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Jeh-Tariang people

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Ethnic group
Jeh-Tariang
Jeh-Tariang/Giẻ Triêng
Total population
63,322 (2019)
Regions with significant populations
Vietnam : Kon Tum
Languages
Jeh and Tariang (native) • Vietnamese
Religion
Traditional religion

The Jeh-Tariang people, also written as Gie Trieng people (Vietnamese: người Giẻ Triêng) are an ethnic group in Vietnam. Most Jeh-Tariang live in the province of Kon Tum, in Vietnam's Central Highlands region, and in 2019 the population was 63,322. They speak Jeh language and Tariang language - a part of the Mon–Khmer language family.

They practice the custom of interring bodies of the dead by hanging the coffin on a tree.

Notable Jeh-Tariang

References

  1. "Report on Results of the 2019 Census". General Statistics Office of Vietnam. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
Ethnic groups of Vietnam
Austroasiatic (Vietic)
Austroasiatic (non-Vietic)
Hmong–Dao
Tai–Kadai
Sino-Tibetan (Chinese)
Sino-Tibetan (Tibeto-Burman)
Malayo-Polynesian
Immigrants and expatriate
The 54 officially recognised ethnic groups are ranked by population in their language families according to 2019 census


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