• PEOPLE CLUSTER: KUKI CHIN

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By Gerald Roberts

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People groups: 43

Population: 2,533,360

Unreached people groups: 1

UPG population: 48,000

Unengaged UPGs: 0

UUPG population: 0

Number of countries: 4


Affinity Bloc: South Asian Peoples

Overview: Kuki Chin is a geographic cluster of Tibeto-Burman languages and ethnically related peoples. The Kuki people are an ethnic group spread throughout northeastern India, northwest Myanmar, and the Chittagong Hill Tracts in Bangladesh. The Chin people are one of the large ethnic minorities in the Chin State of western Myanmar, also found in northeastern India.

  Wikipedia (Kuki-Chin languages)

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

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


People groups: 43

Population: 2,533,360

Unreached people groups: 1

UPG population: 48,000

Unengaged UPGs: 0

UUPG population: 0

Number of countries: 4