Lahu people

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The Lahu people are an ethnic group of the Tibeto-Burman family traditionally inhabiting the mountainous regions of China’s Yunnan province and neighboring parts of Southeast Asia, known for their distinct language, animist and Christian religious practices, and swidden agricultural lifestyle.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Lahu people canonical 23
Lahu 14
Lahu Na 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group
countryRecognizedAsMinority China
ethnicGroupOf China
Laos
Myanmar
Thailand
Vietnam
linked to: Viet Nam
geographicHabitat mountainous regions
languageFamily Sino-Tibetan languages
Tibeto-Burman languages
migrationPattern highland migration
neighboringEthnicGroups Akha people
Hani people
Karen people
officialMinorityNameInChina Lahu
linked to: Lahu people
officialMinorityStatusIn China
partOf hill tribes of mainland Southeast Asia
populationConcentration Shan State
Yunnan
linked to: Yunnan Province

northern Thailand
primaryRegion Southwest China
Yunnan
linked to: Yunnan Province
religion Buddhism
Christianity
animism
speaks Lahu language
subgroup Lahu Na
linked to: Lahu people

Lahu Nyi
Lahu Phu
Lahu Shehleh
Lahu Shi
linked to: Lahu people
traditionalCrops maize
opium poppy
rice
traditionalDressFeatures black clothing
colorful embroidery
traditionalEconomy shifting cultivation
swidden agriculture
traditionalHousing stilt houses
traditionalLivelihood gathering
hunting
traditionalMusic bamboo instruments
traditionalReligionFeatures ancestor worship
shamanism
spirit worship
usesWritingSystem Lahu script
Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (39)

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

Northern Thailand ethnicGroup Lahu people
subject linked to: northern Thailand
Tak Province hasEthnicGroup Lahu people
Tibeto-Burman languages includesLanguage Lahu
linked to: Lahu people
Mae Sai localEthnicGroups Lahu
linked to: Lahu people
YN hasEthnicGroup Lahu
linked to: Lahu people
Hani relatedEthnicGroups Lahu people
Pu'er ethnicComposition Lahu people
Shan State ethnicGroup Lahu people
Lincang hasEthnicGroup Lahu people
Shan Plateau otherEthnicGroups Lahu people
Wa people borderingEthnicGroups Lahu people
Myanmar Highlands hasEthnicGroup Lahu people
James A. Matisoff languageStudied Lahu
linked to: Lahu people
Chiang Rai ethnicGroupsNearby Lahu
linked to: Lahu people
Thai highlands ethnicGroup Lahu people
Kayah State hasEthnicGroup Lahu
linked to: Lahu people
Pang Mapha District ethnicGroup Lahu people
Lahu people officialMinorityNameInChina Lahu
linked to: Lahu people
Lahu people subgroup Lahu Na
linked to: Lahu people
Lahu people subgroup Lahu Shi
linked to: Lahu people
Pai District ethnicGroup Lahu
linked to: Lahu people
Tachileik hasEthnicGroup Lahu
linked to: Lahu people
Loloish languages spokenBy Lahu people
Waic languages neighboringLanguages Lahu
linked to: Lahu people
Jinghong hasEthnicGroup Lahu people
Khün neighboringGroup Lahu
linked to: Lahu people
eastern Myanmar hasEthnicGroup Lahu people
Kengtung ethnicGroup Lahu
linked to: Lahu people
Chiang Dao district hasEthnicGroups Lahu
linked to: Lahu people