Ngái people
| Total population | |
|---|---|
|
4,841 (1999)[1] 1,035 (2009)[2] | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Vietnam : Quảng Ninh, Thái Nguyên, Haiphong | |
| Languages | |
| Hakka Chinese, Vietnamese | |
| Religion | |
| Mahayana Buddhism | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Hakka people, Chinese Vietnamese |
The Ngái (Vietnamese: Người Ngái) are a Hakka people in Vietnam and other nearby countries of Indochina, who originally come from southern China [3]. However they “have never considered themselves Hakka. Because no one, including Chinese people, knows how to categorize the Ngai people, they were simply categorized as Hakka”.[4]
According to Vietnamese sources the Ngái people speak Hakka, a Sino-Tibetan language but are classified separately from the Hoa or urban ethnic "Overseas Chinese". Other sources claim that “the Hakka language is not similar to the Ngai language”.[4] According to official data, the Ngái population was 4841 in 1999[1] but down only 1035 in 2009.[2][5]
See also
References
- 1 2 Official data from census of 1999, file 27.DS99.xls
- 1 2 Tổng điều tra dân số và nhà ở Việt Nam năm 2009: Kết quả toàn bộ. Hà Nội, 6-2010. page 134-225.
- ↑ Người Ngái (Ngái people). Viet Nam Government Portal, 2015. Retrieved Apr. 2, 2018.
- 1 2 "Ngai in Vietnam". Joshua Project. Retrieved March 31, 2018.
- ↑ "Ngái in Vietnam". Vietnam Tourism. Retrieved March 31, 2018.
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