Talk:Lahu people

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Found a source, no time to use it now. [1]

[edit] New Assessment Criteria for Ethnic Groups articles

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WikiProject Ethnic groups has added new assessment criteria for Ethnic Groups articles.

I rated the Lahu article: Start-Class, with the following comments (see link to Comments page in the Ethnic groups template atop this talk page):

• Has infobox, has a good start on covering relevant info.
• Has two sources listed, but these are not connected to the text via citations. Needs more references/citations.
• I guess I have a pet peeve or something about population figures. If anything in the article should be properly cited, these should. That's true even tho they are in the infobox..

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--Ling.Nut 13:15, 26 October 2006 (UTC)

I was looking for sources to expand Lahu Christian churches, and stumbled across one published in 2006 with current population estimates for the Lahu. So I've updated and cited. Totally serindipitous coincidence here. GRBerry 02:51, 28 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Traditional Chinese ethnographic account of the genetic origins of the Lahu people

Shouldn't this article mention the traditional Han Chinese claim that the Lahu are descendants of the people of ancient Goguryeo, who dispersed into southwestern China following the destruction of their country at the hands of the Tang Dynasty? It is interesting that some recent molecular genetic surveys have found the Lahu to be the most archaic of all extant human populations outside of Africa; they appear to be "ancestral" to nearly every other ethnic group in the world, including many African ethnic groups.

[edit] Alternate spelling?

Is their name also spelled Lagu in China? Badagnani (talk) 21:02, 8 May 2008 (UTC)