Now, the new entry for Lai people at Wikipedia says,
The Lai people are one of the biggest clans of the Mizo tribe, native to Chin State of Myanmar, and Mizoram state in Northeast India, mostly concentrated in the area of Lai Autonomous District Council, and speaking the Mizo language along with their own dialects. Lusei people called them Pawih, Pawi or Pawihte.What is more surprising is the population and how happy Lais are to call themselves as Mizo,
Source: Wikipedia
Total population is around 1,700,000 in 1991. Lai people are one of the clans who are happy to be a Mizo, rather than calling in their own clan/tribal names.And also, a look at Asho Chin people says:
Source: Wikipedia
Asho people, one of the eleven clans of Mizo tribe are native to Arakan plains, plains of Irrawady and Minbu.Is clan the best way to describe those of us who speak different language than Mizo (Duhlian/Lusei), the most common language among us? And is Mizo a tribe? Then what could be the name of our nation?
Unlike other Mizo clans, many of them are Buddhist.
Source: Wikipedia
The source of such claims are from one Mizo author – B. Lalthangliana, who wrote a book titled History and Culture of Mizo in India, Burma and Bangladesh. Published in 2001.
Scholars like Dr Lian Hmung Sakhong, Ph.D (from Sweden) however do not classify our people like B. Lalthangliana did.
Dr Sakhong, a Chin scholar in his book ‘In Search of Chin Identity’ classified Kuki-Chin-Mizo people under six different groups. And Lais are grouped under Laimi, and Lusei/Duhlian/Lushai speaking people are under Mizo group, the other four are Zomi, Asho, Cho and Khuami. The classification seems to be based on the language affinity and intelligibility.
As per our understanding, a clan is a group of people united by kinship and descent, which is defined by actual or perceived descent from a common ancestor. And an example for clans will be Sailo, Khiangte, Chhangte, Fanai, Sakhong, Baite, Haokip, Shwepang, Hlychho, Chinzah or Cinzah, Hlawnchhing or Hlawnching, Hauzel, etc.
Sailo, a clan name of Mizo is not equal to Lai people. It is equal only to Chinzah, a clan among Lai people. Sailo is also equal to Hlychho, Fachhai, etc, the clans among Mara people. So does with Haokip, Baite and others from Thado (Kuki) people.
Lais have many clans. Likewise, there are many clans among Maras, Senthangs, Asho, and other Kuki-Chin-Mizo people.
Lais, Maras, Senthangs, Zotung, Zyphe, Thado, Simte, Paite, Siyin, Mizo, Zomi, Khuami, etc are definitely a group of people. We cannot call them as Clans. It is very surprising to that the volunteers are Wikipedia are exclusively quoting from one scholar, whose view is definitely a questionable one.
Will Lais accept Lai as one of the clans of Mizo? I could not imagine. If it is described as a sub-tribe or sub-group of Mizo, perhaps, there are more chance.
Some web enthusiasts have started to invade Wikipedia again. They have edited few pages, but they have not finished. Perhaps, they will edit more pages containing the groupings within Kuki-Chin-Mizo people in the coming days.
We all know Wikipedia is not always reliable, but some have often used the free online encyclopedia as a tool to express their views not respecting the views of others that are common and generally acceptable to most people.
Source: http://samaw.com/are-lai-people-a-clan-of-mizo-tribe/1716
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