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Tai-speaking indigenous group in Assam
Tai Phake
Total population
8000 (approx.)
Regions with significant populations
India
Languages
Tai Phake, Assamese
Religion
Theravada Buddhism, Animism
Related ethnic groups
Other Tai peoples
(Thai people, Lao people, Shan people, Dai people, Tai Nua)
Tai Phake, also known as Phakial or simply Phake, belong to the Tai-speaking indigenous ethnic group living in Dibrugarh district and Tinsukia district of Assam, principally along the areas of Dihing river as well as adjacent parts of Lohit and Changlang district in Arunachal Pradesh.[1] As of 1990, their population stood at 5,000, which consists of less than 250 families.
^William J. Gedney (1992). Papers on Tai Languages, Linguistics, and Literatures: In Honor of William J. Gedney on His 77th Birthday. Northern Illinois University, Center for Southeast Asian Studies. p. 14. ISBN 1-877979-16-3.
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sister languages, especially Tai-Aiton and Tai-Phake.[citation needed] The Institute of Tai Studies and Research (ITSAR), is a Tai-Ahom language teaching institute...
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religion. They are the Khamyang, Aiton, TaiPhake, Turung, Duania etc., living in small pockets surrounded by people of other religions. They are faithfully...
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Jainism (0.1%), Buddhism (0.2%), Sikhism (0.1%) and Animism (amongst Khamti, Phake, Aiton etc. communities). Many Hindus in Assam are followers of the Ekasarana...
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