Kra–Dai ethnic groups in Southeast Asia
The following is a list of Kra–Dai peoples in Southeast Asia:
Contents
1 Laos
1.1 Nuclear Tai peoples
1.2 Kam–Sui peoples
1.3 Saek people
2 Thailand
2.1 Nuclear Tai peoples
2.2 Saek people
3 Vietnam
3.1 Nuclear Tai peoples
4 Kra peoples
4.1 Kam–Sui peoples
4.2 Lakkia people
5 Burma
6 Cambodia
7 Malaysia
8 Singapore
9 Assam
10 References
Laos
Nuclear Tai peoples
Tai Daeng[1]
Tai Dam[1]
- Tai Gapong
- Tai He
Tay Khang[1]
Tai Kao[1]
- Kongsat
Kuan (Population of 2,500 in Laos)[1]
- Tai Laan
Tai Maen[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]
- Tai Peung
Phuan (Population of 106,099 in Laos)[1]
Phutai (Population of 154,400 in Laos)[1]
Pu Ko[1]
Rien[1]
- Tai Sam
- Tayten
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
Chiang Saeng
- Central Thai (Thai[3] and Khorat Thai)
Northern Thai (Tai Wang, Lanna and Thai Yuan)- Tai Dam
- Tai Daeng
Phuan[3]
- Tai Song
Lao–Phutai
Lao[3] (Lao Loum, Lao Ga, Lao Lom, Lao Ti, Lao Wiang and Lao Krang)
Northeastern Thai (Tai Kaleun and Isan)
Phutai[3]
- Nyaw
Northwestern Tai
Shan[3]
- Lu
Tai Nuea (including the Tai Mao people)
- Tai Bueng
- Tai Gapong
- Khün
- Lao Ngaew
- Nyong
Southern Thai (including the Tak Bai Thai people)- Yoy
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 Chong
- Tai Daeng
Tai Dam[4][5]
- Giáy
- Tai La
- Tsun-Lao
- Tai Kao
- Lao
- Dai
Tai Man Thanh[4]
- Nang
Zhuang (including the Nùng people)- Phutai
- Tai Taosao
Tay[4] (including the Tho people)
Tai Do (including the Tay Muoi[4] and Tay Jo people)- Tai Yung
- Ka Lao
- Thu Lao
- Tai So
- Tai Chiang
- Tai Lai
Pu Thay[4]
Tai Hang Thong[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 Lakkia 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 Biao people.
Burma
Shan (including the Khamti people)
Dai (including the Lu people)- Lao
- Tai Khun
- Tai Yong
Tai Nuea (including the Tai Mao people)- Tai Laeng
- Tai Phake
Thai (Central Thai)- Tai Piw
- Tenasserim Thai
Cambodia
Thai (Central Thai) (including the Thai descent in Koh Kong)- Lao
- Shan
- Kula
Malaysia
- Isan
- Lao
Thai (Central Thai)
Southern Thai (including the Thai Takbai)
Singapore
Thai (Central Thai)- Lao
- Isan
- Northern Thai
Assam
- Ahom
- Tai Phake
- Khampti
- Khamyang
- Aiton
- Turung
References
^ abcdefghijklmnopqrs Ethnologue report for Laos
^ The Research and Classification of the Ethnic Groups in Laos
^ abcde The Thai and Other Tai-speaking Peoples
^ abcdef Thai Ethnic Group in Vietnam
^ Vets With a Mission
^ Lakkia on Ethnologue
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