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Khmu is the language of the Khmu people of the northern Laos region. It is also spoken in adjacent areas of Vietnam , Thailand and China . Khmu lends its name to the Khmuic branch of the Austroasiatic language family, the latter of which also includes Khmer and Vietnamese .
The Khmu were the indigenous inhabitants of northern Laos. It is generally believed the Khmu once inhabited a much larger area. After the influx of Thai/Lao peoples into the lowlands of Southeast Asia, the Khmu were forced to higher ground (), above the rice-growing lowland Lao and below the Hmong/Mien groups that inhabit the highest regions, where they practiced swidden agriculture. [5]
Bumang, formerly classified as Khmuic, is classified as a Palaungic language by Paul Sidwell. Jerold A. Edmondson considers it to be most closely related to Khang. Also, Quang Lam is a poorly attested language in Vietnam that is closely related to Kháng or Bit. (See Bit–Khang languages)
The Khmu Kaye lived in the eastern part of Khmuic territory which is the area of the present day Xiengkhuang province. Be in mind that some scholars confuse Khmu Cheuang [cɯaŋ] and Khmu Chuang [cuaŋ]. These two groups are not the same, Khmu Cheuang are still exist in the present day and mostly live in northwestern of Vietnam.
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Khmu, Palaung The Mảng ( Chinese : 莽人 ; pinyin : Mángrén ; Vietnamese : Mảng ) are an ethnic group living primarily in Lai Châu , northwestern Vietnam , where they are one of Vietnams' 54 officially recognized ethnic groups .
Mlabri and Khmu [2] The Lua people ( Phai pronunciation: [luaʔ] ) are a minority ethnic group native to Laos , although there is now a sizable community living in Thailand . Luaʼ is their preferred autonym (self-designation), while their Lao neighbours tend to call them Thin ( Tʻin or Htin ; Lao : ຖິ່ນ Lao pronunciation: [tʰin] ).
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