Ethnic groups of Southeast Asia
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The ethnic groups of Southeast Asia comprise many different linguistic stocks. Apart from Negrito, which is a physical description, they are here arranged according to the family their languages belong to. Besides indigenous Southeast Asians, many East Asians and South Asians call Southeast Asia their home. The total Southeast Asian population stands at 655 million (2019).[1][2]
Austro-Asiatic[edit]
Distribution of Austroasiatic languages
- Mon people
- Palaung people
- Wa people
- Khmer people
- Bahnar people
- Katuic peoples
- Pear people
- Khmu people
- Nicobarese people
- Senoi peoples
Vietic[edit]
Austronesian[edit]
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Dispersal of Austronesian languages
Map of ethnic groups in Indonesia
- Javanese people
- Sundanese people
- Malay people
- Minangkabau people
- Madurese people
- Batak people
- Balinese people
- Sasak people
- Sumbawa people
- Banjar people
- Buginese people
- Mandarese People
- Minahasan People
- Acehnese people
- Bantenese
- Dayak people
- Lun Bawang/Lundayeh
- Kadazan
- Murut people
- Cham people
- Jarai people
- Filipino people
Negrito peoples[edit]
Sino-Tibetan[edit]
Tibeto-Burman[edit]
Distribution of Sino-Tibetan languages
Hua[edit]
- Han people
- North Han people
- Southwestern Han Chinese
- Fujianese
- Fuzhou people
- Hokchia people (福清人)
- Foochew people (福州人)
- Henghua people
- Hokkien people
- Cambodian Hokkien
- Quanzhou
- Zhangzhou
- Taiwanese Hokkien people (in Malaysia&Singapore, in Vietnam)
- Teochew people
- Hainanese people
- Fuzhou people
- Cantonese
- Hakkanese
- Ho Poh people (河婆人)
- Ngái
- Taiwanese Hakka
- Sam Kiang people (三江人)
- Minh Hương
- Tanka
- Peranakan
- Sino-Burmese
- Chinese mestizo
- Chindian
Hui[edit]
Hmong–Mien[edit]
Distribution of Hmong–Mien languages
Kra-Dai[edit]
Distribution of Kra–Dai languages
- Thai people
- Lao people
- Kadai peoples
- Kam–Sui peoples
- Tay people
- Saek people
- Nung people
- Nyaw people
- Lu people
- Kongsat
- White Tai
- Shan people
Indo-Aryan and Dravidian[edit]
Indo Aryan[edit]
Indo-Aryan and Dravidian[edit]
- Burmese Indians
- Indians in Brunei
- Indian Indonesians
- Indian settlement in the Philippines
- Indians in Thailand
- Malaysian Indian
- Singapore Indian
- Sri Lankans in Malaysia
Arabian[edit]
Eurasian[edit]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ ""World Population prospects – Population division"". population.un.org. United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. Retrieved November 9, 2019.
- ^ ""Overall total population" – World Population Prospects: The 2019 Revision" (xslx). population.un.org (custom data acquired via website). United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. Retrieved November 9, 2019.
- ^ "走访沙巴"山东村"甲必丹记略". 美國中文作家協會 (in Chinese). 2019-06-21. Retrieved 2019-11-11.