Kra–Dai ethnic groups in Southeast Asia
The following is a list of Kra–Dai peoples in Southeast Asia:
Laos[]
Nuclear Tai peoples[]
- [1]
- Tai Dam[1]
- Tai Gapong
- Tay Khang[1]
- Tai Kao[1]
- Kongsat
- (Population of 2,500 in Laos)[1]
- [1]
- Northern Thai (Lanna)[1]
- Lao (Population of 3,000,000 in Laos)[1]
- Lao Lom[1]
- Tai Long[1]
- Dai (Population of 134,100 in Laos[1] including the Lu people))
- Northeastern Thai (including the Lao Kaleun and Isan people)
- Tai Nuea[1]
- Nùng[1]
- Nyaw
- Tai Pao[1]
- Phuan (Population of 106,099 in Laos)[1]
- (Population of 154,400 in Laos)[1]
- Pu Ko[1]
- [1]
- Yoy[1]
- Zhuang (including the Nùng people)
- Shan
- Yang[2]
- Thai (Central Thai)
Kam–Sui peoples[]
The Kam–Sui peoples are clustered in China as well as neighboring portions of northern Laos and Vietnam.
for detailed geographic distribution
Saek people[]
The center of the Saek population is the Mekong River in central Laos. A smaller Saek community makes its home in the Isan region of northeast Thailand, near the border with Laos.
Thailand[]
Nuclear Tai peoples[]
Saek people[]
The center of the Saek population is the Mekong River in central Laos. A smaller Saek community makes its home in the Isan region of northeast Thailand, near the border with Laos.
Vietnam[]
Nuclear Tai peoples[]
- Buyei
- Tày Tac
- Tai Daeng
- Tai Dam[4][5]
- Giáy
- Tsun-Lao
- Tai Kao
- Lao
- Dai
- [4]
- Zhuang (including the Nùng people)
- Tay[4] (including the Tho people)
- Tai Do (including the Tay Muoi[4] and Tay Jo people)
- Thu Lao
- [4]
- [4]
- San Chay (also referred to as the Cao Lan people)
- Lu
- Yoy
Kra peoples[]
The Kra peoples are clustered in the Guangxi, Guizhou, Yunnan, Hunan and Hainan provinces of China, as well as the Hà Giang, Cao Bằng, Lào Cai and Sơn La provinces of Vietnam.
Kam–Sui peoples[]
The Kam–Sui peoples are clustered in China as well as neighboring portions of northern Laos and Vietnam.
for detailed geographic distribution
Lakkia people[]
The are an ethnic group clustered in the Guangxi Province of China and neighboring portions of Vietnam, whose members are of Yao descent, but speak a Kra–Dai language called Lakkia.[6] These Yao were likely in an area dominated by Tai speakers and assimilated an early Kra–Dai language (possibly the language of the ancestors of the .
Burma[]
- Shan (including the Khamti people)
- Dai (including the Lu people)
- Lao
- Tai Nuea (including the Tai Mao people)
- Tai Phake
- Thai (Central Thai)
Cambodia[]
Malaysia[]
Singapore[]
Assam[]
References[]
- Ethnic groups in Laos
- Ethnic groups in Vietnam
- Ethnic groups in Thailand
- Ethnic groups in Myanmar
- Ethnic groups in Cambodia
- Ethnic groups in Malaysia
- Ethnic groups in Singapore
- Tai peoples