Lamkang people explained

Group:Lamkang
(Lamkang Naga)
Population:7,771 approx,[1] Manipur
Languages:Lamkang language (L1)
Meitei language (L2)[2]
Religions:Christianity
Related:Meitei people, Anal Naga, other Naga people

The Lamkang people, also known as the Lamkang Naga, are a Tibeto-Burman linguistic ethnic group predominantly inhabitanting the Northeast Indian state of Manipur, and some parts of Sagaing Region in Myanmar.[3] They are recognised as a Scheduled Tribe (STs) by India.[4] They use Meitei language as their second language (L2) according to the Ethnologue.[5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Census of India 2011. MHA, Govt of India.
  2. Web site: Meitei Ethnologue . 2023-05-03 . . en.
  3. Web site: Brief Account of the Lamkang Naga.
  4. Web site: 1THE CONSTITUTION (SCHEDULED TRIBES). 2016-07-31. https://web.archive.org/web/20170920212634/http://lawmin.nic.in/ld/subord/rule9a.htm. 2017-09-20. dead.
  5. Web site: Meitei Ethnologue . 2023-05-03 . . en.

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