The Ngái (Vietnamese: Người Ngái; Chữ Nôm: 𠊛𠊎) are a Hakka-speaking community in Vietnam and other nearby countries of Indochina, whose ancestors were Southern Chinese.^[4] The Vietnamese government separated Ngai from Cantonese when considering ethnic minority groups.

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Ngái people
Người Ngái

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 Chinese, Mandarin Chinese & Vietnamese
Religion
Mahayana Buddhism
Related ethnic groups
Hakka people, Chinese Vietnamese, Tanka people

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According to Vietnamese sources the Ngái people speak Hakka, a Sino-Tibetan language but are classified separately from the Hoa or urban ethnic "Overseas Chinese". The Ngái population was 4,841 in 1999^[1] but down only 1,035 in 2009 and up to 1,649 in 2019.^[2][5][3]

• Chinese Nùng
• Hakka people