Tày people

E738309

The Tày people are one of Vietnam’s largest ethnic minority groups, known for their wet-rice agriculture, stilt houses, and rich folk music and festivals concentrated in the northern mountainous regions.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Tay people 13
Tày people canonical 4
Tày 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group
clothingStyle indigo-dyed garments
continent Asia
country Vietnam
linked to: Viet Nam
culturalHeritage intangible cultural heritage of Vietnam
ethnicGroupInCountry Vietnam
linked to: Viet Nam
festivalType agrarian festival
folkMusic Lượn singing
Sli singing
Then singing
houseMaterial bamboo
wood
houseRoofMaterial thatch
tiles
language Tày language
linked to: Nùng language
languageFamily Tai–Kadai languages
livelihoodEnvironment mountainous regions
river valleys
mainCrops cassava
maize
rice
populationRankInVietnam second-largest ethnic minority
recognizedAs official ethnic minority of Vietnam
region Northeast Vietnam
Northern Vietnam
linked to: northern Vietnam

Northwest Vietnam
relatedEthnicGroup Nùng people
linked to: Nung people

Thai people
Zhuang people
religion Buddhism
Confucianism
Taoism
Vietnamese folk religion
ancestor worship
scriptUsage Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet

Vietnamese alphabet
traditionalClothingColor dark indigo
traditionalClothingFeature simple long tunic
traditionalDwelling stilt house
traditionalEconomy animal husbandry
forestry
handicrafts
subsistence farming
wet-rice agriculture
traditionalFestival Lồng Tồng festival
traditionalInstrument lute
đàn tính
typicalSettlement low mountain slopes
valley villages

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (18)

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

Hòa Bình Province ethnicGroup Tày people
Lao Cai Province hasEthnicGroup Tay people
linked to: Tày people
Yen Bai Province hasEthnicGroup Tay people
linked to: Tày people
Cao Bang Province hasEthnicGroup Tay people
linked to: Tày people
Vietnam–China border region inhabitedBy Tay people
linked to: Tày people
Nong Duc Manh ethnicGroup Tay people
linked to: Tày people
Nung people relatedEthnicGroup Tay people
linked to: Tày people
Hòa Bình City hasEthnicCommunities Tay people
linked to: Tày people
Đà Bắc District hasEthnicGroup Tay people
linked to: Tày people
San Chay relatedEthnicGroup Tày
linked to: Tày people
Lang Son Province ethnicGroup Tay people
linked to: Tày people
Bac Kan Province hasEthnicGroup Tay people
linked to: Tày people
Tuyên Quang Province ethnicGroup Tày people
subject linked to: Tuyen Quang Province
Cao Bang City ethnicGroups Tay people
linked to: Tày people
Central Tai languages areSpokenBy Tày people
Northeast Vietnam ethnicGroup Tay people
linked to: Tày people
Nung relatedEthnicGroup Tay people
linked to: Tày people