The Naga Tribes
The Naga Tribes
The Naga Tribes
An Assignment In Individual and Society SYBBA Submitted By: Group 1 Melina Colaso Maria Fernandez Vishal Gaonkar Heloise Monteiro Rincy Johnson Karishma Surlakar Mohammad Ayaz R-11-04 R-11-13 R-11-16 R-11-21 R-11-31 R-11-34 R-11-36
5. Kachari 6. Khiamniungan 7. Konyak 8. Kuki 9. Kyong 10. Phom 11. Pochury 12. Rengma 13. Sangtam 14. Sumi 15. Yimchunger 16. Zeliang
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colour and various patterns. Colorful ornaments are worn by both men & women which are made of ivory, these ornaments include the bangles and bracelets. The tribe is very much fond of ornaments. Some old men grow hair long and arranged in tangled knots. The babbed hair is the fashion for the young Naga girl. Tattooing is customary for Naga tribes only in North and East.
Naga languages in the Tibeto-Burman family is divided into three groups; the western sub-group, the central sub-group and the eastern sub-group. The western sub-group comprises Angami, Sema, Rengma and Chakhesang languages; the central sub-group include Ao, Lotha and Phom languages; while the eastern sub-groups is made up of among others, Chang and Konyak languages. The tribal groups, who do not understand one another's language, converse in NagaAssamese or Nagamese. It is a hybrid mixture of Assamese and Naga languages but serve as the lingua franca of the Naga people. Hindi is well understood in Nagaland - even in the interior areas. The state Assembly, in a resolution adopted on18 September 1967, recommended that English be used for all official purposes within the state of Nagaland indefinitely, and that English be included as one of the languages in the VIII schedule of the constitution. But, only a fraction of the population in the state speaks or writes English with some degree of accuracy.