page_title: South Asian ethnic groups
section_title: Tibeto-Burmese people
hierarchical_section_title: South Asian ethnic groups / List of ethnic groups on the basis of language / Tibeto-Burmese people
context_page_description: South Asian ethnic groups are ethnolinguistic composition of the diverse population of South Asia, including the nations of India, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan, the Maldives and Sri Lanka. Afghans, however, are generally not included among South Asian ethnic groups
  The majority of the population fall within three large linguistic groups, Indo-Aryan, Dravidian, and Iranic peoples. Indian society is traditionally divided into castes or clans, that are based primarily on labour divisions, and these categories have had no official status since independence in 1947, except for the scheduled castes and tribes which remain registered for the purpose of affirmative action. In today's India, the population is categorised in terms of the 1,652 mother tongues spoken.
  These groups are further subdivided into numerous sub-groups, castes, and tribes. Indo-Aryans form the predominant ethno-linguistic group in India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Nepal, Sri Lanka and the Maldives. Dravidians form the predominant ethno-linguistic group in southern India and the northern and eastern regions of Sri Lanka, and a small pocket in Pakistan.
context_section_description: Tibetans and Tibetan-speaking peoples
  Kuki people
  Tibetan Ladakhis
  Uttarakhandi Bhotiya
  Sikkimese people
  Bhutias
  Monpa
  Takpa
  Tshangla
  Sherpas
  Bhotiyas
  Sherdukpen
  Aka
  Miji
  Tibetan Muslim
  Burig
  Baltis
  Bodo-Kachari people
  Bodo People
  Dimasa
  Garo
  Hajong
  Sonowal
  Sutiya
  Chepang
  Gurung
  Khowa
  Kirat people
  Rai
  Limbu
  Yakkha
  Lepcha people
  Magar people
  Memba
  Naga people
  Newar people
  Nishi
  Tamang
  Thakali
  Meitei (Manipuri)
  Karbi people or Mikir
  Thami
  Tripuris
  Zo people
  Bawm people
  Chin
  Kuki
  Halam
  Hrangkhol
  Mizo
caption:   Sino-Tibetan languages   Indo-European languages   Dravidian languages   Altaic Languages   3 groups:Japonic (possibly Altaic),Koreanic, (possibly Altaic), andIndochinese languages    Austronesian languages   Austroasiatic languages
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