Note
- Each “Tag” corresponds to the name of a particular tribal community >>
- Tags are shown as hyperlinks wherever the name of a given community occurs (i.e. quoted from a press report, journal, book or official document)
- Spellings seen here reflect usage found in most (official) sources and reports
- Other variants reflect a local/regional usage (e.g. spellings preferred by Malayalam speakers would differ from those used by their Kannada and Tamil peers when referring to the same / related communities)