French
DeutschKom people (Manipur)
Komrem | |
|---|---|
| Total population | |
| 14602 | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| India (Manipur) | |
| Languages | |
| Kom (L1) Meitei language (L2)[1] | |
| Religion | |
| Christianity[citation needed] |
The Kom people are a Tibeto-Burmese tribe mainly found in the state of Manipur in the northeastern India. The Kom clans include Karong, Serto, Leivon, Mangte and Tellien.[2] They speak Kom natively, a Tibeto-Burman language, but also use Meitei language as their second language (L2) according to the Ethnologue.[1]
According to the 2001 Census of India, the population of Kom people is 14,602.[3]
Notable people
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b "Meitei". Ethnologue. Retrieved 3 May 2023.
- ^ Politics and Culture. Bookwell. 2013. p. 90. ISBN 978-9380574448.
- ^ "Data Highlights: The Scheduled Tribes (Census of India 2001)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 September 2021.
- ^ Kom, Mary (28 November 2013). Unbreakable. Harper. p. 1. ISBN 978-93-5116-010-6.
