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Maring people

Maring people

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Not to be confused with the Tsembaga Maring tribe of New Guinea.

Maring Naga, are a Tibeto-Burman ethnic group of Northeast Indian state of Manipur.[2] They live in the Chandel district along the north border and in the Tengnoupal district.[3] They speak the Maring language belonging to the Southern Naga.[4] However, the Marings identify with the Naga people.[5] The Marings have a system of hereditary chiefs.[6]

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  1. [1]
    "Census of India 2011: Language" (PDF). Office of the Registrar General of India. 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 July 2018.
  2. [2]
    Hodson, TC (1911). tribes of Manipur.
  3. [3]
    Maring people at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  4. [4]
    Thurgood, Graham (2016), "Sino-Tibetan: Genetic and Areal Subgroups", in Graham Thurgood; Randy J. LaPolla (eds.), The Sino-Tibetan Languages (2 ed.), Taylor & Francis, p. 22, ISBN 9781315399492
  5. [5]
    Kipgen, Nehginpao (October–December 2011), "Ethnic Conflict in India: A Case Study of the Nagas in Manipur", The Indian Journal of Political Science, 72 (4): 1046, JSTOR 41856539
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    Kipgen, Nehginpao (October–December 2011), "Ethnic Conflict in India: A Case Study of the Kukis and the Nagas in Manipur", The Indian Journal of Political Science, 72 (4): 1048, JSTOR 41856539
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