Nung people

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The Nung people are a Tai-speaking ethnic group primarily inhabiting northern Vietnam and parts of southern China, known for their wet-rice agriculture, traditional textiles, and rich folk music and festivals.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Nung people canonical 14
Nùng people 6
Nùng 5

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Tai ethnic group
ethnic group
country China
Vietnam
linked to: Viet Nam
countryRegion Bắc Kạn Province
linked to: Bac Kan Province

Cao Bằng Province
linked to: Cao Bang Province

Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region
linked to: Guangxi Province

Hà Giang Province
Lạng Sơn Province
linked to: Lạng Sơn

Tuyên Quang Province
Yunnan Province
culturalHeritage folk tales
oral tradition
proverbs
ethnonym Nùng
linked to: Nung people
language Nung language
linked to: Nùng language

Tai languages
languageFamily Tai–Kadai languages
livelihood local trade
small-scale animal husbandry
mainCrops cassava
maize
rice
majorCountryEthnicStatus recognized ethnic minority of China
recognized ethnic minority of Vietnam
primaryRegion northern Vietnam
relatedEthnicGroup Tay people
linked to: Tày people

Thai people
Zhuang people
secondaryRegion southern China
settlementPattern mountain valleys
terraced fields
traditionalClothingFeature embroidered patterns
indigo-dyed jackets
silver jewelry
traditionalCraft embroidered clothing
indigo dyeing
textile weaving
traditionalFestival Lunar New Year (Tết Nguyên Đán)
linked to: Tet holiday

Lồng Tồng (field-going festival)
harvest festivals
traditionalMusic antiphonal singing
folk songs
love duets
traditionalReligion Buddhism
Taoism
ancestor worship
folk religion
traditionalSubsistence upland farming
wet-rice agriculture
writingSystemUsage Chinese characters (historically, in China)
Latin-based Vietnamese script (for Vietnamese)

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (25)

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

Tai peoples includesEthnicGroup Nung people
Zhuang people relatedEthnicGroup Nung people
Thái Nguyên Province hasEthnicGroup Nùng
linked to: Nung people
Tai languages hasEthnicGroup Nùng people
linked to: Nung people
Yen Bai Province hasEthnicGroup Nung people
Cao Bang Province hasEthnicGroup Nung people
Đắk Lắk Province hasEthnicGroup Nùng people
linked to: Nung people
Đắk Nông Province hasEthnicGroup Nùng
linked to: Nung people
Nung people ethnonym Nùng
linked to: Nung people
Tày people relatedEthnicGroup Nùng people
linked to: Nung people
Tay neighboringEthnicGroups Nùng
linked to: Nung people
San Chay relatedEthnicGroup Nùng
linked to: Nung people
Lang Son Province ethnicGroup Nung people
Bac Kan Province hasEthnicGroup Nung people
Tuyên Quang Province ethnicGroup Nùng people
subject linked to: Tuyen Quang Province
linked to: Nung people
Cao Bang City ethnicGroups Nung people
Nu people alsoKnownAs Nung people
Bouyei people relatedEthnicGroup Nung people
Rawang people relatedEthnicGroup Nung people
Nùng language ethnicGroup Nùng people
linked to: Nung people
Central Tai languages areSpokenBy Nùng people
linked to: Nung people
Northeast Vietnam ethnicGroup Nung people
Nung ethnicity Nung people