K'Ho

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Cờ Ho
Total population
Unknown
Regions with significant populations
Vietnam: Central Highlands
Languages

Vietnamese, Koho

Religion

Traditional religion, Animism

The K'Ho, Cơ Ho, or Koho are an ethnic group living in the Lâm Đồng province of Vietnam's Central Highlands. They speak a Mon–Khmer language.

Cover of a Vietnamese-Koho languages reading guides book

The Lạch people, a subgroup of K'Ho, is the indigenous group of Lâm Đồng. The name of the city of Da Lat (Lâm Đồng's capital) originated from Đà Lạch (literally "river of the Lạch people").

They have a musical instrument called kăm boat and the dish sour gruel.

Epic: Gơ Plom kòn Yồi (literally "The child of Plom is Yồi").