Kinh people

E52233

The Kinh people are the majority ethnic group in Vietnam, historically dominant in the country’s politics, culture, and language.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Kinh people canonical 36
Kinh 2
người Kinh 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (58)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group
majority ethnic group
alsoKnownAs Viet people
linked to: Vietic peoples

Vietnamese people
linked to: Viet
autonym người Kinh
linked to: Kinh people
capitalCityOfHomeland Hanoi
country Vietnam
linked to: Viet Nam
culturalPractice Mid-Autumn Festival celebration
Tet (Lunar New Year) celebration
ancestor veneration at family altars
diaspora Australia
Cambodia
Canada
Czech Republic
France
Germany
Laos
United States
dominantReligion Buddhism
ethnicMajorityIn Vietnam
linked to: Viet Nam
historicallyDominantIn Vietnamese culture
Vietnamese language policy
Vietnamese politics
historicalScript chữ Nôm
classical Chinese characters (chữ Hán)
linked to: Classical Chinese
ISO639LanguageCode vi
languageBranch Vietic languages
languageFamily Austroasiatic languages
linked to: Austroasiatic
mainLanguageOfState Vietnamese language
linked to: Vietnamese
majorUrbanCenter Ho Chi Minh City
linked to: Saigon
nativeTo Vietnam
linked to: Viet Nam
populationShareInVietnam over 80 percent
primaryLanguage Vietnamese language
linked to: Vietnamese
region Central Vietnam
Northern Vietnam
linked to: northern Vietnam

Red River Delta
Southern Vietnam
relatedEthnicGroup Muong people
linked to: Muong

other Vietic-speaking peoples
religion Confucianism (ethical and philosophical influence)
linked to: Confucianism

Mahayana Buddhism
linked to: Mahayana

Protestantism
Roman Catholicism
Taoism (religious and philosophical influence)
linked to: Taoism

ancestor worship
folk religion
stateFormingEthnicityOf Vietnam
linked to: Viet Nam
traditionalAgriculture wet rice cultivation
traditionalClothing áo dài
áo tứ thân
traditionalEconomy craft production
fishing
small-scale farming
traditionalHeadgear nón lá (conical hat)
traditionalMusic ca trù
hát chèo
quan họ
writingSystem Latin-based Vietnamese alphabet (chữ Quốc ngữ)
linked to: Vietnamese alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (39)

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

Nguyen Thi Binh ethnicGroup Kinh people
Ngo Dinh Diem ethnicGroup Kinh
linked to: Kinh people
Ho Chi Minh ethnicGroup Kinh
linked to: Kinh people
Vietnamese people relatedEthnicGroup Kinh people
subject linked to: Vietnamese
Huynh Tan Phat ethnicGroup Kinh people
Xuan associatedLanguageCommunity Kinh people
Kinh people autonym người Kinh
linked to: Kinh people
Le Duan ethnicGroup Kinh people
Ngo hasEthnicAssociation Kinh people
Ton Duc Thang ethnicGroup Kinh people
Vo isUsedByEthnicGroup Kinh people
Nguyễn Văn Thiệu ethnicGroup Kinh people
subject linked to: Thiệu Văn Nguyễn
Red River Delta ethnicMajority Kinh people
Nguyen Sinh Cung ethnicGroup Kinh people
Do Muoi ethnicGroup Kinh people
Lê Hồng Phong ethnicGroup Kinh people
Lê Đức Thọ ethnicGroup Kinh people
Tran Quoc Hoan ethnicGroup Kinh people
Hòa Bình Province ethnicGroup Kinh people
Kim Bôi District hasEthnicGroup Kinh people
Vietic peoples hasPart Kinh people
Chut relatedEthnicity Kinh people
Chut culturallyRelatedTo Kinh people
Thavung ethnicMajorityContext Kinh people
Quan họ ethnicGroup Kinh people
Lê Văn Trung ethnicGroup Kinh people
Phạm Công Tắc ethnicGroup Kinh people
Tran Huy Lieu ethnicGroup Kinh people
Ngô Viết Thụ hasEthnicGroup Kinh people
Lao Cai Province hasEthnicGroup Kinh people
Yen Bai Province hasEthnicGroup Kinh people
Tây Sơn dynasty ethnicGroup Kinh people