki or under Mizo tribe and are recognised a tribe of Manipur India They are also indigenous inhabitants of Mizoram Assam and Myanmar and a recognised tribe under the Indian Constitution 3 With a population of approximately 40 000 worldwide as of 2018 update 4 they primarily live in Manipur s southern Churachandpur district and neighbouring states of Meghalaya Mizoram and Assam L2 according to the Ethnologue 5 Gangte Gangte KukiTotal population40 000 approx worldwide 1 Regions with significant populationsNortheast India Bangladesh BurmaLanguagesGangte language L1 L2 2 ReligionChristianityRelated ethnic groups Chin Thadou Hmar Mizo Simte Vaiphei Zou PaiteGangte also live in Chin State and Kabaw Valley of Myanmar Other clans or ethnic people in this group are the Thadou Lushei Paite Vaiphei Simte Zou and any other Chin Kuki Mizo tribes Gangte is also the name of the language spoken by the Gangte people of northeast India and Burma one of the northern Chin Kuki and Mizo languages of the Tibeto Burman family Naming system EditThe Gangtes do not have written history so to know their history and ancestry and to trace their lineage a unique method of naming was used and still in use today The grandparents named their grandchildren from the last syllable of their name for instance Thangmang Manglun Lunkholal Lalminlun and so on The grandfather named the grandson and the grandmother the granddaughter The firstborn son and daughter were named after the paternal grandparents and the secondborn son and daughter after the maternal grandparents This naming system is also used by most of the Zo peoplesNotes and references Edit A 11 Individual Scheduled Tribe Primary Census Abstract Data and its Appendix www censusindia gov in Office of the Registrar General amp Census Commissioner India Retrieved 3 November 2017 Ethnologue url https www ethnologue com language mni access date 2023 05 03 website Ethnologue language en List of notified Scheduled Tribes PDF Census India pp 7 8 Archived from the original PDF on 7 November 2013 Retrieved 15 December 2013 Distribution of the 100 non scheduled languages Meitei Ethnologue Ethnologue Retrieved 3 May 2023 External links EditGanggam Org GanggamNews Ethnologue Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Gangte people amp oldid 1170486311, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
