• Area Handbook of Burma,1971, p.103-4

    The Chins use two words in referring to the Burmans: Vai(civilized) is used to describe Burman society as a whole and a more derogatory term, kawl, to [...]

  • CHINS Synonims. Cuci Khyang, Khyeng, Kookie, Kuki

    CHINS Synonims. Cuci Khyang, Khyeng, Kookie, Kuki ORIDENTATION. Identification: Although Chin speakers as a whole have no single name for themselves, many groups use what appear to [...]

  • Father Sangermano

    To the east of the Chien Mountain, between 20.30 and 21.30 north latitude, is a pretty nation called Jo (Yaw). They are supposed to have been Chien, [...]

  • Sir J. G. Scott, K.C.I.E., Burma, p.20

    The Chins (who call themselves Zho, Shu, or Lai) show the most clearly marked footprints of the immigrant Burmese. Probably they may be taken to be a [...]

  • Captain F. M. Rundall,

    I do not know the origin of the name Chin it is Burmese. I fancy; anyhow the Chins do not have the word and call themselves ‘Zo’, [...]

  • Capt. Thomas Herbert Lewis, B.S.C

    The ‘Dzo’ tribes inhabit the hilly country to the east of the Chittagong district in lower Bengal; their habitat may be roughly stated as compared within the [...]