| Invest in Manipur |
Switzerland of the East |
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Wednesday, 07 January, 2004 |
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The People |
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Manipur is inhabited by three major ethnic groups in Manipur - the Meiteis in the valley, the Nagas and the Kuki-Chin tribes in the hills. The Meitei Pangals (Meitei Muslims) form a minority community. Besides this, other communities from the other states of India have also settled in the State. |
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| Manipuri Women | |||
| People are predominantly Mongoloid, and speak Tibeto-Burman languages. The Meitei language which is the mother-tongue of the Meitei people is the lingua-franca of the State. | |||