Mizo people

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The Mizo people (historically called the Lushais) are a Tibeto-Burman ethnic group primarily from the Indian state of Mizoram. Further communities beyond Mizoram live in neighboring northeast Indian states like Manipur, Assam, Meghalaya, and Tripura, with minority populations also found in Myanmar. In recent years, Mizo diaspora communities have sprung up in the United States, Canada and Israel. Oral Mizo history states Chhînlung as the original homeland of the people. The nature of Chhînlung as a location or an eponym is still unclear This origin story is shared among various other Zohnahtlâk tribes. The Chin people of Myanmar and the Kuki people of India and Bangladesh are the closely related to Mizos, with many of the Mizo migrants in Myanmar having assimilated within Chin society. The Chin, Kuki, Mizo, and southern Naga peoples are collectively known as Zo people (Zohnahthlâk; lit. 'descendants of Zo'), all of whom speak the Mizo language. The Mizo language, also known as Duhlián ṭawng...

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