Aimol people
The Aimol are one of the indigenous peoples of Manipur and Assam in India. They are one of the Scheduled tribes. They speak the Aimol language which is a Tibeto-Burman language.
They Aimol number about 5000. They practice slash-and-burn agriculture and are primarily Christian. Aimol are one of the Kuki-Chin tribe . Their language is classified as Kuki-Chin-Mizo.[1]
References
- Burling, Robbins. 2003. The Tibeto-Burman languages of northeastern India. In Graham Thurgood and Randy J. LaPolla (eds.), The Sino-Tibetan languages, 169-191. London & New York: Routledge.
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