Kháng people
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| Total population | |
|---|---|
 Vietnam 16,180 (2019)[1] | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Vietnam : Sơn La, Lai Châu | |
| Languages | |
| Kháng • Vietnamese | |
| Religion | |
| Animism |
The Khaang people (Vietnamese: Kháng) are an Austro-Asiatic people of northwestern Vietnam.
Etymology
The Khaang people also called as Haang, Ksakhao, Ksasua, Ksadon, Ksadaeng, Ksahoc, Ksaai, Ksabung, Quanglam, Bren, Ksakautenh, Putheng, Tayhay.
History
Most Khaang live in the Sơn La and Lai Châu provinces of northwestern Vietnam. Khang subgroups include Kháng Dẩng, Kháng Hoặc, Kháng Dón, Kháng Súa, Ma Háng, Bư Háng, Ma Háng Bẻng, and Bư Háng Cọi.[2][3]
Their cuisine is known for its hot and sour dishes, and they have the custom of drinking by the nose (Khang language: tu mui). They celebrate Xen Pang Ả festival.
In 2019 their population was 16,180.
References
- ^ "Report on Results of the 2019 Census". General Statistics Office of Vietnam. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
- ^ http://web.cema.gov.vn/modules.php?name=Content&op=details&mid=508
- ^ http://dsvh.sonla.gov.vn/index.php?module=vdantoc&act=view&id=6
- Trần Hữu Sơn. 2010. Văn hóa dân gian người Kháng ở Tây Bắc. Hà Nội: Nhà xuất bản Đại Học Quốc Gia Hà Nội. ISBN 978-604-62-0093-2
External links
- Ethnologue report
- http://projekt.ht.lu.se/rwaai RWAAI (Repository and Workspace for Austroasiatic Intangible Heritage)
- http://hdl.handle.net/10050/00-0000-0000-0003-93F5-2@view Khang in RWAAI Digital Archive
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| Austroasiatic (non-Vietic) | |
| Hmong–Dao | |
| Tai–Kadai | |
| Sino-Tibetan languages | |
| Malayo-Polynesian | |
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| Lao-Tai | |
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| Vietic | |
| Khmer | |
| Katuic | |
| Bahnaric | |
| Khmu-Palaungic | |
| Hmong–Mien | |
| Tibeto-Burman | |
| Other | |
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