Kho Mu people

Information about Kho Mu people

The Khmu or Khammu is one of the largest ethnic groups based in northern Laos. They can also be found in Myanmar, southwest China (especially around the province of Guizhou), Thailand, and Vietnam, where they are an officially recognized ethnic group. In the People's Republic of China, however, they are not given official recognition as a separate ethnic group, and are instead placed under the broad category undistinguished nationalities.

Their language, in the Mon-Khmer family, is also called Khmu.

Most villages are isolated, and only slowly receiving electricity.



In many areas the Khmu live alongside the Hmong and other ethnic groups.

Most of the agricultural work in Khmu villages is done communally, so as to combine the strength and finish the work quickly.

A large number of Khmu live in Richmond, California, having come as refugees from the Vietnam War.

Cuisine

Most Khmu eat thum-som.

Notable Khmu

  • Pheng Normpraseuth (American rapper), first official signee of scro records founded by his cousin Jimmy Jones.

See also

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Ethnic groups in Myanmar  as classified by the government of Myanmar
Anu Anun Asho Atsi Awa Khami Bamar (Burman) Beik Bre (Ka-Yaw) Bwe Chin Dai (Yindu) Daingnet Dalaung Danaw (Danau) Danu Dawei Dim Duleng Eik-swair Eng Ganan Gheko Guari Gunte (Lyente) Gwete Haulngo Hkahku Hkun (Khn) Hpon Intha Kachin (Jingpo) Kadu (Kado) Ka-Lin-Kaw (Lushay) Kamein Kaung Saing Chin Kaungso Kaw (Akha-E-Kaw) Kayah (Karenni) Kayin (Karen) Kayinpyu (Geba Karen) Ka-Yun (Kayan; Padaung) Kebar Khami Khamti Shan Khmu (Khamu) Khawno Kokang Kwangli (Sim) Kwelshin Kwe Myi Kwi Lahu Lai (Haka Chin) Laizao Lashi (La Chit) Lawhtu Laymyo Lhinbu Lisu Lushei (Lushay) Lyente Magun Maingtha Malin Manu Manaw Man Zi Maramagyi Maru (Lawgore) Matu Maw Shan Meithei (Kathe) Mgan Mi-er Miram (Mara) Moken (Salon; Salone) Mon Monnepwa Monpwa Mon Kayin (Sarpyu) Mro Naga Ngorn Oo-Pu Paku Palaung Pale Pa-Le-Chi Panun Pa-O Pyin Rakhine (Arakanese) Rawang Rongtu Saing Zan Saline Sentang Sgaw Shan Shan Gale Shan Gyi Shu (Pwo) Son Tai-Loi Tai-Lem Tai-Lon Tai-Lay Taishon Ta-Lay-Pwa Tanghkul Tapong Taron Taungyo Tay-Zan Thado Thet Tiddim (Hai-Dim) Torr (Tawr) Wa (Va) Wakim (Mro) Yabein Yao Yaw Yin Baw Yin Kya Yin Net Yin Talai Yun (Lao) Za-How Zahnyet (Zanniet) Zayein Zizan Zo Zo-Pe Zotung
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Ethnic groups in Thailand
Akha • Bru • Cham • Chinese • Hmong • Karen • Khmer • Khmu • Kuy • Lahu • Lanna (Northern Thai) • Lao • Lawa • Lisu • Lolo (Yi) • L (Tai L) • Lua • Malay • Mani (Negrito) • Mlabri • Moken • Mon • Nyahkur (Nyah Kur, Chao-bon) • Palaung (De'ang) • Phai • Phu Thai • Phuan • Saek • Shan • So • Southern Thai • Tai Dam (Black Tai) • Tai Na • Thai • Urak Lawoi • Yao/Iu Mien
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Ethnic groups in Vietnam by language family
   
Malayo-Polynesian
(Nhm ngn ngữ Nam đảo)
Chăm Chu-ru -đ Jarai Ra-glai Nhm Hn
Hoa Ngi Sn Du Tibeto-Burman
(Nhm Tạng)
Cống H Nh La Hủ L L Ph L Si La
ethnic group or ethnicity is a population of human beings whose members identify with each other, usually on the basis of a presumed common genealogy or ancestry.[1] Ethnicity is also defined from the recognition by others as a distinct group[2]
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Motto
ສັນຕິພາບ ເອກະລາດ ປະຊາທິປະໄຕ ເອກະພາບ
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Anthem
Kaba Ma Kyei


Capital Naypyidaw

Largest city Yangon (Rangoon)
Official languages Burmese
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Southwest China (Chinese: 西南; pinyin: Xinan) is a region of China defined by governmental bureaus that includes the municipality of Chongqing; provinces of Sichuan, Yunnan and Guizhou; and the Tibet Autonomous Region.
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贵州省
Guìzhōu Shěng
Abbreviations: 黔 or ?  (Pinyin: Qián or Guì)

Origin of name 贵 guì - Gui Mountains
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Anthem
Phleng Chat
Royal anthem
Phleng Sansoen Phra Barami

Capital
(and largest city) Bangkok [1]

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Motto
Độc lập - Tự do - Hạnh phúc
"Independence - Freedom - Happiness"
Anthem
Tiến Quân Ca
"Army March" (first verse)
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người (literally "people").

