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This ethnic group settles mainly in A Lưới suburban district (Thừa Thiên-Huế) and mountainous area of Hướng Hóa (Quảng Trị). [4] [5] At present, however, they have been classified in Tà Ôi ethnic group. Many of the local ethnic groups residing in mountain areas are known collectively in the West as Montagnard or Degar. One ...
The Hoa had constituted the largest ethnic minority group in the mid 20th century and its population had previously peaked at 1.2 million, or about 2.6% of Vietnam's population in 1976 a year following the end of the Vietnam War. Just 3 years later, the Hoa population dropped to 935,000 as large swathes of Hoa left Vietnam.
Pages in category "Ethnic groups in Vietnam" The following 92 pages are in this category, out of 92 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
The Vietnamese people (Vietnamese: người Việt , lit. ' Việt people ' or ' Việt humans ') or the Kinh people (Vietnamese: người Kinh , lit. 'Metropolitan people'), also recognized as the Viet people [67] or the Viets, are a Southeast Asian ethnic group native to modern-day northern Vietnam and southern China who speak Vietnamese, the most widely spoken Austroasiatic language.
The Mường (Mường language: Mõl Mường (Mường Bi dialect), Vietnamese: người Mường) are an ethnic group native to northern Vietnam. The Mường is the country's third largest of 53 minority groups, with an estimated population of 1.45 million (according to the 2019 census).
The Vietnamese government recognizes 54 ethnic groups, of which the Viet (Kinh) is the largest; according to official Vietnamese figures (2019 census), ethnic Vietnamese account for 85.3% of the nation's population and the non-Vietnamese ethnic groups account for the remaining portion. The ethnic Vietnamese inhabit a little less than half of ...
A group of 61,000 people on Hainan speak the Yao language Kim Mun; 139,000 speakers of Kim Mun live in other parts of China (Yunnan and Guangxi), and 174,500 live in Laos and Vietnam. [ 20 ] The Bunu people call themselves Nuox [no˩˧] , Buod nuox [po˦˧ no˩˧] , Dungb nuox [tuŋ˧no˩˧] , or their official name Yaof zuf [ʑau˨˩su˨˩] .
' highlanders '), although this term can also be applied to other minority ethnic groups in Vietnam. In modern Vietnam, both terms are archaic, and indigenous ethnic groups are referred to as đồng bào (lit. ' compatriots ') or người dân tộc thiểu số (lit. ' minority people '). Earlier they were referred to pejoratively as the ...