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The Khmu were the indigenous inhabitants of northern Laos. It is generally believed the Khmu once inhabited a much larger area. After the influx of Thai/Lao peoples into the lowlands of Southeast Asia, the Khmu were forced to higher ground (), above the rice-growing lowland Lao and below the Hmong/Mien groups that inhabit the highest regions, where they practiced swidden agriculture. [5]
The Kassak language is a Lao dialect, although the Kassak people live a lifestyle similar to that of the Khmu people. [8] Nùng [2] Nyaw; Tai Pao [2] Tai Peung; Phuan (population of 106,099 in Laos) [2] Phutai (population of 154,400 in Laos) [2] Saek [2] Tai Sam; Tai Yo; Tayten; Yoy [2] Zhuang (including the Nùng people) Shan; Yang
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Chart shows the peopling of Thailand. Thailand is a country of some 70 ethnic groups, including at least 24 groups of ethnolinguistically Tai peoples, mainly the Central, Southern, Northeastern, and Northern Thais; 22 groups of Austroasiatic peoples, with substantial populations of Northern Khmer and Kuy; 11 groups speaking Sino-Tibetan languages ('hill tribes'), with the largest in population ...
Khmu is the language of the Khmu people of the northern Laos region. It is also spoken in adjacent areas of Vietnam, Thailand and China.Khmu lends its name to the Khmuic branch of the Austroasiatic language family, the latter of which also includes Khmer and Vietnamese.
Most Thai cities' revised boundaries are contained in the province's capital district, known as Amphoe Mueang. Chiang Mai is the only city outside Bangkok to cover multiple districts in its urban area. Together, Bangkok and Chiang Mai are the only cities in Thailand with a population of over one million.
The village was first established about 130 years ago by Kha Hok families, one of the Khmu ethnic sub-groups. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Like many other upland inhabitants in Luang Prabang, the livelihood and culture of ethnic groups such as Lao Loum , Kha Hok, Yao and Hmong in Ban Thapene is dependent on natural resources .
Wat Arun. The Tai or Thai ethnic group migrated into mainland Southeast Asia over a period of centuries. The word Siam (Thai: สยาม RTGS: Sayam) may have originated from Pali (suvaṇṇabhūmi, "land of gold"), Sanskrit श्याम (śyāma, "dark"), or Mon ရာမည (rhmañña, "stranger"), with likely the same root as Shan and Ahom.