page_title: Chin people
hierarchical_section_title: Chin people
caption_attribution_description: Chin village, Burma
context_page_description: The Chin people are Sino-Tibetan people native to Chin State of Myanmar. The Chin are one of the founding groups of the Union of Burma. The Chin speak a variety of related languages, share elements of cultures and traditions. According to BBC News, "The Chin people... are one of the most persecuted minority groups in Burma." These people predominantly live in the Chin State, Bago Division, Ayeyarwady Division, Magwe Division, Rakhine State and Sagaing Region of Myanmar, but are also spread throughout Burma, Bangladesh and India. In the 2014 Burmese ethnic census, the Chin ethnicity was again dismissed by the people of the Chin State.
  The name "Chin" is disputed. During the British era, the British used the compound term 'Chin-Kuki-Mizo' to group the Kukish language speaking people, and the Government of India inherited this. Chin nationalist leaders in Burma's Chin State popularized the term "Chin" following Burma's independence from Britain. More recently the word Chin has been rejected by some in favor of Zomi.
context_section_description: The Chin people (Burmese: ချင်းလူမျိုး; MLCTS: hkyang lu. myui:, [tɕɪ́ɰ̃ lù mjó]) are Sino-Tibetan people native to Chin State of Myanmar. The Chin are one of the founding groups (Chin, Kachin, Shan and Bamar) of the Union of Burma. The Chin speak a variety of related languages, share elements of cultures and traditions. According to BBC News, "The Chin people... are one of the most persecuted minority groups in Burma." These people predominantly live in the Chin State, Bago Division, Ayeyarwady Division, Magwe Division, Rakhine State and Sagaing Region of Myanmar, but are also spread throughout Burma, Bangladesh and India. In the 2014 Burmese ethnic census, the Chin ethnicity was again dismissed by the people of the Chin State.
  The name "Chin" is disputed. During the British era, the British used the compound term 'Chin-Kuki-Mizo' to group the Kukish language speaking people, and the Government of India inherited this. Chin nationalist leaders in Burma's Chin State popularized the term "Chin" following Burma's independence from Britain. More recently the word Chin has been rejected by some in favor of Zomi. Some Zomi nationalists now consider that Chin would mean subtle Paite domination of Chin, Kuki and Zomi identity, which other groups like Hmars, Zous (Zomi),  and Koms may not use.
caption: Chin people in Myanmar, 2007
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