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Montagnard or Degar. The largest ethnic groups are: Kinh (Viet) 86.2%, Tay 1.9%, Tai Ethnic 1.7%, Mường 1.5%, Khmer Krom (Khơ Me Crộm) 1.4%, Hoa 1.1%, Nùng 1.1%, Hmong 1%, others 4.1% (1999 census). The Vietnamese term for minority ethnic groups are nhóm dân tộc thiểu số

  1. Ba Na (Bahnar)
  2. Bố Y (Buyei)
  3. Brâu
  4. Bru-Vân Kiều
  5. Chăm - Descendants of the Champa kingdom in southern Vietnam
  6. Chơ Ro
  7. Chu Ru (Chru)
  8. Chứt - related to Vietnamese, only 2000-4000 people
  9. Co
  10. Cờ Ho
  11. Cờ Lao (Gelao)
  12. Cơ Tu
  13. Cống (Cong)
  14. Dao - Yao people, also known as Mien, many speak Iu Mien language, distant relatives of Hmong
  15. Ê Đê (Rhade)
  16. Gia Rai (Jarai, J'rai)
  17. Giáy
  18. Giẻ Triêng
  19. Hani
  20. Khơ Mú (Khmu)
  21. Kinh (also called Viet, the largest ethnic group in Vietnam)
  22. [[Lachi from Hoa)
  23. Nùng
  24. Ơ Đu
  25. Pà Thẻn
  26. Phù Lá
  27. Pu Péo
  28. Ra Glai (Raglai)
  29. Rơ Măm
  30. Sán Chay (San Chay, Cao Lan)
  31. Sán Dìu (San Diu, Chinese, separately classified from Hoa)
  32. Si La
  33. Tà Ôi (Ta Oi)
  34. Tày (Tay) - The largest minority in Vietnam
  35. Thái (Thai)
  36. Thổ (Tho) - Related to Kinh Vietnamese
  37. Xinh Mun (Xinh-mun)
  38. Xơ Đăng (Sedang, Xo Dang)
  39. Xtiêng (Stieng)

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Listed by language group

  1. Mon-Khmer - Kinh (Viet), Ba Na (Bahnar), Brâu, Bru-Vân Kiều, Chơ Ro, Chứt, Co, Cờ Ho, Cơ Tu, Giẻ Triêng, Hrê (H're), Kháng, Khmer Krom (Khmer, Khơ Me Crộm), Khơ Mú (Khmu), Mạ, Mảng, M'Nông, Mường, Ơ Đu, Rơ Măm, Tà Ôi (Ta Oi), Thổ (Tho), Xinh Mun (Xinh-mun), Xơ Đăng (Sedang, Xo Dang), and Xtiêng (Stieng).
  2. Tay-Thai - Bố Y (Buyei), Giáy, Lao, Lự, Nùng, Sán Chay (San Chay, Cao Lan), Tày (Tay), and Thái (Thai)
  3. Tibeto-Burman - Cống (Cong), Hà Nhì (Hani), La Hủ, Lô Lô (Lo Lo, Yi), Phù Lá, and Si La
  4. Malayo-Polynesian - Chăm, Chu Ru (Chru), Ê Đê (Rhade), Gia Rai (Jarai, J'rai), and Ra Glai (Raglai)
  5. Kadai - Cờ Lao (Gelao), La Chí, La Ha, and Pu Péo
  6. Mong-Dao - Dao (Yao), H'Mông (Hmong, Hơ-mông, Mong; formerly known as Mèo), and Pà Thẻn
  7. Han - Hoa (Chinese), Ngái, and Sán Dìu (San Diu)

Listed by population (as of the 1999 census)

  1. Kinh (also called Viet, the largest ethnic group in Vietnam) 86.2%
  2. Tày (Tay) - The largest minority in Vietnam 1.9%
  3. Thái (Thai) 1.7%
  4. Mường - Closest to Kinh Vietnamese, other half of Viet-Muong language family 1.5%
  5. Khmer Krom (Khmer, Khơ Me Crộm) 1.4%
  6. Hoa (Chinese) 1.1%
  7. Nùng 1.1%
  8. H'Mông (Hmong, Hơ-mông, Mong; formerly known as Mèo) - Also known as Miao in China 1%
  9. Dao - Yao people, also known as Mien, many speak Iu Mien language, distant relatives of Hmong
  10. Gia Rai (Jarai, J'rai)
  11. Ê Đê (Rhade)
  12. Ba Na (Bahnar)
  13. Sán Chay (San Chay, Cao Lan)
  14. Chăm - Descendants of the Champa kingdom in southern Vietnam
  15. Xơ Đăng (Sedang, Xo Dang)
  16. Sán Dìu (San Diu)
  17. Hrê (H're)
  18. Cờ Ho
  19. Ra Glai (Raglai)
  20. M'Nông
  21. Thổ (Tho) - Related to Kinh Vietnamese
  22. Xtiêng (Stieng)
  23. Khơ Mú (Khmu)
  24. Bru-Vân Kiều
  25. Giáy
  26. Cơ Tu
  27. Giẻ Triêng
  28. Tà Ôi (Ta Oi)
  29. Mạ
  30. Co
  31. Chơ Ro
  32. Hà Nhì (Hani)
  33. Xinh Mun (Xinh-mun)
  34. Chu Ru (Chru)
  35. Lao - People from Laos
  36. La Chí
  37. Phù Lá
  38. La Hủ
  39. Kháng
  40. Lự
  41. Pà Thẻn
  42. Lô Lô (Lo Lo, Yi)
  43. Chứt - related to Vietnamese, only 2000-4000 people
  44. Mảng
  45. Cờ Lao (Gelao)
  46. Bố Y (Buyei)
  47. La Ha
  48. Cống (Cong)
  49. Ngái
  50. Si La
  51. Pu Péo
  52. Brâu
  53. Rơ Măm
  54. Ơ Đu

Ethnic groups not included in official list

  1. Nguồn - possibly Mường group, officially classified as a Việt (Kinh) group by the government, Nguồn themselves identify with Việt ethnicity; their language is a member of the Viet-Muong branch of the Vietic sub-family
  2. People of European, North American, Australian, and Asian (non-Vietnamese) origin. Many people of these origins are temporary residents in Vietnam as expatriate workers and some are permanently settled there, some through marriage. Included in permanent settlers are Europeans of French descent, who are descendants of the colonial settlers. Most of them left after its independence.

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See also

Ethnic groups in Vietnam by language family
   

 

 

Malayo-Polynesian
(Nhóm ngôn ngữ Nam đảo)
Chăm · Chu Ru · Ê-đê · Jarai · Ra Glai

Tibeto-Burman
(Nhóm Tạng)
Cống · Hà Nhì · La Hủ · Lô Lô · Phù Lá · Si La
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1 Sometimes included in Europe, depending on the border definitions.  2 Officially known as Myanmar.  3 Sometimes included in Oceania, and also known as Timor-Leste.  4 Transcontinental country.  5 Commonly known as Taiwan. 







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