Which one of the following population group folloes buddhism?
ans khamti
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Answer
Khamti Shan
Tai Khamti ชาวไทคำตี่
Tai Khampti diorama.JPG
Diorama of Tai Khamti people in Jawaharlal Nehru Museum, Itanagar
Total population
c. 350,000
Regions with significant populations
Myanmar ~200,000
India 140,310
Languages
Khamti, Burmese, Assamese
Religion
Theravada Buddhism
Related ethnic groups
Thai people, Lao people, Shan people, Dai people
The Tai Khamti (Thai: ชาวไทคำตี่, Chao Tai Kam Dtee) (Burmese: ခန္တီးရှမ်းလူမျိုး, Hkamti Shan) (Shan language: တႆး ၶမ်းတီႈ [tai˥˩]) (Khamti: တဲး ၵံးတီႈ)(Assamese: খাম্পতি) or simply Khamti as they are also known, are a Tai ethnic group native to Hkamti Long, Mogaung and Myitkyina regions of Kachin State and Hkamti District of Sagaing Division of Myanmar. In India, they are found in Namsai district and Changlang district of Arunachal Pradesh. Smaller numbers can be found in Lakhimpur district, Dhemaji district and Munglang Khamti village in Tinsukia district of Assam and possibly in some parts of China. Khamtis have a population of 100,031 out of which 40,005 live in Arunachal Pradesh and 60,026 in Assam. However, in Myanmar their total population is estimated at 200,000 people.[1]
The Tai Khamtis who inhabit the region around the Tengapani basin were descendants of migrants who came during the century from the Hkamti long region, the mountainous valley of the Irrawaddy. The Khamti possess South East Asian features.
The Tai-Khamti are followers of Theravada Buddhism. The Tai-Khamti have their own script for their language, known as 'Lik Tai', which was originated from the Shan (Tai) script of Myanmar.[2] Their mother tongue is known as Khamti language. It is a Tai language, closely related to Thai and Lao.