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Biate may refer to: * Biate people, an ethnic group of Northeast India * Biate language, a Sino-Tibetan language of India * Biate (town), a town in Mizoram, India See also * Beate Beata or Beate is a female given name that occurs in several cultures and languages, including Italian, German, Polish, and Swedish, and which is derived from the Latin ''beatus'', meaning " blessed".''Behind the Name''"Given Name Beate" Retrie ... {{Disambiguation Language and nationality disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Biate People
The Biates are one of the hill tribes of Assam, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Tripura and Manipur. Their language belongs to the Tibeto-Burman family. Spread over many parts of North-East India, they have a unique identity with a rich and distinctive history, culture, dialect and religious heritages. They are one of the oldest hill tribes of North East India especially among the Chin-Kuki-Mizo family. The term Biate comes from the word Bia-te. The word ‘Bia’ or ‘Biak’ means ‘speak’ or ‘worship’. ‘Te’ is a suffix denoting plurality. Hence, the two words combine to form the word ''Biate'', which means ''worshipper''. According to legends, while they were in Saitual, a group of people known as the Koilam or Kawilam from Rulchawm village of Mizoram (India) used to sacrifice human to appease a large python called Rulpui, believing that the snake had supernatural power. Thus, some writers are of the opinion that the word Biate originates from the term ''Rul-Bia-Te'' or ''Rul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Biate Language
Biate is a Sino-Tibetan language spoken by the Biate people in several parts of Northeast India: in Meghalaya, Assam, Mizoram, Manipur and Tripura. Biate is pronounced as Bia-te (the e in te pronounced as "a"). Geographical distribution Biate is spoken in the following locations ('' Ethnologue''). *Assam: Dima Hasao (formerly North Cachar) and Cachar districts. *Meghalaya: East Jaintia Hills, West Jaintia Hills and East Khasi Hills districts. *Manipur *Mizoram *Tripura Tripura (, Bengali: ) is a state in Northeast India. The third-smallest state in the country, it covers ; and the seventh-least populous state with a population of 36.71 lakh ( 3.67 million). It is bordered by Assam and Mizoram to the ea ... Basic vocabulary Numbers Biate calendar Names of months Names of weeks References Languages of Assam Languages of Manipur Languages of Meghalaya Languages of Mizoram Endangered languages of India {{st-lang-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Biate (town)
Biate is a census town in Khawzawl district in the state of Mizoram, India. Biate town has been selected as the cleanest town in Mizoram and Northeast. Biate is one of the oldest human settlement in Mizoram, inhabited since the 1780s and was then known as Zialung. Biate town Awards * Cleanest town in Mizoram under Swachh Bharat Mission from 2017 to 2021. Mizo Children's Association (MCA) was formed in Biate, which took the initiative of cleanliness drive in Biate. Members of the association would make use of their time to clean the streets once in a week. *Open Defecation-Free town in 2016. *Best City in Citizens Feedback 2021. Biate's mission to stay clean had started decades before the Swachchh Bharat campaign kicked off by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in 2014. *Best city" award under Innovation and Best Practices – Northeast zone in the Swachh Survekshan 2018* History Biate town was started by Mizo chief Kairuma Sailo in 1900. Demographics As of the 2011 India census ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beate
Beata or Beate is a female given name that occurs in several cultures and languages, including Italian, German, Polish, and Swedish, and which is derived from the Latin ''beatus'', meaning " blessed".''Behind the Name''"Given Name Beate" Retrieved on 22 January 2016. Variants include Bea, Beade and Beáta. The name may refer to: * * Beata Asimakopoulou (1932–2009), Greek actress * Beate Bille, (born 1976), Danish actress * Beata Brookes (1931–2015), British politician * Beata Bublewicz (born 1975), Polish politician * Beate Bühler (born 1964), German volleyball player * Beata Gosiewska (born 1971), Polish politician *Beata Harju (born 1990), Finnish actress and filmmaker * Beate Heister (born 1951), German billionaire * Beata Kaczmarska (born 1970), Polish race walker * Beata Kitsikis (1907–1986), Greek politician *Beate Klarsfeld (born 1939), German Nazi hunter *Beata Kozidrak (born 1960), Polish singer *Beata Losman (born 1938), Swedish archivist *Beata Mikołajczyk ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
