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Ralte People
{{unreferenced, date=June 2016 The Ralte tribes were mostly found scattered in the northern part of today's Aizawl, Kolasib and Serchhip Mamit, Lunglei District and all over Mizoram. Tahan (Myanmar) Bangladesh, Tripura, Assam and Manipur India . The total population of Ralte tribes is around 5,00,000+ Various town and villages in Mizoram and Myanmar and Ralte Pau (Ralte language Ralte is a Kuki-Chin language of India. Fewer than a thousand Ralte people speak the language. Geographical distribution Ralte is spoken in the following locations (''Ethnologue''). *Mizoram (mainly Aizawl district, and also scattered in Lung ... ) is used by only around 2000-5000 people nowadays . The Raltes mainly divided themselves into 4 clans namely – Kawlni, Siakeng, Khelte and Lelhchhun. # SIAKENG:- Engkai, Engkhung, Siakhang, Hilthang (Thangsiam, Damphut & Tukhum), Haizang (Chawnthang & Chawnchhin), Khumchiang (Chawngtual, Hmundin & Chhanzo), Hillu, Khelhau, Darkim, Manglut, Hnawtsut, Hnawtk ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aizawl District
Aizawl district is one of the eleven districts of Mizoram state in India. The district is bounded on the north by Kolasib district, on the west by Mamit district, on the south by Serchhip district, on the southwest by Lunglei district and on the east by Champhai district. The district occupies an area of . The headquarters of the district is Aizawl city, the capital of Mizoram. As of 2011 it is the most populous district of Mizoram (then out of 8, now 11). Etymology The district is named after its headquarters, Aizawl city. In the Mizo language, ', also known as ', refers to a species of turmeric while ' means ''plain'' or ''field''. The name of the city was probably derived from the abundance of the ' in the area during previous years. Geography This district is bounded by Assam in the North, Manipur in the North East, Champhai District in the East, Serchhip District in the South, Lunglei District in the South West, Mamit District in the West and Kolasib District in the Nor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kolasib District
Kolasib district is one of the eleven districts of Mizoram state in India. It is the smallest district in Mizoram with an area of 1,386 km2(535 sq mi). Geography The district is bounded on the north and northwest by Hailakandi district of Assam state, on the west by Mamit district, on the south and east by Aizawl district and on the northeast by Cachar district of Assam state. The district occupies an area of 1382.51 km². Kolasib town is the administrative headquarters of the district. Hydrology Kolasib district has one completed Dam, Serlui B Dam Serlui B dam, is an earthfill and gravity dam on the Serlui river 12 km from Bilkhawthlir Village near the Kolasib district in the state of Mizoram in India. Technical Features Serlui B Dam has three units, each with a capacity to genera ... and two under construction Bairabi Dam and Tuirial Dam Construction recommenced in September 2011. Divisions The district has two R.D. Blocks: Bilkhawthlir and Thingdawl. It als ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Serchhip District
Serchhip District is one of the eleven districts of Mizoram state in India. The district occupies an area of 1421.60 km². Serchhip town is the administrative headquarters of the district. This district came into existence on 15 September 1998, being carved out of the larger Aizawl District. Because of the way it was created it includes part of East Lungdar Tehsil and part of Thingsulthliah Tehsil. As of 2011 census, it has the highest literacy rate in India, and is the second least populous district of Mizoram (out of 8), after Saiha. Geography The district is bounded on the north and northwest by Aizawl District, on the west and south by Lunglei District, on the southeast by Myanmar (Burma), and on the east by Champhai District. The district is mostly a hilly terrain with some alluvial benches along its rivers that are utilised for agriculture. Serchhip District lies between the Mat River and the Tuikum River. The Tuikum is utilised for public drinking water for th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mizoram
