Muong

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The Muong are an indigenous ethnic group of Vietnam, culturally and linguistically related to the Kinh (Vietnamese) majority but maintaining distinct traditional customs and social structures.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Muong people 11
Muong canonical 5
Muong ethnic group 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group ⓘ
indigenous people ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
country Vietnam ⓘ
linked to: Viet Nam
culturalCharacteristic maintain distinct social structures ⓘ
maintain distinct traditional customs ⓘ
culturalRelationToKinh culturally related to Kinh ⓘ
ethnolinguisticFamily Austroasiatic peoples ⓘ
linked to: Austroasiatic
languageBranch Vietic languages ⓘ
languageFamily Austroasiatic languages ⓘ
linked to: Austroasiatic
languageRelation closely related to Vietnamese language ⓘ
linguisticRelationToKinh linguistically related to Kinh ⓘ
mainProvinces Hoa Binh Province ⓘ
linked to: Hòa Bình Province

Nghe An Province ⓘ
Ninh Binh Province ⓘ
Phu Tho Province ⓘ
Son La Province ⓘ
linked to: Son La province

Thanh Hoa Province ⓘ
musicTradition epic chanting ⓘ
folk songs ⓘ
gong music ⓘ
primaryLanguage Muong language ⓘ
recognizedAs one of the 54 officially recognized ethnic groups of Vietnam ⓘ
regionType upland ethnic minority of Vietnam ⓘ
relatedEthnicGroup Kinh ⓘ
Vietnamese people ⓘ
linked to: Viet
traditionalClothing distinctive women’s skirts ⓘ
handwoven textiles ⓘ
traditionalCraft basketry ⓘ
blacksmithing ⓘ
weaving ⓘ
woodworking ⓘ
traditionalEconomy animal husbandry ⓘ
handicrafts ⓘ
hunting and gathering ⓘ
swidden agriculture ⓘ
wet-rice cultivation ⓘ
traditionalHabitat midland and mountainous areas ⓘ
valleys and foothills ⓘ
traditionalHousing stilt houses ⓘ
traditionalLeadership local chiefs ⓘ
village headmen ⓘ
traditionalRegion north-central Vietnam ⓘ
linked to: Central Vietnam

northern Vietnam ⓘ
traditionalReligion ancestor worship ⓘ
animism ⓘ
spirit worship ⓘ
traditionalSocialStructure clan-based organization ⓘ
patrilineal kinship ⓘ
village-based organization ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (18)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kinh → relatedEthnicGroup → Muong ⓘ
Kinh people → relatedEthnicGroup → Muong people ⓘ
linked to: Muong
Hòa Bình Province → ethnicGroup → Mường people ⓘ
linked to: Muong
Kim Bôi District → hasEthnicGroup → Muong people ⓘ
linked to: Muong
Viet → relatedEthnicGroup → Muong people ⓘ
linked to: Muong
Son La province → hasEthnicGroup → Muong people ⓘ
linked to: Muong
Ha Tinh Province → ethnicMinority → Muong people ⓘ
linked to: Muong
Tân Lạc District → hasEthnicGroup → Muong people ⓘ
linked to: Muong
Đà Bắc District → hasEthnicGroup → Muong people ⓘ
linked to: Muong
Hoa Binh Muong → usedBy → Muong ethnic group ⓘ
linked to: Muong
Hoa Binh Muong → ethnicGroup → Muong people ⓘ
linked to: Muong
Phu Tho Muong → usedBy → Muong people ⓘ
linked to: Muong
Thanh Hoa Muong → spokenBy → Muong people ⓘ
linked to: Muong
Liha people → relatedEthnicGroups → Muong people ⓘ
linked to: Muong