The Kom people are a Tibeto-Burmese tribe mainly found in the state of

Manipur Manipur () is a state in northeastern India with Imphal as its capital. It borders the Indian states of Assam to the west, Mizoram to the south, and Nagaland to the north and shares the international border with Myanmar, specifically t ...

in the northeastern India. The Kom clans include Karong, Serto, Leivon, Mangte and Tellien. They speak Kom natively, a Tibeto-Burman language, but also use

Meitei language Meitei (; ) also known as Manipuri ), is a Tibeto-Burman language of northeast India. It is the official language and the lingua franca of Manipur and an additional official language in four districts of Assam. It is one of the scheduled ...

as their

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(L2) according to the

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. According to the 2001 Census of India, the population of Kom people is 14,602.

Notable people

Mary Kom Mangte Chungneijang "Mary" Kom (born 24 November 1982) is an Indian Amateur boxing, Olympic boxer, politician, and former Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha, Member of Rajya Sabha. She is the only woman to win the World Amateur Boxing Champions ...

, Indian Olympic boxer and politician

References

{{Hill tribes of Northeast India Ethnic groups in India Kuki tribes Scheduled Tribes of Manipur Ethnic groups in Northeast India Ethnic groups in South Asia