Lasi people
The Lasis (
Tribal distribution
According to the 1998 Census of Pakistan, all the tribes other than Baloch, Brahui, Med, Khoja and Hindus who have settled in Lasbela are known as "Lasi". The principal Lasi tribes are only five in number. The Jamot, Runjhas, Sheikh, Angaria and the Burra. Together they are called the Panjraj and constitute a tribal confederation.[3] The tribes include the Abras, Angarias (12.5%), Burras (9.0%), Dambis, Gidris, Gungas (13.0%), Gwaranjos, Jamots (14.8%), Kundolas, Mandras (6.6%), Mangias (4.0%), Mashwanis, Masunis, Mushanis, Runjhas (14.3%), Samots, Shahoks (4.4%), Sheikhs (5.4%), Sithars, and the Zuars.[2] Some other tribes settled in the Las Bela district include Afghan, and Baluch.
Etymology
The word Lasi is a Sindhi language word meaning plain.[6]
References
- ^ Organization (Pakistan), Census (1962). Population Census of Pakistan, 1961: District Census Report. Manager of Publications.
- ^ ISBN 978-0-19-579638-4.
The tribal group of the Lasis, which encompasses the tribes of the Abras, Angarias (12.5 per cent), Burras (9.0 per cent), Dambis, Gidris, Gungas (13.0 per cent), Gwaranjos, Jamots (14.8 per cent), Kundolas, Mandras (6.6 per cent), Mangias (4.0 per cent), Mashwanis, Masunis, Mushanis, Runjhas (14.3 per cent), Samots, Shahoks (4.4 per cent), Sheikhs (5.4 per cent), Sithars, and Zuars, occurs exclusively in the Las Bela district, where it accounts for 67.7 percent of the population.
- ^ 1998 District Census Report of Lasbela. p. 10.
- ^ 1998 District Census Report of Lasbela. p. 11.
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- ^ Zahid Ali; Asadullah Aliani; Zafarullah Roonjho. "SUBSTITUTION OF IMPLOSIVES WITH ENGLISH LOANWORDS IN LASI". Pakistan Journal of Society, Education and Language: 280.
Lasi is originally a Sindhi word which means 'plain'
Bibliography
- Scholz, Fred (2002) [1974]. Nomadism & colonialism : a hundred years of Baluchistan, 1872-1972. Karachi ; Oxford ; New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-579638-4.
- Siddiqi, Akhtar Husain (1991). Baluchistan (Pakistan) : its society, resources, and development. Lanham, Md.: University Press of America. ISBN 978-0-8191-8226-5.