Chin people
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Chin women and children | |||||||||||
| Total population | |||||||||||
| 1,500,000+ (2011) | |||||||||||
| Regions with significant populations | |||||||||||
| Myanmar | 1,500,000 | ||||||||||
| India | 100,000+ | ||||||||||
| Mizoram | 70,000–100,000 (2012) | ||||||||||
| Manipur | 12,000 | ||||||||||
| United States | 70,000 | ||||||||||
| Malaysia | 12,000 | ||||||||||
| Languages | |||||||||||
| Lingua franca: Burmese or Native: other Kuki-Chin languages | |||||||||||
| Religion | |||||||||||
| Majority: Christianity 80% Minority: 20% Buddhism, folk religions | |||||||||||
| Related ethnic groups | |||||||||||
| Mizo people, Naga people, Kuki people, Bawm people | |||||||||||
The Chin peoples (Burmese: ချင်းလူမျိုး, MLCTS: hkyang: lu. myui:, pronounced [tɕɪ́ɰ̃ lù mjó]) are collection of ethnic groups native to the Chin State, Myanmar that speak the Kuki-Chin-Mizo languages, which are closely related but mutually unintelligible. The Chin identity, as a pan-ethnic identity, is a modern construction, shaped by British rule and post-independence ethnic politics that has built upon older tribal and regional identities.