Alphabetical list

  1. Kinh (also called Viet, the largest ethnic group in Vietnam)
  2. Ba Na (Bahnar)
  3. Bố Y (Buyei)
  4. Brâu
  5. Bru-Vân Kiều

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Anthem
March of the Volunteers (义勇军进行曲)
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Undistinguished ethnic groups in China (: Wèi Shíbié Mínzú; sometimes translated as Undistinguished nationalities) are ethnic groups in the People's Republic of China that have not been officially recognised as individual ethnic groups.
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Mon-Khmer languages are the autochthonous language family of Southeast Asia. Together with the Munda languages of India, they are one of the two traditional primary branches of the Austroasiatic family.
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The Khmu language is the language of the Khmu people of the northern Laos region. It is also spoken in Vietnam.

Alternate names include Kmhmu, Khmu', Khamu, Kamu, Kammu, Khamuk, Kamhmu, Khomu, Mou, Pouteng, Pu Thenh, Tenh, Theng, Lao Terng.
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City of Richmond, California

Seal
Motto: The City of Pride and Purpose

Coordinates:
Country United States
State California
County Contra Costa

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Total dead: ~314,000
Total wounded: ~1,490,000 North Vietnam and NLF
dead and missing: ~1,100,000 [1] [2] [3] [4]
wounded: ~600,000+ [5]
People's Republic of China
dead: 1,446
wounded: 4,200

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The Khmu language is the language of the Khmu people of the northern Laos region. It is also spoken in Vietnam.

Alternate names include Kmhmu, Khmu', Khamu, Kamu, Kammu, Khamuk, Kamhmu, Khomu, Mou, Pouteng, Pu Thenh, Tenh, Theng, Lao Terng.
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Khmuic languages are a subgroup of the Mon-Khmer languages.
  • Khao (Khao, Bit)
  • Mlabri (Mlabri, Yumbri)
  • Xinh Mul (Khang, Phong-Kniang, Puoc)
  • Khmu' (Khmu (Khmu'), Khuen, O'du, Mal, Phray (Pray 3), Phai, Lua (Lua', Pray 2))

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Burma (or Myanmar) is an ethnically diverse nation with 135 distinct ethnic groups officially recognized by the Burmese government. These are grouped into eight "major national ethnic races":
  1. Kachin
  2. Kayah
  3. Kayin
  4. Chin
  5. Mon
  6. Bamar
  7. Rakhine
  8. Shan

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Myanmar

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Politics of Myanmar

  • State Peace and
    Development Council
  • Chairman: Than Shwe
  • Prime Minister
  • Soe Win

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Bamar (Burmese: ; MLCTS: ba. ma lu. myui:; IPA: [bəmàː], also called Burman
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Chin (Burmese: ခ္ယင္‌လူမ္ယုိး; MLCTS: hkyang lu.
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The Danu people are a sub-ethnic group of the Bamar, predominantly populating the areas near Pindaya Caves, in Shan State of Myanmar. They speak an archaic dialect of Burmese.
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Dawei (Burmese: ထားဝယ္‌မ္ရုိ့; MLCTS: hta: wai mrui.
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Intha (Burmese: အင္‌းသားလူမ္ယုိး; MLCTS: ang: sa: lu.
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Jingpo or Kachin people (Simplified Chinese: 景颇族; Pinyin: Jǐngpōzú; Burmese:
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Karenni, also known as Red Karen or Kayah, are a Sino-Tibetan people, living mostly in Kayah State of Myanmar.

Karen-Ni

Karen-Ni was the country of the Red Karens, a collection of small states, formerly independent, but was the feudatory to Burma (now
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7,000,000
Thailand:  400,000
Languages Karen Religions Buddhism, Christianity, Animism Related ethnic groups Padaung

The Karen (Burmese: ; MLCTS:
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Kayan are a group of the Karenni people, a Tibeto-Burman ethnic minority of Burma (Myanmar). They are also known as Padaung (Burmese: ပဒောင္‌လူမ္ယုိး
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The Khamti, whose name is also spelt as as Hkamti by the Burmese and Khampti by the Assamese, is a sub-group of the Shan people found in the Sagaing Division, Hkamti District in northwestern Myanmar as well as Lohit district of Arunachal Pradesh in India.
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Kokang (Chinese: 果敢; Pinyin: Guǒgǎn) was the only Burmese Chinese feudal state in Myanmar. It was founded by the Yang dynasty, a Chinese military house that fled with the Ming Dynasty to Yunnan Province in the mid-1600s and later migrated to the Shan States
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Lahu people (Chinese: 拉祜族; Pinyin: Lāhùzú; own names: Ladhulsi or Kawzhawd; Vietnamese: La Hủ) are an ethnic group of Southeast Asia and China.
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