San_Diu_people

San Diu people

San Diu people

Ethnic group in Vietnam


The Sán Dìu (also known as San Deo, Trai, Trai Dat and Man Quan Coc; Chinese: 山由族; pinyin: Shān yóu zú; Jyutping: saan1 jau4 zuk6; Cantonese Yale: Sanyau Juk; Chữ nôm: 𠊛; Vietnamese alphabet: Người Sán Dìu) are a Yao ethnic group in northern Vietnam who speak Yue Chinese (Cantonese), a Sinitic language. They are believed to have migrated from Guangdong, China around 1600[citation needed].

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The group's estimated population as of 2000 was 117,500; the 2019 census put the number at 183,004.[1] They speak a variant of Cantonese, and it is suggested that some still speak Iu Mien.[citation needed] The major religions are Mahayana Buddhism and Taoism, with elements of animism and veneration of the dead. About 400 are adherents of the Catholic Church; a few are evangelical Protestants. This ethnic group is mainly concentrated around the Tam Đảo range in Thái Nguyên Province.

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References

  1. "Report on Results of the 2019 Census". Google Docs. General Statistics Office of Vietnam. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
  • Ma Khánh Bằng (1975). "Về ý thức tự giác dân tộc của người Sán Dìu". In, Ủy ban khoa học xã hội Việt Nam: Viện dân tộc học. Về vấn đề xác định thánh phần các dân tộc thiểu số ở miền bắc Việt Nam, 365–376. Hà Nội: Nhà xuất bản khoa học xã hội.
  • Ngô Văn Trụ; Nguyễn Xuân Cần. 2003. Dân tộc Sán Dìu ở Bắc Giang. Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản văn hóa dân tộc.
  • Ngô Văn Trụ; Nguyễn Xuân Cần. 2012. Dân tộc Sán Dìu ở Bắc Giang. Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản thời đại. ISBN 978-604-916-952-6



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