PRIMARY Language
(26 people groups)
| Photo | People Group ▲ | Country | Population | Progress Scale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Ahom | India | 2,076,000 | 1 ● |
|
Assamese (Christian traditions) | India | 3,900 | 3 ● |
|
Assamese (Muslim traditions) | Bhutan | 2,000 | 0 ☀ |
|
|
Assamese (Muslim traditions) | India | 3,202,000 | 0 ☀ |
|
|
Assamese (Sikh traditions) | India | 1,300 | 0 ☀ |
|
Bania | Bhutan | 3,900 | 0 ☀ |
|
|
Bania Brittal | India | 62,000 | 0 ☀ |
|
Boria Assam | India | 219,000 | 0 ☀ |
|
Brahmin | Bhutan | 6,200 | 0 ☀ |
|
Brahmin Ganak | India | 70,000 | 0 ☀ |
|
Dowaniya | India | 3,400 | 0 ☀ |
|
Hira | India | 68,000 | 0 ☀ |
|
|
Hojai | India | 5,100 | 2 ● |
|
Jalkeot | India | 30,000 | 1 ● |
|
Kachari Sonwal | Bhutan | 1,100 | 0 ☀ |
|
|
Kachari Sonwal | India | 331,000 | 1 ● |
|
Kaibartta | Bhutan | 1,200 | 0 ☀ |
|
Khambu | Bhutan | 1,500 | 0 ☀ |
|
Magar | Bhutan | 2,800 | 0 ☀ |
|
Rabha | Bhutan | 1,600 | 0 ☀ |
|
|
Rabha | India | 436,000 | 2 ● |
|
Rai | Bhutan | 3,900 | 0 ☀ |
|
|
Ranabhat | India | 15,000 | 0 ☀ |
|
Saloi | India | 5,400 | 0 ☀ |
|
Tiwa | India | 287,000 | 1 ● |
|
Yadav (Hindu traditions) | Bhutan | 1,900 | 0 ☀ |
| Totals: 26 | 23 ● |
SECONDARY Language
(330 people groups)
| Photo | People Group ▲ | Country | Population | Progress Scale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
|
Abor | India | 1,900 | 2 ● |
|
Adi | India | 82,000 | 2 ● |
|
|
Adi Gallong | India | 21,000 | 2 ● |
|
Adi Minyong | India | 29,000 | 2 ● |
|
Adi Padam | India | 16,000 | 2 ● |
|
|
Adi Pasi | India | 3,600 | 2 ● |
|
Aka | India | 13,000 | 2 ● |
|
Anal | India | 27,000 | 3 ● |
|
Angami | India | 178,000 | 3 ● |
|
Ao | India | 277,000 | 3 ● |
|
Arleng | India | 698,000 | 2 ● |
|
|
Asur | India | 40,000 | 2 ● |
|
Badhai (Hindu traditions) | India | 7,799,000 | 0 ☀ |
|
Bagdi (Hindu traditions) | India | 3,428,000 | 0 ☀ |
|
Baidya (Hindu traditions) | India | 352,000 | 1 ● |
|
Baiga | India | 676,000 | 1 ● |
|
Bangali (Hindu traditions) | Nepal | 30,000 | 1 ● |
|
Bangali Muslim Moghal | India | 2,073,000 | 0 ☀ |
|
Bania Agarwal | India | 5,789,000 | 0 ☀ |
|
Bania Agrahari | India | 385,000 | 0 ☀ |
|
Bania Bais | India | 155,000 | 0 ☀ |
|
|
Bania Barnawar | India | 81,000 | 0 ☀ |
|
Bania Gahoi | India | 407,000 | 0 ☀ |
|
Bania Gandha Banik | India | 349,000 | 0 ☀ |
|
Bania Kasarwani | India | 501,000 | 0 ☀ |
|
Bania Kasaundhan | India | 598,000 | 0 ☀ |
|
|
Bania Mahajan | India | 228,000 | 0 ☀ |
|
Bania Mahesri | India | 440,000 | 0 ☀ |
|
Bania Oswal | India | 498,000 | 0 ☀ |
|
Bania Porwal | India | 392,000 | 0 ☀ |
|
Bania Rauniar | India | 157,000 | 0 ☀ |
|
|
