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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Tibeto-Burman linguistic ethnic group in Manipur}}<br />
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{{Infobox ethnic group<br />
| group = Lamkang <br /> (Lamkang Naga)<br />
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| population = 7,771 approx,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/PCA/ST.html|title=Census of India 2011|publisher=MHA, Govt of India}}</ref> Manipur<br />
| languages = [[Lamkang language]] ([[first language|L1]]) <br /> [[Meitei language]] ([[second language|L2]])<ref>{{Cite web |title=Meitei {{!}} Ethnologue |url=https://www.ethnologue.com/language/mni/ |access-date=2023-05-03 |website=[[Ethnologue]] |language=en}}</ref><br />
| religions = [[Christianity]]<br />
| related = [[Meitei people]], [[Anāl Naga people|Anal Naga]], other [[Naga people]]<br />
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{{Naga people}}<br />
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The '''Lamkang people''', also known as the '''Lamkang Naga''', are a [[Tibeto-Burman]] linguistic [[ethnic group]] predominantly inhabitanting the [[Northeast India|Northeast Indian]] state of [[Manipur]], and some parts of [[Sagaing Region]] in [[Myanmar]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.scribd.com/doc/109805873/A-Brief-Account-of-the-Lamkang-Naga-Tribe|title=Brief Account of the Lamkang Naga}}</ref> They are recognised as a Scheduled Tribe (STs) by India.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://lawmin.nic.in/ld/subord/rule9a.htm|title=1THE CONSTITUTION (SCHEDULED TRIBES)|access-date=2016-07-31|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170920212634/http://lawmin.nic.in/ld/subord/rule9a.htm|archive-date=2017-09-20|url-status=dead}}</ref><br />
They use [[Meitei language]] as their [[second language]] (L2) according to the [[Ethnologue]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Meitei {{!}} Ethnologue |url=https://www.ethnologue.com/language/mni/ |access-date=2023-05-03 |website=[[Ethnologue]] |language=en}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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{{Naga tribes}}<br />
{{Hill tribes of Northeast India}}<br />
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[[Category:Scheduled Tribes of Manipur]]<br />
[[Category:Indigenous peoples of South Asia]]<br />
[[Category:Ethnic groups in Myanmar]]<br />
[[Category:Ethnic groups in Northeast India]]<br />
[[Category:Ethnic groups in Manipur]]<br />
[[Category:Naga people]]<br />
[[Category:Ethnic groups in India]]</div>Irinaequalliat