Zo-inhabited areas | ||
| Language | Kuki-Chin-Naga Languages | |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Chittagong Hill Tracts, Bangladesh; Manipur and Mizoram, India; Chin State, Myanmar[1] | |
| Today part of |  India Myanmar Bangladesh | |
| Population | 1.5 million (2003)[2] | |
Zogam (or Land of Zo People) known as Zoland,[3] Zoram, Lushai Hills,[4] Kuki Hills, lies in the northwest corner of the Mainland Southeast Asia landmass. This is the traditional ancestry homeland of the Zo people or Zomi who lived in this area before the colonial period under British rulership.[1]
One Zo folksong delineates the area of Zogam as follows:
Penlehpi leh Kangtui minthang,A tua tong Zota kual sung chi ua;Khang Vaimang leh tuan a pupaTongchiamna Kangtui minthang aw
Translation:
(The famous Penlehpi and KangtuiBetween the two is the Zomi countryThe Southern King and our forefathersMade an agreement at the famous Kangtui)
This old folk song tells of the area of the Zomi ancestral homeland, for Penlehpi is a Burmese word for the Bay of Bengal and Kangtui is identified with Tuikang (Chindwin River).[5]