Nyah Kur people

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The Nyah Kur people are an indigenous ethnic group of central Thailand, considered descendants of the ancient Mon civilization and known for preserving a distinct Monic language and traditional culture.

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Nyah Kur people canonical 3

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Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group
ancestry Mon people
bilingualism Nyah Kur and Thai
continent Asia
country Thailand
countryOfCitizenship Thailand
culturalPractice ancestor veneration ceremonies
spirit medium rituals
traditional dance
traditional music
culturalRevitalization local efforts to preserve Nyah Kur language and traditions
educationLanguage Thai
ethnicity Nyah Kur
ethnologueCode cbn
exonym Chao Bon
heritageLanguageTransmission primarily oral
historicalOrigin descendants of ancient Mon polities in central Thailand
integration increasingly assimilated into Thai society
language Nyah Kur language
languageFamily Austroasiatic languages
linked to: Austroasiatic

Monic languages
languageStatus endangered language community
linguisticFeature conservative Monic phonology compared to modern Mon
migrationHistory remained in forested highlands after decline of Mon centers
minorityStatus ethnic minority in Thailand
nativeTo Chaiyaphum Province
linked to: Chaiyaphum province

Lopburi Province
linked to: Lopburi

Nakhon Ratchasima Province
Phetchabun Province
linked to: Phetchabun province

Saraburi Province
populationTrend declining number of fluent Nyah Kur speakers
region central Thailand
relatedEthnicGroup Mon people
religion Theravada Buddhism
linked to: Theravada

animism
selfDesignation Nyah Kur
traditionalBelief forest spirits
guardian spirits of villages
traditionalHousing stilt houses
traditionalOccupation hunting and gathering
rice farming
subsistence agriculture
traditionalReligion ancestor worship
spirit worship
writingSystem Thai script

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Mon people relatedEthnicGroup Nyah Kur people
Nyah Kur language ethnicGroup Nyah Kur people
Nyah Kur language hasSpeakerCommunity Nyah Kur people