Lahu people

E673247

The Lahu people are an ethnic group of the Tibeto-Burman family traditionally inhabiting the mountainous regions of China’s Yunnan province and neighboring parts of Southeast Asia, known for their distinct language, animist and Christian religious practices, and swidden agricultural lifestyle.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Lahu people canonical 23
Lahu 14
Lahu Na 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group ⓘ
countryRecognizedAsMinority China ⓘ
ethnicGroupOf China ⓘ
Laos ⓘ
Myanmar ⓘ
Thailand ⓘ
Vietnam ⓘ
linked to: Viet Nam
geographicHabitat mountainous regions ⓘ
languageFamily Sino-Tibetan languages ⓘ
Tibeto-Burman languages ⓘ
migrationPattern highland migration ⓘ
neighboringEthnicGroups Akha people ⓘ
Hani people ⓘ
Karen people ⓘ
officialMinorityNameInChina Lahu ⓘ
linked to: Lahu people
officialMinorityStatusIn China ⓘ
partOf hill tribes of mainland Southeast Asia ⓘ
populationConcentration Shan State ⓘ
Yunnan ⓘ
linked to: Yunnan Province

northern Thailand ⓘ
primaryRegion Southwest China ⓘ
Yunnan ⓘ
linked to: Yunnan Province
religion Buddhism ⓘ
Christianity ⓘ
animism ⓘ
speaks Lahu language ⓘ
subgroup Lahu Na ⓘ
linked to: Lahu people

Lahu Nyi ⓘ
Lahu Phu ⓘ
Lahu Shehleh ⓘ
Lahu Shi ⓘ
linked to: Lahu people
traditionalCrops maize ⓘ
opium poppy ⓘ
rice ⓘ
traditionalDressFeatures black clothing ⓘ
colorful embroidery ⓘ
traditionalEconomy shifting cultivation ⓘ
swidden agriculture ⓘ
traditionalHousing stilt houses ⓘ
traditionalLivelihood gathering ⓘ
hunting ⓘ
traditionalMusic bamboo instruments ⓘ
traditionalReligionFeatures ancestor worship ⓘ
shamanism ⓘ
spirit worship ⓘ
usesWritingSystem Lahu script ⓘ
Latin alphabet ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (39)

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

Northern Thailand → ethnicGroup → Lahu people ⓘ
subject linked to: northern Thailand
Tak Province → hasEthnicGroup → Lahu people ⓘ
Tibeto-Burman languages → includesLanguage → Lahu ⓘ
linked to: Lahu people
Mae Sai → localEthnicGroups → Lahu ⓘ
linked to: Lahu people
YN → hasEthnicGroup → Lahu ⓘ
linked to: Lahu people
Hani → relatedEthnicGroups → Lahu people ⓘ
Pu'er → ethnicComposition → Lahu people ⓘ
Shan State → ethnicGroup → Lahu people ⓘ
Lincang → hasEthnicGroup → Lahu people ⓘ
Shan Plateau → otherEthnicGroups → Lahu people ⓘ
Wa people → borderingEthnicGroups → Lahu people ⓘ
Myanmar Highlands → hasEthnicGroup → Lahu people ⓘ
James A. Matisoff → languageStudied → Lahu ⓘ
linked to: Lahu people
Chiang Rai → ethnicGroupsNearby → Lahu ⓘ
linked to: Lahu people
Thai highlands → ethnicGroup → Lahu people ⓘ
Kayah State → hasEthnicGroup → Lahu ⓘ
linked to: Lahu people
Pang Mapha District → ethnicGroup → Lahu people ⓘ
Lahu people → officialMinorityNameInChina → Lahu ⓘ
linked to: Lahu people
Lahu people → subgroup → Lahu Na ⓘ
linked to: Lahu people
Lahu people → subgroup → Lahu Shi ⓘ
linked to: Lahu people
Pai District → ethnicGroup → Lahu ⓘ
linked to: Lahu people
Tachileik → hasEthnicGroup → Lahu ⓘ
linked to: Lahu people
Loloish languages → spokenBy → Lahu people ⓘ
Waic languages → neighboringLanguages → Lahu ⓘ
linked to: Lahu people
Jinghong → hasEthnicGroup → Lahu people ⓘ
Khün → neighboringGroup → Lahu ⓘ
linked to: Lahu people
eastern Myanmar → hasEthnicGroup → Lahu people ⓘ
Kengtung → ethnicGroup → Lahu ⓘ
linked to: Lahu people
Chiang Dao district → hasEthnicGroups → Lahu ⓘ
linked to: Lahu people