Thadou

Thadou (ISO-639-3 code: tcz)

Thadou people are an indigenous ethnic group inhabiting North-east India. Thadou is belongs to the Tibeto-Burman language family. They are the second largest in terms of population in Manipur, next to Meetei according to Manipur census 2011. Thadou population have been reported only in India, some small population have settled in Assam, Tripura, Meghalaya, Mizoram and Delhi.

Thadous share a common culture with all the Chin-Kuki-Mizo community. Known by many names, including Thado, Thado-Pao, Thādo, Thadou-kuki, Chin, and Thādo-pao the Thadou language is spoken by people known as the Thadou tribe in Myanmar, mostly in the Chin State and Sagaing Division. As per the 2001 census, the estimated total number of Thadou-Kuki speakers is 90,000 in this area. The language is rapidly becoming extinct and people have stopped using this language.