Bania unspecified | India | 16,981,000 | 0 ☀ |
|
Banjara (Hindu traditions) | India | 7,352,000 | 1 ● |
|
Bansphor (Hindu traditions) | India | 182,000 | 0 ☀ |
|
Barman | India | 8,000 | 1 ● |
|
Bauri | India | 2,343,000 | 1 ● |
|
Bedia (Hindu traditions) | India | 660,000 | 0 ☀ |
|
Bhandari | India | 766,000 | 0 ☀ |
|
Bharbhunja (Hindu traditions) | India | 1,438,000 | 0 ☀ |
|
Bharia Bhumia | India | 380,000 | 0 ☀ |
|
Bhil unspecified | India | 14,556,000 | 1 ● |
|
Bhoi (Hindu traditions) | India | 5,900,000 | 0 ☀ |
|
Bhoksa | India | 70,000 | 0 ☀ |
|
Bhotia | India | 134,000 | 1 ● |
|
|
Bhottada | India | 548,000 | 1 ● |
|
Bhuinhar | India | 1,156,000 | 0 ☀ |
|
Bhuinmali | India | 189,000 | 1 ● |
|
Bhuiya unspecified | India | 1,503,000 | 1 ● |
|
Bhumij | India | 1,328,000 | 1 ● |
|
|
Bhumij | Bangladesh | 35,000 | 1 ● |
|
Biate | India | 19,000 | 2 ● |
|
Bind | India | 1,176,000 | 0 ☀ |
|
Binjhia | Bangladesh | 6,800 | 1 ● |
|
|
Binjhia | India | 211,000 | 1 ● |
|
|
Birhor | India | 24,000 | 2 ● |
|
Birjia | India | 17,000 | 2 ● |
|
Bishnupriya Manipuri | India | 103,000 | 1 ● |
|
Bodo (Hindu traditions) | Bhutan | 6,600 | 1 ● |
|
|
Bodo (Hindu traditions) | India | 1,727,000 | 2 ● |
|
Brahmin Gaur | India | 3,651,000 | 0 ☀ |
|
Brahmin Joshi | India | 449,000 | 0 ☀ |
|
|
Brahmin Jyoti | India | 152,000 | 0 ☀ |
|
Brahmin Kanaujia | India | 5,100,000 | 0 ☀ |
|
Brahmin Radhi | India | 1,937,000 | 0 ☀ |
|
|
Brahmin Rikhisur | India | 62,000 | 0 ☀ |
|
Brahmin Sakaldwipi | India | 585,000 | 0 ☀ |
|
Brahmin Saraswat | India | 717,000 | 0 ☀ |
|
|
Brahmin unspecified | Bangladesh | 246,000 | 0 ☀ |
|
|
Brahmin unspecified | India | 34,563,000 | 0 ☀ |
|
Brahmin Utkal | India | 221,000 | 0 ☀ |
|
|
Brahmin Vaidik | India | 230,000 | 0 ☀ |
|
Brahmin Varendra | India | 314,000 | 0 ☀ |
|
Bru | India | 245,000 | 2 ● |
|
|
Buna (Hindu traditions) | India | 497,000 | 0 ☀ |
|
Chakhesang | India | 185,000 | 3 ● |
|
Chakma | India | 260,000 | 1 ● |
|
Chamar (Hindu traditions) | India | 54,313,000 | 1 ● |
|
Chang | India | 77,000 | 3 ● |
|
Chero | India | 239,000 | 1 ● |
|
Chhetri | India | 248,000 | 1 ● |
|
Chik Baraik | India | 139,000 | 1 ● |
|
|
Chik Baraik | Bangladesh | 8,700 | 1 ● |
|
Chin Mara | India | 52,000 | 3 ● |
|
Chiru | India | 11,000 | 3 ● |
|
Christian | India | 1,565,000 | 3 ● |
|
|
Christian | Bangladesh | 305,000 | 3 ● |
|
Darjee | India | 59,000 | 1 ● |
|
Darzi (Hindu traditions) | India | 2,475,000 | 0 ☀ |
|
Deori | India | 61,000 | 1 ● |
|
Dhangar Bharwad | India | 3,305,000 | 0 ☀ |
|
Dhanwar | India | 76,000 | 1 ● |
|
Dhobi (Hindu traditions) | India | 12,098,000 | 0 ☀ |
|
Dhodia | India | 807,000 | 0 ☀ |
