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Dimasa Kachari

Dimasa Kachari
 
Indigenous Group Dimasa Kachari (Also known as: Dimasa, Dima-fisa)
Location India, Assam, North Cachar District and Cachar Hills, Karbi Anglong, Nowgong districts; Nagaland, Haflong District
Estimated Population 106,000 (1997, SIL International)
Environment Highland / Riverine
Lifestyle Sedentary
Subsistence Agriculture
Level of Assimilation Fairly Traditional
Language Family Dimasa
Classification:
Sino-Tibetan, Tibeto-Burman, Jingpho-Konyak-Bodo, Konyak-Bodo-Garo, Bodo-Garo, Bodo
Alternate names: Dimasa Kachari
Dialects: Dimasa, Hariamba. Related to Kachari
Website URLs Ethnologue: Dimasa a language of India
Wikipedia – Dimasa
Tribal Situation in Northeast India, By A.N.M. Irshad Ali and Indranoshee Das
District Profile, Brief Documentation of Dhansiripar Block
The Tribes of North Cashar Hills – The Dimasa Kacharis
NGOs Environmental Society of South Assam (EnSSA)
Assam Centre for Rural Development

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