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For the purposes of the 1995 census, the government of Laos recognized 149 ethnic groups within 47 main ethnicities. [ 1 ] whereas the Lao Front for National Construction (LFNC) recently revised the list to include 49 ethnicities consisting of over 160 ethnic groups.
Pages in category "Ethnic groups in Laos" The following 58 pages are in this category, out of 58 total. ... Hill tribe (Thailand) Hmong people; K. Kam people; Kam ...
Tribes descended from the Ai Lao included the Tai tribes that migrated to Southeast Asia. [ 13 ] According to the French linguist Michel Ferlus (2009), the ethnonym and autonym of the Lao people (ລາວ); nationality of the inhabitants of Laos is formed by the monosyllabization of the Austroasiatic etymon for 'human being' *k.raw . [ 14 ]
The term ethnic minorities is used by some to classify the non-Lao ethnic groups, while the term indigenous peoples is not used by the Lao PDR. [11] These 160 ethnic groups speak a total of 82 distinct living languages. [12] Lao 53.2%, Khmu 11%, Hmong 9.2%, and other (over 100 minor ethnic groups) 26.6% (2015 census). [13]
Patterns, techniques and colors vary according to region or ethnic group. Women traditionally raise the silk worms on a constant diet of mulberry leaves, the silk is woven on hand looms in the north or (less commonly) on foot looms in the south. Each region and ethnic group has their own traditional weaving techniques.
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]
Laotian Chams are an Cham ethnic group living in Laos and holding Laotian citizenship. Most live in the Laotian capital, Vientiane , also in Champasak in southern Laos. They are the Western Cham -speakers related to the present-day Cambodian Chams .
Typical daily attire of ethnic Hani in China. In Yuanyang County, Yunnan Province. A Ho (Hani) woman and her child in Laos, circa 2003. The Hani or Ho people (Hani: Haqniq; Chinese: 哈尼族; pinyin: Hānízú; Vietnamese: Người Hà Nhì / 𠊛何贰) are a Lolo-speaking ethnic group in Southern China and Northern Laos and Vietnam.