|
Dholi (Hindu traditions) | India | 282,000 | 0 ☀ |
|
|
Dholi (Muslim traditions) | Bangladesh | 62,000 | 0 ☀ |
|
Dura | India | 3,700 | 1 ● |
|
Gadaba | India | 158,000 | 1 ● |
|
Gadaria (Hindu traditions) | India | 4,808,000 | 0 ☀ |
|
Ganda | India | 1,504,000 | 1 ● |
|
Gangai | India | 5,700 | 0 ☀ |
|
Gangte | India | 26,000 | 3 ● |
|
Garo (A-chik Mande) | India | 1,305,000 | 3 ● |
|
Gauda | India | 2,412,000 | 0 ☀ |
|
Ghosi (Hindu traditions) | India | 344,000 | 0 ☀ |
|
Gond Maria | India | 1,803,000 | 1 ● |
|
Gond unspecified | India | 10,129,000 | 1 ● |
|
Gorait | India | 12,000 | 1 ● |
|
Gujjar (Hindu traditions) | India | 72,000 | 1 ● |
|
Guria | India | 872,000 | 0 ☀ |
|
Gurung Ghaleg | India | 129,000 | 2 ● |
|
Hadi | India | 1,162,000 | 1 ● |
|
Hajam | India | 2,350,000 | 0 ☀ |
|
Hajang | India | 96,000 | 1 ● |
|
|
Hajang Banai | India | 5,900 | 1 ● |
|
Halba | India | 866,000 | 1 ● |
|
Halwai (Hindu traditions) | India | 1,710,000 | 0 ☀ |
|
Haomei | India | 79,000 | 3 ● |
|
Hmar | India | 116,000 | 3 ● |
|
Ho | Bangladesh | 97,000 | 1 ● |
|
|
Ho | India | 1,276,000 | 1 ● |
|
Idu | India | 38,000 | 2 ● |
|
Jat (Sikh traditions) | India | 8,723,000 | 0 ☀ |
|
Jhalo Malo | Bangladesh | 221,000 | 0 ☀ |
|
|
Jhalo Malo | India | 482,000 | 1 ● |
|
Jogi (Hindu traditions) | Bangladesh | 639,000 | 0 ☀ |
|
|
Jogi (Hindu traditions) | India | 3,933,000 | 0 ☀ |
|
Kachari (Hindu traditions) | India | 98,000 | 0 ☀ |
|
Kachari Dimasa | India | 173,000 | 2 ● |
|
Kachin | India | 44,000 | 1 ● |
|
Kahar (Hindu traditions) | India | 9,742,000 | 0 ☀ |
|
Kahha | India | 63,000 | 3 ● |
|
Kaibartta Jalia | Bangladesh | 253,000 | 0 ☀ |
|
|
Kaibartta Jalia | India | 540,000 | 0 ☀ |
|
|
Kaibartta unspecified | Bangladesh | 253,000 | 0 ☀ |
|
|
Kaibartta unspecified | India | 1,634,000 | 0 ☀ |
|
Kalingi | India | 325,000 | 1 ● |
|
|
Kandra | India | 786,000 | 1 ● |
|
Kapali | India | 369,000 | 0 ☀ |
|
|
Karan | India | 627,000 | 1 ● |
|
Kawar | India | 1,185,000 | 1 ● |
|
Kayastha (Hindu traditions) | Bangladesh | 1,503,000 | 0 ☀ |
|
|
Kayastha (Hindu traditions) | Bhutan | 1,600 | 0 ☀ |
|
|
Kayastha (Hindu traditions) | India | 7,290,000 | 0 ☀ |
|
Kayastha Karan | India | 643,000 | 0 ☀ |
|
Khairwar | India | 498,000 | 1 ● |
|
|
Khambu | India | 404,000 | 1 ● |
|
Khamiyang | India | 1,600 | 1 ● |
|
Khampti | India | 21,000 | 1 ● |
|
Khandait | India | 2,076,000 | 0 ☀ |
|
Kharia | India | 898,000 | 2 ● |
|
Khasi | India | 1,477,000 | 3 ● |
|
Khiamniungan | India | 73,000 | 3 ● |
|
Kisan | India | 1,864,000 | 1 ● |
|
Koch (Hindu traditions) | India | 60,000 | 1 ● |
|
Koiri (Hindu traditions) | India | 9,679,000 | 0 ☀ |
