 Zo-inhabited areas | |
| Language | Kuki-Chin-Naga Languages |
|---|---|
| National day | 20 February (Zo National Day). |
| Location | Chin State of Burma, and part of Plain Chins (lower lands), and Chittagong Hill Tracts of Bangladesh until it reaches to the Bay of Zogam Bay of Bengal, and parts of Manipur and the whole Mizoram[citation needed] |
| Today part of |  India Myanmar Bangladesh
|
| Population | 5 million (2014)[citation needed] |
Zogam (or Land of Zo People) known as Zoland,[1] Zoram, Lushai Hills,[2] Kuki Hills, lies in the northwest corner of the Mainland Southeast Asia landmass. This is the traditional ancestry homeland of the Zo people or Zomi who lived in this area before the colonial period under British rulership.[citation needed]
One Zo folksong delineates the area of Zogam as follows:
Penlehpi leh Kangtui minthang,
A tua tong Zota kual sung chi ua;
Khang Vaimang leh tuan a pupa
Tongchiamna Kangtui minthang aw
Translation:
(The famous Penlehpi and Kangtui
Between the two is the Zomi country
The Southern King and our forefathers
Made an agreement at the famous Kangtui)
This old folk song tells of the area of the Zomi ancestral homeland, for Penlehpi is a Burmese word for the Bay of Bengal and Kangtui is identified with Tuikang (Chindwin River).[3][better source needed]
Preferred book: "The Untold Story of Zomi" (T. Zokhai, 2018).
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