Chong

E775505

Chong is an indigenous ethnic group in Southeast Asia that speaks a Pearic language and is traditionally found in parts of Cambodia and Thailand.

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Chong canonical 3
Chung 2
Eastern Chong 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (38)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group ⓘ
classification Mon-Khmer peoples ⓘ
linked to: Mon–Khmer peoples
continent Asia ⓘ
country Cambodia ⓘ
Thailand ⓘ
culturalPractice ancestor veneration ⓘ
spirit worship ⓘ
culturalRegion mainland Southeast Asia ⓘ
demographicTrend declining number of fluent speakers ⓘ
ethnonym Chong people ⓘ
linked to: Biao people
hasAutonym Chong ⓘ
hasExonym Chung ⓘ
linked to: Chong

Xong ⓘ
indigenousTo Cambodia ⓘ
Thailand ⓘ
languageFamily Austroasiatic languages ⓘ
linked to: Austroasiatic

Pearic languages ⓘ
languageShift shift to Khmer in Cambodia ⓘ
shift to Thai in Thailand ⓘ
languageStatus endangered ⓘ
linguisticSubgroup Chong subgroup of Pearic ⓘ
minorityStatus ethnic minority in Cambodia ⓘ
ethnic minority in Thailand ⓘ
region Southeast Asia ⓘ
relatedEthnicGroup Pear people ⓘ
Samre people ⓘ
linked to: Thavung people

Sa’och people ⓘ
linked to: Suoy people

Suoy people ⓘ
religion Theravada Buddhism ⓘ
linked to: Theravada

animism ⓘ
riskFactor language endangerment due to assimilation ⓘ
traditionalLanguage Chong language ⓘ
linked to: Chung language
traditionalLivelihood hunting and gathering ⓘ
subsistence agriculture ⓘ
swidden farming ⓘ
traditionalRegion eastern Thailand ⓘ
linked to: Eastern Thailand

western Cambodia ⓘ
writingSystem no widely used indigenous script ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (8)

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

Pearic → hasMember → Chong ⓘ
Pearic → hasMember → Chung ⓘ
linked to: Chong
Pearic languages → hasMember → Western Chong ⓘ
linked to: Chong
Pearic languages → hasMember → Eastern Chong ⓘ
linked to: Chong
Chong → hasAutonym → Chong ⓘ
Central Chong → closelyRelatedTo → Southern Chong ⓘ
linked to: Chong
Sa’och language → hasAlternativeName → Chung ⓘ
linked to: Chong