|
Kokna | India | 1,283,000 | 1 ● |
|
Kol | India | 2,093,000 | 0 ☀ |
|
Koli Dhor | India | 489,000 | 1 ● |
|
Kolta | India | 802,000 | 1 ● |
|
Konda Kapu | India | 25,000 | 1 ● |
|
Konyak | India | 283,000 | 3 ● |
|
Korku | India | 1,199,000 | 1 ● |
|
Korwa | India | 537,000 | 1 ● |
|
Koya unspecified | India | 777,000 | 1 ● |
|
Kui Khond | India | 1,571,000 | 2 ● |
|
Kuki Chin | India | 168,000 | 3 ● |
|
|
Kuki Chin Changsen | India | 2,900 | 2 ● |
|
|
Kuki Chin Khelma | India | 3,200 | 3 ● |
|
Kuli | India | 19,000 | 1 ● |
|
Kumhar (Kusavar) (Hindu traditions) | India | 18,811,000 | 0 ☀ |
|
Kurmi (Hindu traditions) | Bangladesh | 71,000 | 0 ☀ |
|
|
Kurmi (Hindu traditions) | India | 22,681,000 | 0 ☀ |
|
Kurmi Mahato | India | 303,000 | 0 ☀ |
|
|
Kusiari | India | 2,100 | 0 ☀ |
|
Lisu Yobin | India | 3,600 | 3 ● |
|
Lodha (Hindu traditions, tribal) | India | 153,000 | 2 ● |
|
Lohar (Hindu traditions) | India | 11,340,000 | 0 ☀ |
|
|
Lohra | India | 308,000 | 1 ● |
|
|
Loi | India | 102,000 | 0 ☀ |
|
Lotha | India | 210,000 | 3 ● |
|
Lunia (Hindu traditions) | India | 3,783,000 | 0 ☀ |
|
Madari (Muslim traditions) | India | 67,000 | 0 ☀ |
|
|
Magar | India | 423,000 | 2 ● |
|
Mahali | India | 97,000 | 1 ● |
|
|
Mahara | India | 5,900 | 0 ☀ |
|
Mahishya | India | 12,283,000 | 1 ● |
|
Mahli | India | 482,000 | 1 ● |
|
|
Mahli | Bangladesh | 43,000 | 1 ● |
|
Majhi | India | 143,000 | 1 ● |
|
Majhwar | India | 222,000 | 1 ● |
|
Mal (Hindu traditions) | India | 2,086,000 | 0 ☀ |
|
Mali (Hindu traditions) | Bangladesh | 179,000 | 0 ☀ |
|
|
Mali (Hindu traditions) | India | 11,821,000 | 0 ☀ |
|
Malto | India | 224,000 | 2 ● |
|
Maramei | India | 33,000 | 3 ● |
|
Marma (Magh) | India | 55,000 | 1 ● |
|
Mech | India | 65,000 | 2 ● |
|
|
Mech | Nepal | 5,800 | 1 ● |
|
Meena | India | 5,505,000 | 1 ● |
|
Meitei (Manipur Muslim) | India | 235,000 | 0 ☀ |
|
Meitei Kshatriya | India | 142,000 | 1 ● |
|
Meitei Panan | India | 14,000 | 0 ☀ |
|
Meitei Thanga | India | 140,000 | 1 ● |
|
Meitei unspecified | India | 1,413,000 | 1 ● |
|
Miji | India | 9,600 | 2 ● |
|
Miju Mishmi | India | 11,000 | 1 ● |
|
Miri | India | 824,000 | 1 ● |
|
Mishmi | India | 3,900 | 2 ● |
|
Mizo | India | 170,000 | 3 ● |
|
|
Mizo Lushai | India | 670,000 | 3 ● |
|
Mochi (Hindu traditions) | Bangladesh | 240,000 | 0 ☀ |
|
|
Mochi (Hindu traditions) | India | 2,308,000 | 1 ● |
|
Monpa | India | 48,000 | 1 ● |
|
|
Mukha Dhora | India | 52,000 | 1 ● |
|
Munda | Bhutan | 2,000 | 2 ● |
|
|
Munda | India | 4,363,000 | 2 ● |
|
Musahar (Hindu traditions) | India | 3,713,000 | 1 ● |
|
Naga | India | 20,000 | 3 ● |
|
Naga Tangkhul | India | 236,000 | 3 ● |
