Faihriem
English
Noun
Faihriem pl (plural only)
- A clan of the Hmar tribal people of Assam, members of which speak a dialect of the Hmar language (a Tibeto-Burman language).
- 1992, Vijay Prakash Sharma, The Hmars of Manipur: an anthropological exploration, page 18:
- Faihriem have altogether 13 subclans. They are Saivate, Tuollai, Bapui, Tuimuol, Khawlum, Khawkhieng, Khawreng, Sekong, Seiling, Thlanghnung, Salhmar, […] .
- 1998, India's Communities, volume 4 (edited by Kumar Suresh Singh of the Anthropological Survey of India):
- The Hmar are divided into several clans, like Khawbung, Lungtau, Leiri, Zote, Ngurte, Khelte, Khawlhring and Faihriem; these are again divided into a number of lineages.
- 1999, Robin D. Tribhuwan, Preeti R. Tribhuwan, Tribal dances of India (Encyclopaedic profile of Indian tribes, volume 1), page 117:
- […] 21 clans. They are Biete, Changsan, Chawrai, Darngawn, Faihriem, […] and Zote. The past tradition suggests that each clan had a dialect of its own but nowadays a common dialect used by the Hmar people was developed by Christian missionaries.
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