Aimol
The term "Aimol written in Manipuri script (Meitei script)
Total population
8,000
Regions with significant populations
India
(Manipur)
Languages
Aimol language (L1)
Meitei language (L2)[1]
Religion
Christianity
Related ethnic groups
Meitei people, other Chin-Kuki-Mizo peoples

The Aimol people are an ethnic group living mainly in Manipur and in parts of Mizoram, Tripura, Nagaland and Assam in India. They speak Aimol language which is a Kuki-Chin language. Aimol people are one of the Chin-Kuki-Mizo people. They use Meitei language as their second language (L2) according to the Ethnologue.[2]

They practice slash-and-burn agriculture and are primarily Christian. Aimol identity is contentious as they are influenced by Kuki-Chin-Mizo groups. Their language is classified as Kuki-Chin-Mizo languages.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Meitei | Ethnologue". Ethnologue. Retrieved 2023-05-03.
  2. ^ "Meitei | Ethnologue". Ethnologue. Retrieved 2023-05-03.
  3. ^ 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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