Ngái people
Người Ngái 𠊎人 | |
|---|---|
Ngái people doing moxibustion in Province Thái Nguyên | |
| Total population | |
| 4,841 (1999)[1] 1,035 (2009)[2] 1,649 (2019)[3] | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Vietnam: Quảng Ninh, Thái Nguyên, Hải Phòng | |
| Languages | |
| Hakka Cantonese Vietnamese | |
| Religion | |
| Mahayana Buddhism | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Hakka people Chinese Vietnamese Tanka people |
The Ngái (Vietnamese: Người Ngái; chữ Nôm: 𠊛𠊎) are an ethnic community found in Vietnam and other parts of Indochina, largely descended from the Hakka people of southern China.[4] The Vietnamese government classifies the Ngai distinctly from the Cantonese people when considering ethnic minority groups. The term "Ngai" comes from the Hakka Chinese first person pronoun "ngai" (𠊎, "I / me"), and some Ngai use the endonym "San Ngai" (山𠊎, "mountain [-dwelling] Ngai").[5]
Overview
The Ngái people speak the Hakka language, a Sinitic language but are classified separately from the Hoa or urban ethnic "Overseas Chinese" by the Vietnamese government as they have been living in the modern-day lands of Vietnam for centuries. The Ngái population was 4,841 in 1999[1] but down only 1,035 in 2009 and up to 1,649 in 2019.[2][6][3]
See also
- Chinese Nùng
- Hakka people
- San Diu people, a Cantonese speaking community in northern Vietnam
References
- ^ a b Official data from census of 1999, file 27.DS99.xls
- ^ a b Tổng điều tra dân số và nhà ở Việt Nam năm 2009: Kết quả toàn bộ. Hà Nội, 6-2010. page 134-225.
- ^ a b "Report on Results of the 2019 Census". General Statistics Office of Vietnam. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
- ^ "Người Ngái" [Ngái people]. Viet Nam Government Portal (in Vietnamese). 2015. Archived from the original on 2014-01-22. Retrieved April 2, 2018.
- ^ Hy, Sally (2022-12-02). "History of Migration & Ethnicity". ArcGIS StoryMaps. Retrieved 2025-06-02.
- ^ "Ngái in Vietnam". Vietnam Tourism. Archived from the original on April 1, 2018. Retrieved March 31, 2018.