|
Nagarchi (Hindu traditions) | India | 177,000 | 1 ● |
|
Nai (Hindu traditions) | India | 14,275,000 | 0 ☀ |
|
Namassej (Hindu traditions) | Bangladesh | 644,000 | 1 ● |
|
|
Namassej (Hindu traditions) | Bhutan | 4,900 | 0 ☀ |
|
|
Namassej (Hindu traditions) | India | 3,840,000 | 1 ● |
|
Namassej Chandel | Bangladesh | 2,167,000 | 1 ● |
|
|
Namassej Chandel | India | 1,710,000 | 1 ● |
|
|
Nashya Shaikh | India | 153,000 | 0 ☀ |
|
Nat (Hindu traditions) | India | 598,000 | 0 ☀ |
|
|
Nishang | India | 3,400 | 3 ● |
|
Nissi | India | 46,000 | 3 ● |
|
|
Nocte | India | 45,000 | 3 ● |
|
Nyishi | India | 297,000 | 3 ● |
|
Oraon | India | 5,311,000 | 2 ● |
|
|
Oraon, Kurux | Bhutan | 10,000 | 1 ● |
|
|
Padam | India | 2,800 | 2 ● |
|
|
Paik | India | 260,000 | 1 ● |
|
Pan | India | 1,611,000 | 1 ● |
|
Pardhan | India | 376,000 | 1 ● |
|
Pardhi | India | 433,000 | 0 ☀ |
|
|
Parhaiya | India | 36,000 | 1 ● |
|
Parja unspecified | India | 391,000 | 1 ● |
|
|
Pasi | India | 1,200 | 2 ● |
|
Patial | India | 47,000 | 1 ● |
|
Patni (Hindu traditions) | Bangladesh | 142,000 | 0 ☀ |
|
|
Patni (Hindu traditions) | India | 269,000 | 0 ☀ |
|
|
Pawi | India | 62,000 | 3 ● |
|
Pnar | India | 330,000 | 3 ● |
|
Pochury | India | 27,000 | 3 ● |
|
Pod | India | 3,543,000 | 1 ● |
|
|
Pod | Bangladesh | 31,000 | 0 ☀ |
|
Pomla | India | 1,800 | 1 ● |
|
Poumai | India | 152,000 | 3 ● |
|
Puroik | India | 5,200 | 2 ● |
|
|
Rai | India | 148,000 | 2 ● |
|
|
Rai | Nepal | 718,000 | 2 ● |
|
Rajbansi (Hindu traditions) | Bhutan | 9,900 | 1 ● |
|
|
Rajbansi (Hindu traditions) | India | 4,974,000 | 1 ● |
|
|
Rajbansi (Hindu traditions) | Nepal | 133,000 | 2 ● |
|
Rajput (Hindu traditions) | Bhutan | 1,500 | 0 ☀ |
|
|
Rajput (Hindu traditions) | India | 27,599,000 | 0 ☀ |
|
Rajput (Sikh traditions) | India | 1,255,000 | 0 ☀ |
|
Rajput Bais (Hindu traditions) | India | 1,598,000 | 0 ☀ |
|
Rajput Bhatti (Hindu traditions) | India | 1,057,000 | 0 ☀ |
|
|
Rajput Chandrabansi | India | 125,000 | 0 ☀ |
|
Rajput Chauhan (Hindu traditions) | India | 3,609,000 | 0 ☀ |
|
Rajput Nagbansi | India | 54,000 | 0 ☀ |
|
Rajput Ponwar (Hindu traditions) | India | 1,523,000 | 0 ☀ |
|
Rajput Rathor (Hindu traditions) | India | 1,684,000 | 0 ☀ |
|
Rajput Sisodia | India | 137,000 | 0 ☀ |
|
Rajput Surajbansi | India | 309,000 | 0 ☀ |
|
Rautia | India | 147,000 | 1 ● |
|
Rengma | India | 83,000 | 3 ● |
|
Rongmei | India | 118,000 | 3 ● |
|
|
Sagarbanshi | India | 208,000 | 0 ☀ |
|
Sahariya | India | 1,027,000 | 0 ☀ |
|
Sangtam | India | 90,000 | 3 ● |
|
Santal (Sawntal) | Bhutan | 5,400 | 1 ● |
|
|
Santal (Sawntal) | India | 8,944,000 | 2 ● |
|
