Thadou people and are an indigenous tribe of Kuki people inhabiting Northeast India, Burma, Bangladesh, and Israel.
Thadou is a Language of the Kuki-Chin languages.
Thadou tribe is one of the largest tribe among Kuki/Zo community and Thadou language is one of the most spoken language among All Kuki-Zo communities and is the second most spoken language in Manipur after Meitei.
Distribution
Thadou populations have been reported in India, Burma, Israel and Bangladesh — and in India populations have settled in largest in Manipur and smaller numbers in Nagaland, Assam, Tripura, Meghalaya, Mizoram and Delhi.
Clans
Thadou Tribe has multiple clans and the major clans are as below •
Lupho
Lupheng
Misao
Hangsing
Chongloi
Khongsai
Kipgen
Langiung
Sairang
Thangngeo
Haokip
Sitlhou
Touthang
Haolai
Singson (Shingsol) Lhouvum Mate Lhungdim Baite Guite Kholhou Changsan Singsit Hanghal/Lhanghal Doungel Milhiem Dimngel Lunkim Lhoujem Lotjem Saimar Lhangum Lenthang Sa’um Lhangum Ngailut Insun Jongbe Khuongthang Tuboi Kilong/Kiloung.
References
Other sources
Shaw, William. 1929. Notes on the Thadou kuki. Shakespear, J. Part I, London, 1912, The Lushai Kuki Clans. Aizawl : Tribal Research Unit. Tribal Research Institute. 1994. The Tribes of Mizoram. (A Dissertation) Aizawl: Tribal Research Institute, Directorate of Art and Culture. The Socio-Economics Of Linguistic Identity A Case Study In The Lushai Hills. Satarupa Dattamajumdar, Ph.D. Lieut. R. Stewart in the Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal (1857). entitled "A slight notice of the Grammar of Thadou or New Kookie language."