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 Mizo Native: other Kuki-Chin languages | |||||||||||||
| Religion | |||||||||||||
| Majority: Christianity 80% Minority: 20% Buddhism, folk religions | |||||||||||||
| Related ethnic groups | |||||||||||||
| Mizo people, Naga people, Kachin 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, Christian missionary influence, and post-independence ethnic politics that has built upon older tribal and regional identities.