Mizoram () is a state in Northeast India, with Aizawl as its seat of government and capital city. The name of the state is derived from "Mizo people, Mizo", the endonym, self-described name of the native inhabitants, and "Ram", which in the Mizo language means "land." Thus "Mizo-ram" means "land of the Mizos". Within India's northeast region, it is the southernmost landlocked state, sharing borders with three of the Seven Sister States, namely Tripura, Assam and Manipur. The state also shares a border with the neighbouring countries of Bangladesh and Myanmar. Like several other northeastern states of India, Mizoram was previously part of Assam until 1972, when it was carved out as a Union Territory. In 1986 the Indian Parliament adopted the 53rd amendment of the Indian Constitution, which allowed for the creation of the State of Mizoram on 20 February 1987, as India's 23rd state. According to a 2011 census, in that year Mizoram's population was 1,091,014. It is the list of stat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
India
India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the south, the Arabian Sea on the southwest, and the Bay of Bengal on the southeast, it shares land borders with Pakistan to the west; China, Nepal, and Bhutan to the north; and Bangladesh and Myanmar to the east. In the Indian Ocean, India is in the vicinity of Sri Lanka and the Maldives; its Andaman and Nicobar Islands share a maritime border with Thailand, Myanmar, and Indonesia. Modern humans arrived on the Indian subcontinent from Africa no later than 55,000 years ago., "Y-Chromosome and Mt-DNA data support the colonization of South Asia by modern humans originating in Africa. ... Coalescence dates for most non-European populations average to between 73–55 ka.", "Modern human beings—''Homo sapiens''—originated in Africa. Then, int ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ralte Pau
{{unreferenced, date=June 2016 The Ralte tribes were mostly found scattered in the northern part of today's Aizawl, Kolasib and Serchhip Mamit, Lunglei District and all over Mizoram. Tahan (Myanmar) Bangladesh, Tripura, Assam and Manipur India . The total population of Ralte tribes is around 5,00,000+ Various town and villages in Mizoram and Myanmar and Ralte Pau (Ralte language Ralte is a Kuki-Chin language of India. Fewer than a thousand Ralte people speak the language. Geographical distribution Ralte is spoken in the following locations (''Ethnologue''). *Mizoram (mainly Aizawl district, and also scattered in Lung ... ) is used by only around 2000-5000 people nowadays . The Raltes mainly divided themselves into 4 clans namely – Kawlni, Siakeng, Khelte and Lelhchhun. # SIAKENG:- Engkai, Engkhung, Siakhang, Hilthang (Thangsiam, Damphut & Tukhum), Haizang (Chawnthang & Chawnchhin), Khumchiang (Chawngtual, Hmundin & Chhanzo), Hillu, Khelhau, Darkim, Manglut, Hnawtsut, Hnawtk ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ralte Language
Ralte is a Kuki-Chin language of India. Fewer than a thousand Ralte people speak the language. Geographical distribution Ralte is spoken in the following locations (''Ethnologue''). *Mizoram (mainly Aizawl district, and also scattered in Lunglei district and Chhimtuipui district) *Manipur *Jampui Hills, North Tripura district, Tripura Vocabulary Below are comparative Swadesh lists of Ralte, Mizo, and Tedim Tedim (, , ( Zo: ''Tedim Khawpi'', pronounced ; is a town in and the administrative seat of Tedim Township, Chin State, in the north-western part of Burma. It is the second largest town in Chin State. The town's four major boroughs (''vengte'') a ... from Otsuka (2016). References *Otsuka, Kosei. 2016A Basic Vocabulary and a Text of the Ralte Language ''Asian and African Languages and Linguistics'' 10. 325–344. *Otsuka, Kosei. 2019Verb stem alternation in Ralte ''GENGO BUNKA KENKYU (STUDIES IN LANGUAGE AND CULTURE), Graduate School of Language and Culture Osaka Un ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mizo Clans
Mizo may refer to: *Mizo people, an ethnic group native to north-eastern India, western Myanmar (Burma) and eastern Bangladesh *Mizo language, a language spoken by the Mizo people *Mizoram, a state in Northeast India *Lusei people, an ethnic group belonging to the Mizo Tribe *Chin peoples, a name given in the old Burmese literature referring to Mizo people *Lushai Hills, a mountain range in Mizoram and Tripura, part of a Patkai range *Mizo Union the first political party in Mizoram, northeast India *Mizo National Front (MNF), a regional political party in Mizoram, India *Mizo Accord The Mizoram Peace Accord, 1986 was an official agreement between the Government of India and the Mizo National Front (MNF) to end insurgency and violence in Mizoram, India, that started in 1966. The Mizo National Front was an organisation of Miz ... an accord signed between the Mizo National Front and the Government of India on June 30, 1986 {{disambiguation Language and nationality disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
