Naga people

Nagas
နာဂလူမျိုး
Sumi Naga in traditional attire
Total population
c. 2.9 million
Regions with significant populations
 India2.5 million+[1]
          Nagaland1,600,000+
          Manipur650,000+
          Arunachal Pradesh150,000+
          Assam40,000+
          Meghalaya2,556
          Mizoram760
 Myanmar300,000[2]
           Naga SAZ120,000+[3]
           Sagaing DivisionN/A
           Kachin StateN/A
Languages
Naga, Northern Naga, Nagamese Creole, English
Religion
Majority - Christianity (Predominantly Baptist),[4] Minority - Buddhism, Hinduism, Animism (including Heraka, Krüna/Pfütsana, Rangfrah and Tingkao Ragwang Chapriak)
Related ethnic groups
Jingpo · Wa · Lisu · Tamans† · Yi · Zo

Nagas (Burmese: နာဂလူမျိုး) are various ethnic groups native to northeastern India and northwestern Myanmar. The groups have similar cultures and traditions, and form the majority of population in the Indian state of Nagaland and Naga Self-Administered Zone of Myanmar (Burma); with significant populations in Manipur, Arunachal Pradesh and Assam in India; Sagaing Region and Kachin State in Myanmar.

The Nagas are divided into various Naga ethnic groups whose numbers and populations are unclear. They each speak distinct Naga languages often unintelligible to the others, but all are loosely connected to each other.

  1. ^ "Census of India". Census India. MHA, Govt of India. Archived from the original on 27 April 2020. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
  2. ^ "Naga ethnic group Myanmar". 13 November 2014. Archived from the original on 11 October 2022. Retrieved 25 October 2019.
  3. ^ "Nagas of Myanmar". Archived from the original on 11 October 2022. Retrieved 25 October 2019.
  4. ^ "In Christian Nagaland, indigenous religion of pre-Christian Nagas withstands test of time". 4 January 2018.

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