Saora unspecified | India | 944,000 | 2 ● |
|
|
Saur | India | 181,000 | 0 ☀ |
|
|
Sauria Paharia | India | 61,000 | 2 ● |
|
Sayyid | India | 9,332,000 | 0 ☀ |
|
Sema | India | 288,000 | 3 ● |
|
|
Shabar | India | 630,000 | 2 ● |
|
Shaikh | Bhutan | 9,300 | 0 ☀ |
|
|
Shaikh unspecified | India | 71,553,000 | 0 ☀ |
|
Sherdukpen | India | 4,200 | 1 ● |
|
|
Simong | India | 3,100 | 2 ● |
|
Singpho | India | 9,800 | 2 ● |
|
Sonar (Hindu traditions) | India | 8,308,000 | 0 ☀ |
|
Sunri (Hindu traditions) | India | 644,000 | 1 ● |
|
|
Sunri (Hindu traditions) | Nepal | 108,000 | 1 ● |
|
Sunri Sadhubanik | India | 326,000 | 1 ● |
|
Sunuwar | India | 101,000 | 1 ● |
|
Sutradhar (Hindu traditions) | Bangladesh | 190,000 | 0 ☀ |
|
|
Sutradhar (Hindu traditions) | India | 532,000 | 0 ☀ |
|
Swangla | India | 11,000 | 0 ☀ |
|
|
Tagin | India | 73,000 | 2 ● |
|
Tai Man | India | 6,900 | 2 ● |
|
|
Tai Taroi | India | 2,500 | 0 ☀ |
|
Tamang | India | 276,000 | 2 ● |
|
|
Tangsa | India | 18,000 | 3 ● |
|
|
Tangsa Moglum | India | 3,100 | 2 ● |
|
|
Tangsa Taisen | India | 1,300 | 2 ● |
|
Tanti (Hindu traditions) | India | 5,914,000 | 0 ☀ |
|
Tanu | India | 52,000 | 2 ● |
|
Teli (Hindu traditions) | Bangladesh | 158,000 | 0 ☀ |
|
|
Teli (Hindu traditions) | India | 22,524,000 | 0 ☀ |
|
Thadou | India | 258,000 | 3 ● |
|
Thakkar | India | 693,000 | 0 ☀ |
|
Thakuri | India | 39,000 | 1 ● |
|
Tharu | India | 540,000 | 1 ● |
|
Tili | India | 1,341,000 | 0 ☀ |
|
Tipera | India | 814,000 | 2 ● |
|
Turi (Hindu traditions) | India | 414,000 | 1 ● |
|
|
Valmiki (Balmiki) Mehtar | India | 1,300 | 3 ● |
|
Valmiki (Hindu traditions) | India | 5,798,000 | 0 ☀ |
|
|
Valmiki Lal Begi (Hindu traditions) | India | 11,000 | 0 ☀ |
|
Valmiki Mehtar | India | 150,000 | 0 ☀ |
|
Varli | India | 1,476,000 | 1 ● |
|
Wancho | India | 77,000 | 3 ● |
|
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Yadav (Hindu traditions) | India | 40,857,000 | 0 ☀ |
|
Yadav Ghosi | India | 1,866,000 | 0 ☀ |
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Yadav Kaonra | India | 797,000 | 0 ☀ |
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Yadav Rawat | India | 1,692,000 | 0 ☀ |
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Yadav Sadgope | India | 3,178,000 | 0 ☀ |
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Yakthumba, Limbu | India | 164,000 | 2 ● |
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Yenadi | India | 800,000 | 1 ● |
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Yimchungra | India | 80,000 | 3 ● |
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Zeliang | India | 123,000 | 3 ● |
| Totals: 330 | 237 ● |
