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Molsom tribe

The Molsom is a sub-tribe of Halam community who lives in North-Eastern state of Tripura, Mizoram. It is believed that Molsom came permanently to live in the late 14th century in Tripura.In term of literature there is no written literature or documents on the evolution of Molsom language, however folk songs and folktale are the only sources of documentations in Molsom.

Origin
According to the folktale, the Molsoms used to reside originally at Bolpuitang, which was probably in somewhere else of North-Eastern Zone of India. The particular village where they were residing consisted of 'ten hillocks' from which the name 'Malsom' was coined. In Malsom, 'mal' means 'hillock' and 'som' means 'ten' and thus Malsom means 'the inhabitants of ten hillocks.'

It has been observed and found to be commonly recorded in government documents and census reports as Murchum or Mursum which is, in fact, a corrupted form of the original name of 'Molsom'. Chawng (talk) 18:11, 27 August 2021 (UTC)