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Awan |
Badaga |
Bharia |
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Birhor |
Bishnoi |
Bodo |
Bondo |
Chakhesang |
Chang |
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Didayi |
Digaro-Mishmi | Dimasa Kachari | Dogra |
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Gowlan |
Gujjars |
Halbaa |
Hmar |
Idu Mishmi |
Irula |
Jaintias |
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Kabui |
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Khasi |
Khoibu |
Kinnaure |
Kondh |
Korku
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Koya
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Kutchi
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Lahules |
Liangmai |
Lohara |
Lotha |
Magahi |
Magar
Eastern |
Mahali
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Mao |
Maram
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Meithei
| Miju-Mishmi |
Miri |
Monpa |
Monsang |
Munda |
Nicobarese
Southern |
Nishi |
Nocte |
Onge |
Oraon |
Paite |
Paliyan |
Pangwali |
Piral |
Pochury |
Poumai |
Raika |
Rengma |
Sangtam |
Santali |
Saora |
Savara |
Sema |
Sentinel |
Shom
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Zomi
| Jaintias |
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| Indigenous Group |
Jaintias (Also known as: Jayantias, Syntengs, Pnars, Hynniewtrep) |
| Location |
India, Meghalaya, Khasi and Jaintia Hills, north of the War Jaintia; Mizoram, Aizawl District; Assam, North Cachar Hills, Jatinga, Borolokha, Dibruchera, Karbi Anglong District, Ulukunchi. |
| Estimated Population |
84,000 (1991, SIL International) |
| Environment |
Highland |
| Lifestyle |
Sedentary |
| Subsistence |
Agriculture / Hunter / Gatherer / Handicraft Sales |
| Level of Assimilation |
Fairly Traditional |
| Language Family |
Pnar
Classification: Austro-Asiatic, Mon-Khmer, Northern Mon-Khmer, Khasian
Dialects: Jaintia, Synteng, Nongtung, Jowai, Shangpung, Batau, Raliang, Sutnga, Sumer, Martiang, Barato, Rymbai, Lakadong, Mynso, Nongtalang. |
| Website URLs |
Ethnologue - Pnar, a Language of India
WebIndia123: About Jaintias
Tribal Situation in North East India
Government of Meghalaya - The People
Indira Gandhi National Centre For Arts (IGNCA) - Arts & Crafts of North-East
Institute of Peace & Conflict Studies - Sandwiched: Plight of the Pnars
NEZCC - Glimpses of Meghalaya
Telegraph India: The Collapse of Governance - Northeast Echos
Offline resources
The Jaintias: Studies in Society and Change by Lamare, Shobhan N.
A Tribe in Transition: the Jaintias of Meghalaya by H.l. Deb Roy
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| NGOs |
North East Network (NEN)
United Nations Development Fund for Women
Directory of NGOs in Meghalaya
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