Bahnar

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The Bahnar are an indigenous ethnic group of Vietnam known for their distinct Austroasiatic language, communal stilt houses, and rich gong-based musical traditions.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Bahnar people 10
Bahnar canonical 8
Bahnar language 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group
language
continent Asia
country Vietnam
linked to: Viet Nam
culturalPractice communal festivals
gong performances
traditional dance
culturalRegion Truong Son mountains
linked to: Annamite Range
ethnolinguisticFamily Austroasiatic peoples
linked to: Austroasiatic
housingMaterial bamboo
thatch
wood
kinshipSystem patrilineal
language Bahnar language
linked to: Bahnar
languageFamily Austroasiatic languages
musicEnsemble gong ensemble
neighboringEthnicGroups Ede
Jarai
Mnong
linked to: M'Nông

Sedang
oralTradition epic narratives
recognizedAs ethnic minority of Vietnam
region Central Highlands of Vietnam
Gia Lai Province
linked to: Gia Lai

Kon Tum Province
linked to: Kontum
religion Christianity
Protestantism
Roman Catholicism
animism
roofStyle high-pitched roof
socialOrganization village-based community
subfamily Bahnaric languages
traditionalArchitectureFeature communal house (rong)
traditionalCrop cassava
maize
rice
traditionalEconomy swidden agriculture
traditionalHousing communal stilt houses
traditionalInstrument gong
traditionalLivelihood gathering
hunting
traditionalMusic gong-based musical traditions
traditionalRitual agricultural rituals
buffalo sacrifice ceremony
funerary rituals
UNESCOIntangibleHeritageRelated Space of Gong Culture in the Central Highlands of Vietnam
writingSystem Latin-based alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (22)

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

Kontum hasEthnicGroups Bahnar people
linked to: Bahnar
Tây Nguyên communal house usedBy Bahnar people
linked to: Bahnar
Bahnaric hasLanguage Bahnar
Bahnaric hasEthnicGroup Bahnar people
linked to: Bahnar
Mon Khmer includesLanguage Bahnar language
linked to: Bahnar
Degar includesSubgroup Bahnar people
linked to: Bahnar
Jarai people relatedEthnicGroup Bahnar people
linked to: Bahnar
Ede people neighboringEthnicGroup Bahnar people
linked to: Bahnar
Rhade people relatedEthnicGroups Bahnar people
linked to: Bahnar
Mnong people relatedEthnicGroup Bahnar people
linked to: Bahnar
Koho people relatedEthnicGroup Bahnar people
linked to: Bahnar
Gia Lai hasEthnicGroup Bahnar people
linked to: Bahnar
Gia Lai languageUsed Bahnar language
linked to: Bahnar
Jarai relatedGroup Bahnar
Bahnar language Bahnar language
linked to: Bahnar
Tây Nguyên ethnicGroup Gia Rai
linked to: Bahnar
Pleiku hasEthnicGroups Bahnar
Sedang neighboringLanguage Bahnar
Hre neighboringLanguage Bahnar