Ngái people
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![]() Ngái in Province Thái Nguyên | |
Total population | |
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4,841 (1999)[1] 1,035 (2009)[2] 1,649 (2019)[3] | |
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.[4] However they “have never considered themselves Hakka. Because no one, including Chinese people, knows how to categorize the Ngái people, they were simply categorized as Hakka”.[5] However, some younger Ngai today might refer to themselves as Hakka.
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”.[5] According to official data, the Ngái population was 4,841 in 1999[1] but down only 1,035 in 2009 and up to 1,649 in 2019.[2][6][3]
See also
References
- ^ a b Official data from census of 1999, file 27.DS99.xls
- ^ a b Tổng điều tra dân số và nhà ở Việt Nam năm 2009: Kết quả toàn bộ. Hà Nội, 6-2010. page 134-225.
- ^ a b "Report on Results of the 2019 Census". General Statistics Office of Vietnam. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
- ^ Người Ngái (Ngái people). Viet Nam Government Portal, 2015. Retrieved Apr. 2, 2018.
- ^ a b "Ngai in Vietnam". Joshua Project. Retrieved March 31, 2018.
- ^ "Ngái in Vietnam". Vietnam Tourism. Retrieved March 31, 2018.