Faihriem

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Faihriem pl (plural only)

  1. 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”, in 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.