Ksingmul people

The Ksingmul (Vietnamese: Xinh Mul) are an ethnic group in Vietnam and Laos.

Subgroups

the Ksingmul are divided linguistically into three subgroups:

The Kháng of Vietnam
The Phong-Kniang of Laos
The Puoc of Vietnam and Laos.

Language

The Ksingmul speak the Ksingmul language, which is a Khmuic language.^[1] The Khmuic languages are Austro-Asiatic.^[1]

Geographic Distribution

Population in Vietnam: 21,939
Population in Laos: 3,164^[1]

References

1 2 3 Ethnologue report for Laos

External links

http://projekt.ht.lu.se/rwaai RWAAI (Repository and Workspace for Austroasiatic Intangible Heritage)
http://hdl.handle.net/10050/00-0000-0000-0003-9380-C@view Ksingmul in RWAAI Digital Archive

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