List of ethnic groups in Vietnam

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Vietnam is a multi-ethnic country with over fifty distinct groups (54 are recognized by the Vietnamese government). Many of the local ethnic groups are known collectively as Montagnard or Degar.

Alphabetical list

1. Kinh (also called Viet, the largest ethnic group in Vietnam)
2. Bahnar (Ba Na)
3. Buyei (Bo Y)
4. Brau
5. Bru-Van Kieu (Bru Van Kieu)
6. Cham - Descendants of the Champa kingdom in southern Vietnam
7. Cho Ro
8. Chru (Chu Ru)
9. Chứt - related to Vietnamese, only 2000-4000 people
10. Co
11. Co Ho
12. Co Lao
13. Co Tu
14. Cống (Cong)
15. Dao - Yao people, also known as Mien, many speak Iu Mien language, distant relatives of Hmong
16. E De (Rhade)
17. Giay
18. Gie Trieng
19. Hani (Ha Nhi)
20. Hmong (Mong, H'Mong) - Also known as Miao in China
21. Hoa (Chinese)
22. H're (Hre)
23. Jarai (also spelled Gia Rai or J'rai)
24. Khang
25. Khmer Krom (Khmer)
26. Kho Mu
27. La Chi
28. La Ha
29. La Hu
30. Lao - People from Laos
31. Lô Lô (Lo Lo, Yi)
32. Lu
33. Ma
34. Mang
35. Mnong (M'nong)
36. Muong - Closest to Kinh Vietnamese, other half of Viet-Muong language family
37. Ngai
38. Nung
39. O Du
40. Pa Then
41. Phu La
42. Pu Peo
43. Raglai (Ra Glai)
44. Ro Mam
45. Sán Chay (San Chay)
46. Sán Dìu (San Diu)
47. Si La
48. Sedang (Xơ-đăng, Xo Dang)
49. Stieng (Xtiêng)
50. Tà Ôi (Ta Oi)
51. Tày (Tay) - The largest minority in Vietnam
52. Thái (Thai)
53. Thổ (Tho) - Related to Kinh Vietnamese
54. Xinh-mun (Xinh Mun)

• Shan (not one of the 54 officially recognized ethnic groups)

Listed by language group

1. Mon-Khmer - Ba Na, Brau, Bru Van Kieu, Cho Ro, Co, Co Ho, Co Tu, Gie Trieng, Hre, Khang, Khmer, Kho Mu, Ma, Mang, M'nong, O Du, Ro Mam, Ta Oi, Xinh Mun, Xo Dang, Xtieng, Chut, Kinh, Muong, and Tho.
2. Tay-Thai - Bo Y, Giay, Lao, Lu, Nung, San Chay, Tay, and Thai
3. Tibeto-Burman - Cong, Ha Nhi, La Hu, Lo Lo, Phu La, and Si La
4. Malayo-Polynesian - Cham, Chu Ru, E De, Gia Rai, and Ra Glai
5. Kadai - Co Lao, La Chi, La Ha, and Pu Peo
6. Mong-Dao - Dao, H'Mong, and Pa Then
7. Han - Hoa, Ngai, and San Diu

Sources

• [1999 Census results]
• [Socioeconomic Atlas of Vietnam]

External links

• [54 ethnic groups of Vietnam]

See also

• Demographics of Vietnam
• Vietnam#Demographics

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