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Vietnam is a multi-ethnic country with over fifty distinct groups (54 are recognized by the Vietnamese government), each with its own language, lifestyle, and cultural heritage. Many of the local ethnic groups are known collectively in the West as Montagnard or Degar. The largest ethnic groups are: Kinh (Viet) 86.2%, Tay 1.9%, Thai 1.7%, Mường 1.5%, Khmer Krom 1.4%, Hoa 1.1%, Nùng 1.1%, Hmong 1%, others 4.1% (1999 census). The Vietnamese word for ethnic group is '''người'''.

Contents

Alphabetical list

Listed by language group

Listed by population (as of the 1999 census)

Sources

External links

See also

Alphabetical list

# Kinh (also called Viet, the largest ethnic group in Vietnam)
# Ba Na (Bahnar)
# Bố Y (Buyei)
# Brâu
# Bru-Vân Kiều
# Chăm - Descendants of the Champa kingdom in southern Vietnam
# Chơ Ro
# Chu Ru (Chru)
# Chứt - related to Vietnamese, only 2000-4000 people
# Co
# Cờ ho
# Cờ Lao
# Cơ Tu
# Cống (Cong)
# Dao - Yao people, also known as Mien, many speak Iu Mien language, distant relatives of Hmong
# Ê Đê (Rhade)
# Giáy
# Giẻ Triêng
# Hà Nhì (Hani)
# Hmong (Mong, H'Mong) - Also known as Miao in China
# Hoa (Chinese)
# Hrê (H're)
# Jarai (also spelled Gia Rai or J'rai)
# Kháng
# Khmer Krom (Khmer)
# Khơ Mú (Khmu)
# La Chí
# La Ha
# La Hủ
# Lao - People from Laos
# Lô Lô (Lo Lo, Yi)
# Lự
# Mạ
# Mảng
# M'nông
# Mường - Closest to Kinh Vietnamese, the other half of the Viet-Muong language family
# Ngái (Chinese, separately classified from Hoa)
# Nùng
# Ơ Đu
# Pà Thẻn
# Phù Lá
# Pu Péo
# Ra Glai (Raglai)
# Rơ Măm
# Sán Chay (San Chay, Shan)
# Sán Dìu (San Diu, Chinese, separately classified from Hoa)
# Si La
# Sedang (Xơ-đăng, Xo Dang)
# Stieng (Xtiêng)
# Tà Ôi (Ta Oi)
# Tày (Tay) - The largest minority in Vietnam
# Thái (Thai)
# Thổ (Tho) - Related to Kinh Vietnamese
# Xinh-mun (Xinh Mun)

Listed by language group

#'Mon-Khmer' - Ba Na (Bahnar), Brâu, Bru-Vân Kiều, Chơ Ro, Co, Cờ ho, Cơ Tu, Giẻ Triêng, Hrê (H're), Kháng, Khmer, Khơ Mú (Khmu), Mạ, Mảng, M'nông, Ơ Đu, Rơ Măm, Ta Oi, Xinh Mun, Xo Dang, Xtieng, Chut, Kinh, Mường, and Tho.
#'Tay-Thai' - Bố Y (Buyei), Giáy, Lao, Lự, Nùng, Sán Chay (San Chay, Shan), Tay, and Thai
#'Tibeto-Burman' - Cong, Hà Nhì (Hani), La Hủ, Lo Lo, Phù Lá, and Si La
#'Malayo-Polynesian' - Chăm, Chu Ru (Chru), Ê Đê, Gia Rai, and Ra Glai (Raglai)
#'Kadai' - Cờ Lao, La Chí, La Ha, and Pu Péo
#'Mong-Dao' - Dao, H'Mong, and Pà Thẻn
#'Han' - Hoa, Ngai, and San Diu

Listed by population (as of the 1999 census)

#Kinh (also called Viet, the largest ethnic group in Vietnam) 86.2%
#Tày (Tay) - The largest minority in Vietnam 1.9%
#Thái (Thai) 1.7%
#Mường - Closest to Kinh Vietnamese, other half of Viet-Muong language family 1.5%
#Khmer Krom (Khmer) 1.4%
#Hoa (Chinese) 1.1%
#Nùng 1.1%
#Hmong (Mong, H'Mong) - Also known as Miao in China 1%
#Dao - Yao people, also known as Mien, many speak Iu Mien language, distant relatives of Hmong
#Jarai (also spelled Gia Rai or J'rai)
#Ê Đê (Rhade)
#Ba Na (Bahnar)
#Sán Chay (San Chay, Shan)
#Chăm - Descendants of the Champa kingdom in southern Vietnam
#Sedang (Xơ-đăng, Xo Dang)
#Sán Dìu (San Diu)
#Hrê (H're)
#Cờ ho
#Ra Glai (Raglai)
#M'nông
#Thổ (Tho) - Related to Kinh Vietnamese
#Stieng (Xtiêng)
#Khơ Mú (Khmu)
#Bru-Vân Kiều
#Giáy
#Cơ Tu
#Giẻ Triêng
#Tà Ôi (Ta Oi)
#Mạ
#Co
#Chơ Ro
#Hà Nhì (Hani)
#Xinh-mun (Xinh Mun)
#Chu Ru (Chru)
#Lao - People from Laos
#La Chí
#Phù Lá
#La Hủ
#Kháng
#Lự
#Pà Thẻn
#Lô Lô (Lo Lo, Yi)
#Chứt - related to Vietnamese, only 2000-4000 people
#Mảng
#Cờ Lao
#Bố Y (Buyei)
#La Ha
#Cống (Cong)
#Ngái
#Si La
#Pu Péo
#Brâu
#Rơ Măm
#Ơ Đu

Sources

★ 1999 Census results

★ Socioeconomic Atlas of Vietnam

External links

★ Ethnic - Linguistic Map of Vietnam

★ Vietnamese ethnic groups by population

See also

★ Demographics of Vietnam

★ Vietnam#Demographics