Tai Lue people
Total population | |
---|---|
556,000+ | |
Regions with significant populations | |
China (Xishuangbanna), Burma (Myanmar), Laos, Thailand (Northern Thailand) and Vietnam (Lai Châu Province) | |
China | 280,000 (2000) classified as Dai |
Laos | 126,229 (2015) classified as Lue[1] |
Thailand | 1,000,000 (2001) classified as Thai Lue |
Burma | 60,000 (2013) classified as Shan |
Vietnam | 6,757 (2019) classified as Lự[2] |
United States | 4,000 (1998)[3] |
Languages | |
Tai Lü • Chinese • Burmese • Laotian • Thai • Northern Thai • Vietnamese | |
Religion | |
Buddhism |
The Tai Lü people (Chinese: 傣仂, Dǎi lè, Lao: ລື້, Lư̄, Thai: ไทลื้อ, RTGS: Thai Lue, Vietnamese: Người Lự) are an ethnic group of China, Laos, Thailand, Burma and Vietnam. They speak a Southwestern Tai language.
Etymology[]
The word Lü (ລື້) is similar to the Laos people in the Tai Lü language.
Distribution[]
In Vietnam, most Lu live in Lai Châu Province and their population was 5,601 in 2009. In China, they are officially recognized as part of the Dai ethnic group. The 2000 census counted about 280,000 Dai people speaking Lü language. The population in Thailand, where they are called Thai Lue (Thai: ไทลื้อ), was in 2001 estimated to be approximately 83,000.[4] Most Thai Lue in Thailand live in Nan, Chiang Rai, Phayao and Chiang Mai Province.
In Vietnam, Lu are the indigenous people in Mường Thanh ("Land of the God of Tai people", Tai Lü: muong theng). They had built Tam Vạn wall in Mường Thanh and managed there for 19 generations before Hoàng Công Chất, a Thái leader, came. Nowadays, nearly all Vietnamese Lu live in Lai Châu Province. The Lu take their father's last name and have the middle name Bạ (for males) and Ý (for females). Their religion is Theravada Buddhism. They sing khắp lự and play pí me luk ("mother-children" flute).
Tai Lü Kingdom[]
Names | Capital |
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Tseng Mai | Chiang Mai, Chiang Mai Province, Thailand |
Tseng Hai | Chiang Rai, Chiang Rai Province, Thailand |
Tseng Hung | Jinghong, Yunnan Province, China |
Xieng Thong | Luang Prabang, Luang Prabang Province, Laos |
Tseng Tung | Kengtung, Shan State, Myanmar |
Gallery[]
Lu Woman in Laos, c. 1900.
Lu Woman in Laos, c. 1900.
A Thai Lue Buddha statue in Wat Non Bua, Tha Wang Pha District, Thailand
A Thai Lue musician plays in the garden of Wat Nong Bua, Tha Wang Pha District, Thailand.
The interior of the wihan of Wat Nong Daeng, Chiang Klang District, Thailand
Vat Nam Keo Luang in Muang Sing, Laos
The interior of Vat Xieng Chai, Muang Sing, Laos
References[]
- ^ "Results of Population and Housing Census 2015" (PDF). Lao Statistics Bureau. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
- ^ "Report on Results of the 2019 Census". General Statistics Office of Vietnam. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
- ^ Tai Lue, Infomekong.com
- ^ Johnstone and Mandryk 2001; cited in "Ethnologue: Languages of the World, Online version" (18th ed.). SIL International.
External links[]
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- Tai peoples
- Ethnic groups in Thailand
- Ethnic groups in Vietnam
- Ethnic groups in China