Nyah Kur people

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The Nyah Kur people are an indigenous ethnic group of central Thailand, considered descendants of the ancient Mon civilization and known for preserving a distinct Monic language and traditional culture.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Nyah Kur people canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group ⓘ
ancestry Mon people ⓘ
bilingualism Nyah Kur and Thai ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
country Thailand ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Thailand ⓘ
culturalPractice ancestor veneration ceremonies ⓘ
spirit medium rituals ⓘ
traditional dance ⓘ
traditional music ⓘ
culturalRevitalization local efforts to preserve Nyah Kur language and traditions ⓘ
educationLanguage Thai ⓘ
ethnicity Nyah Kur ⓘ
ethnologueCode cbn ⓘ
exonym Chao Bon ⓘ
heritageLanguageTransmission primarily oral ⓘ
historicalOrigin descendants of ancient Mon polities in central Thailand ⓘ
integration increasingly assimilated into Thai society ⓘ
language Nyah Kur language ⓘ
languageFamily Austroasiatic languages ⓘ
linked to: Austroasiatic

Monic languages ⓘ
languageStatus endangered language community ⓘ
linguisticFeature conservative Monic phonology compared to modern Mon ⓘ
migrationHistory remained in forested highlands after decline of Mon centers ⓘ
minorityStatus ethnic minority in Thailand ⓘ
nativeTo Chaiyaphum Province ⓘ
linked to: Chaiyaphum province

Lopburi Province ⓘ
linked to: Lopburi

Nakhon Ratchasima Province ⓘ
Phetchabun Province ⓘ
linked to: Phetchabun province

Saraburi Province ⓘ
populationTrend declining number of fluent Nyah Kur speakers ⓘ
region central Thailand ⓘ
relatedEthnicGroup Mon people ⓘ
religion Theravada Buddhism ⓘ
linked to: Theravada

animism ⓘ
selfDesignation Nyah Kur ⓘ
traditionalBelief forest spirits ⓘ
guardian spirits of villages ⓘ
traditionalHousing stilt houses ⓘ
traditionalOccupation hunting and gathering ⓘ
rice farming ⓘ
subsistence agriculture ⓘ
traditionalReligion ancestor worship ⓘ
spirit worship ⓘ
writingSystem Thai script ⓘ

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Referenced by (3)

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

Mon people → relatedEthnicGroup → Nyah Kur people ⓘ
Nyah Kur language → ethnicGroup → Nyah Kur people ⓘ
Nyah Kur language → hasSpeakerCommunity → Nyah Kur people ⓘ