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Khyang people
Khyang
is the exonym of the
Hyow
. The
Khyang
or the
Hyow
(
Bengali
: খিয়াং), are a group of indigenous people inhabiting in the
Chittagong Hill Tracts
of
Bangladesh
and the
Rakhine State
of
Myanmar
. The word
Khyang
originated in
khlɔng
(see VanBik, 2009: 3-4), which means
person
in the language. The endonym
Hyow
means
Chin.
The Khyang are one of the smallest ethnic groups in
Bangladesh
with a population of only 2,345 according to the 1991 census. At present, the approximate number of the Khyang in Bangladesh is 4500. They live in
Kaptai
and
Chandraghona
in
Rangamati Hill District
and in
Bandarban Sadar
,
Thanchi
and
Rowangcchari
upazila in
Bandarban District
. . In Myanmar, they live in the
Myebon
,
Minbya
and
Ann townships
of the
Rakhine State
.
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