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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]
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 ...
The nomination comprises the ancient towns of Phang Yang, Pha Kho, Si Yang, and Sathing Phra, which flourished between the 7th and 10th centuries, fortified settlements of Singora at Khao Daeng and Laem Son from the 17th century, and Songkhla Old Town at Bo Yang from the mid-19th century. The settlements illustrate the interaction of different ...
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.
The territory was also referred to as Rahman and Rehman in English, and Raman (รามัน) in Thai. Henry Burney , a British commercial traveller and diplomat for the British East India Company , recorded in 1826 that Reman was one of the fourteen polities that pay tribute to the Siamese through their representatives in the provinces of ...
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The Northern Thai people refer to themselves as khon muang, meaning "people of the (cultivated) land," "people of our community" or "society" (mueang is a central term in Tai languages that has a broad meaning and is essential to the social structure of Tai peoples).
The area of Mueang Yang was separated from Chum Phuang district and made a minor district (king amphoe) on 1 April 1995. [1] The people of Mueang Yang District are descendants of the original Khorat people and migrants from the neighbouring provinces of Buriram , Khon Kaen , Maha Sarakham , and Roi Et .