Thangal people explained

The Thangal people are a Tibeto-Burman ethnic group inhabiting Senapati district in the Northeast Indian state of Manipur. They speak the Thangal language, which resembles Maram, and Rongmei.[1] They use Meitei language as their second language (L2) according to the Ethnologue.[2]

Presently there are 13 Thangal villages. They are found in eleven hill villages of the Senapati District: Angkailongdi, Katomei Makeng, Makeng Cheijinba, Ngaihang, Mapao Thangal, Mayangkhang, Ningthoupham, Thangal Surung, Tumnoupokpi, Yaikongpao and Takaimei.[3]

Society

Traditionally, the Thangals are both horticulturalists and agriculturalists.

13 August is celebrated as Thangal Day. This is to commemorate the martyrdom of Lungthoubu Thangal,[4] better known as Thangal Menjor, or popularly as Thangal general in the year 1891.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Thangal language . Ethnologue.
  2. Web site: Meitei Ethnologue . 2023-05-03 . . https://web.archive.org/web/20190724203234/https://www.ethnologue.com/language/mni/ . 24 July 2019 . en.
  3. Pampuinath . Babina . Meitei . Maibam Dhanaraj . 2021-03-10 . Traditional Knowledge of Medicinal Plants among the Thangal–Naga Ethnic Group of Manipur, India . Current Science . 120 . 5 . 945 . 10.18520/cs/v120/i5/945-950 . 238954104 . 0011-3891.
  4. Web site: Thangal General descendant of the hills . Manipur Online.