• PEOPLE CLUSTER: KUKI-CHIN (ZO)

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People groups: 40

Population: 2,083,360

Unreached people groups: 2

UPG population: 709,000

Unengaged UPGs: 0

UUPG population: 0

Number of countries: 4


Affinity Bloc: Southeast Asian Peoples

Overview: Kuki-Chin (Zo) is a geographic cluster of ethnically related peoples within the Tibeto-Burman language family. Zo is the broader ethnic group. Kuki is the more common ethnonym in throughout northeastern India and the Chittagong Hill Tracts in Bangladesh. Chin is the more common ethnonym among the tribal groups of western Myanmar.

  Wikipedia (Kuki-Chin languages)

Peoples within this cluster: Chin, Anu; Chin, Asho; Chin, Bawm; Chin, Chindwin; Chin, Cho; Chin, Daai; Chin, Hakha; Chin, Khumi; Chin, Khumi Awa; Chin, Mara; Chin, Ngawn; Chin, Senthang; Chin, Siyin; Chin, Tawr; Chin, Tiddim; Chin, Zanniat; Chin, Zotung; Gangte; Hmar; Hrangkhol; Kuki Chin; Kuki, Taraor; Mru; Raju; Rawngtu Chin; Shendu; Zou (Zomi Chin)

Countries where they are found: Bangladesh; India; Myanmar; United States


People groups: 40

Population: 2,083,360

Unreached people groups: 2

UPG population: 709,000

Unengaged UPGs: 0

UUPG population: 0

Number of countries: 4