Meanings
- pluralplural onlyA clan of the Hmar tribal people of Assam, members of which speak a dialect of the Hmar language (a Tibeto-Burman language).
Faihriem have altogether 13 subclans. They are Saivate, Tuollai, Bapui, Tuimuol, Khawlum, Khawkhieng, Khawreng, Sekong, Seiling, Thlanghnung, Salhmar, […].
1992, Vijay Prakash Sharma, The Hmars of Manipur: an anthropological exploration, page 182 more examples
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.
1998, India's Communities, volume 4 (edited by Kumar Suresh Singh of the Anthropological Survey of India)[…] 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.
1999, Robin D. Tribhuwan, Preeti R. Tribhuwan, “Tribal dances of India”, in Encyclopaedic profile of Indian tribes, volume 1, page 117
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