Vietnam is a tropical country situated in South East of Asia. It has 54 ethnic groups with about 86 million people (1999 census). Living on the Indochina land - where it is a gateway in connection with Southeast Asia mainland with Southeast Asia islands, Vietnam is the mixture place of different cultures in the region.
Here, there are enough three big linguistics families in the Southeast Asia, the linguistics family of Southern islands and the Chinese-Tibeto linguistics family. Based on their languages, the ethnologists have divided the Vietnamese nation into eight groups as follows:
Viet-Muong Group: Chut, Kinh, Muong, Tho.
Tay-Thai Group: Bo Y, Giay, Lao, Lu, Nung, San Chay, Tay, Thai.
Mon-Khmer Group: Ba na, Brau, Bru Van kieu, Cho ro, Co, Co ho, Co tu, Gie trieng, Hre, Khang, Khmer, Kho mu, Ma, Mang, M'Nong, O du, Ro mam, Ta oi, Xinh mun, Xo dang, Xtieng.
Mong-Dao Group: Dao, Mong, Pa Then.
Kadai Group: Co Lao, La Chi, La ha, Pu Peo.
Austro-Polynenisian Group: Cham, Chu ru, E De, Gia rai, Ra glai.
Chinese Group: Hoa, Ngai, San Diu.
Tibeto-Burman Group: Cong, Ha Nhi, La Hu, Lo Lo, Phu La, Si La.
The Viet (Kinh) people account for 88% of the country's population and mainly inhabit the Red River delta, the central coastal delta, the Mekong delta and major cities. The other 53 ethnic minority groups, totalling over 8 million people, are scattered over mountain areas (covering two-thirds of the country's territory) spreading from the North to the South.
Among ethnic minorities, the most populated are Tay, Thai, Muong, Hoa, Khmer, Nung... with a population of around 1 million each, while the least populated are Brau, Ro Mam, O Du with several hundred people each.
Listed in alphabetical order:
1. Ba Na ethnic group
2. Bo Y ethnic group
3. Brau ethnic group
4. Bru Van Kieu ethnic group
5. Cham ethnic group
6. Cho Ro ethnic group
7. Chu Ru ethnic group
8. Chut ethnic group
9. Co ethnic group
10. Cong ethnic group
11. Co Ho ethnic group
12. Co Lao ethnic group
13. Co Tu ethnic group
14. Dao ethnic group
15. E De ethnic group
16. Giay ethnic group
17. Gia Rai ethnic group
18. Gie Trieng ethnic group
19. Ha Nhi ethnic group
20. Hoa ethnic group
21. Hre ethnic group
22. Khang ethnic group
23. Khmer ethnic group
24. KhMu ethnic group
25. Viet (Kinh) ethnic group
26. La Chi ethnic group
27. La Ha ethnic group
28. La Hu ethnic group
29. Lao ethnic group
30. Lo Lo ethnic group
31. Lu ethnic group
32. Ma ethnic group
33. Mang ethnic group
34. Mong (H'Mong) ethnic group
35. M'nong ethnic group
36. Muong ethnic group
37. Ngai ethnic group
38. Nung ethnic group
39. O Du ethnic group
40. Pa Then ethnic group
41. Phu La ethnic group
42. Pu Peo ethnic group
43. Ra Glai ethnic group
44. Ro Mam ethnic group
45. San Chay ethnic group
46. San Diu ethnic group
47. Si La ethnic group
48. Tay ethnic group
49. Ta Oi ethnic group
50. Thai ethnic group
51. Tho ethnic group
52. Xinh Mun ethnic group
53. Xo Dang ethnic group
54. Xtieng ethnic group
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