Mường people

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The Mường people are an indigenous ethnic group of northern Vietnam known for their distinct language, stilt-house villages, and rich oral traditions closely related to those of the Vietnamese (Kinh).

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Muong people 7
Mường people canonical 6
Mường 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group
autonym Mol
closelyRelatedLanguageTo Vietnamese language
linked to: Vietnamese
closelyRelatedTo Vietnamese people
linked to: Viet
country Vietnam
linked to: Viet Nam
culturalTrait epic chanting
folk songs
folk tales
rich oral traditions
ritual poetry
governmentClassification official ethnic minority of Vietnam
language Mường language
linked to: Muong language
languageFamily Austroasiatic languages
linked to: Austroasiatic

Vietic languages
notableProvince Hòa Bình Province
primaryRegion Hòa Bình Province
Ninh Bình Province
linked to: Ninh Binh Province

Phú Thọ Province
linked to: Phu Tho Province

Sơn La Province
Thanh Hóa Province
linked to: Thanh Hoa Province

northern Vietnam
recognizedAs one of the 54 ethnic groups of Vietnam
regionType midland and mountainous areas
relatedEthnicGroup Chứt people
linked to: Chut people

Kinh people
Thổ people
Vietnamese people
linked to: Viet
religion Buddhism
Christianity
Vietnamese folk religion
ancestor worship
animism
traditionalDress headscarves for women
men’s indigo clothing
women’s black skirts with decorative hems
women’s short blouses
traditionalDwellingType stilt house
traditionalEconomy animal husbandry
handicrafts
hunting and gathering
swidden agriculture
wet-rice agriculture
traditionalInstrument drums
gongs
traditionalMusic drum music
gong ensembles
traditionalSettlementType stilt-house village
traditionalSocialUnit clan
village

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (16)

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

Hòa Bình Province majorEthnicMinority Mường people
Hòa Bình Province isHomelandOf Mường people
Vietic peoples hasPart Muong people
linked to: Mường people
Vietic peoples hasNotableMemberGroup Muong people
linked to: Mường people
Muong language spokenBy Muong people
linked to: Mường people
Muong language endonym Mường
linked to: Mường people
Lương Sơn District hasEthnicGroups Mường
linked to: Mường people
Son La hasEthnicGroup Muong people
linked to: Mường people
Đắk Lắk Province hasEthnicGroup Mường people
Vietnamese–Mường subgroup usedBy Mường people
Vietnamese–Mường subgroup hasCoreMember Bi Mường
linked to: Mường people
Hòa Bình City hasEthnicCommunities Muong people
linked to: Mường people
Sơn La Province hasEthnicGroup Mường people
Mai Châu District hasEthnicGroup Muong people
linked to: Mường people
Thổ people relatedEthnicGroup Mường people
Hung people relatedEthnicGroups Muong people
linked to: Mường people