Tai Phake people

Tai Phake
Total population
8000 (approx.)
Regions with significant populations
 India
Languages
Tai Phake, Assamese
Religion
Theravada Buddhism, Animism
Related ethnic groups

Tai Phake, also known as Phakial or simply Phake, belong to the Tai-speaking indigenous ethnic group living in Dibrugarh district and Tinsukia district of Assam, principally along the areas of Dihing river as well as adjacent parts of Lohit and Changlang district in Arunachal Pradesh.[1] As of 1990, their population stood at 5,000, which consists of less than 250 families.

  1. ^ William J. Gedney (1992). Papers on Tai Languages, Linguistics, and Literatures: In Honor of William J. Gedney on His 77th Birthday. Northern Illinois University, Center for Southeast Asian Studies. p. 14. ISBN 1-877979-16-3.

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