Ethnic groups of Southeast Asia

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Ethnic groups of all of Southeast Asia

The ethnic groups of Southeast Asia comprise many different linguistic stocks. Apart from Negrito, which is a physical description, they are here arranged according to the family their languages belong to. Besides indigenous Southeast Asians, many East Asians and South Asians call Southeast Asia their home. The total Southeast Asian population stands at 655 million (2019).[1][2]

Austro-Asiatic[]

Distribution of Austroasiatic languages

Austronesian[]

Further information: Austronesian peoples
Dispersal of Austronesian languages
Map of ethnic groups in Indonesia

Negrito peoples[]

Further information: Negrito and Proto-Australoid
  • Aeta people
  • Andamanese
  • Ati people
  • Mamanwa
  • Mani
  • Orang Asli
    • Semang

Sino-Tibetan[]

Tibeto-Burman[]

Distribution of Sino-Tibetan languages

Hua[]

Hui[]

Hmong–Mien[]

Distribution of Hmong–Mien languages

Kra-Dai[]

Further information: Kra–Dai ethnic groups in Southeast Asia and Kra–Dai-speaking peoples
Distribution of Kra–Dai languages

Indo-Aryan and Dravidian[]

Indo Aryan[]

  • Rohingya people

Indo-Aryan and Dravidian[]

Arabian[]

  • Indonesian Arab
  • Arab Singaporean
  • Arab Malaysian
  • Arab Filipinos
  • Hadhrami people

Eurasian[]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ ""World Population prospects – Population division"". population.un.org. United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. Retrieved November 9, 2019.
  2. ^ ""Overall total population" – World Population Prospects: The 2019 Revision" (xslx). population.un.org (custom data acquired via website). United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. Retrieved November 9, 2019.
  3. ^ "走访沙巴"山东村"甲必丹记略". 美國中文作家協會 (in Chinese (China)). 2019-06-21. Retrieved 2019-11-11.
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