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The Sán Dìu (also known as San Deo, Trai, Trai Dat and Man Quan Coc; Chinese: 山由族; pinyin: Shān yóu zú; Jyutping: saan1 jau4 zuk6; Cantonese Yale: Sanyau Juk; Chữ nôm: 𠊛山由; Vietnamese alphabet: Người Sán Dìu) are a Yao ethnic group in northern Vietnam who speak Yue Chinese (Cantonese), a Sinitic language. They are believed to have migrated from Guangdong, China around 1600[citation needed].
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 183,004[1] | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Northern Vietnam | |
| Languages | |
| Cantonese • Mandarin • Vietnamese • Pinghua | |
| Religion | |
| Predominantly Mahayana Buddhism Taoism, Catholicism and Evangelicalism | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Chinese Vietnamese, Yao people |
The group's estimated population as of 2000 was 117,500; the 2019 census put the number at 183,004.[1] They speak a variant of Cantonese, and it is suggested that some still speak Iu Mien.[citation needed] The major religions are Mahayana Buddhism and Taoism, with elements of animism and veneration of the dead. About 400 are adherents of the Catholic Church; a few are evangelical Protestants. This ethnic group is mainly concentrated around the Tam Đảo range in Thái Nguyên Province.
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edit- ^ a b "Report on Results of the 2019 Census". Google Docs. General Statistics Office of Vietnam. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
- Ma Khánh Bằng (1975). "Về ý thức tự giác dân tộc của người Sán Dìu". In, Ủy ban khoa học xã hội Việt Nam: Viện dân tộc học. Về vấn đề xác định thánh phần các dân tộc thiểu số ở miền bắc Việt Nam, 365–376. Hà Nội: Nhà xuất bản khoa học xã hội.
- Ngô Văn Trụ; Nguyễn Xuân Cần. 2003. Dân tộc Sán Dìu ở Bắc Giang. Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản văn hóa dân tộc.
- Ngô Văn Trụ; Nguyễn Xuân Cần. 2012. Dân tộc Sán Dìu ở Bắc Giang. Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản thời đại. ISBN 978-604-916-952-6
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