Ethnic groups in Thailand

Ethnolinguistic groups of Thailand.

Thailand is a country with many distinct ethnic groups, like other countries, including the majority Thai and numerous hill tribes living primarily in the mountains of the north. The Thai (or ethnic Tai/Dai) and Thai Chinese make up approximately 90% of the nation's population of approximately 67.5 million.

Khmer and Mon-Khmer make up approximately around 6%, the Malays of Southern Thailand make up around 3%, hill tribes like Hmong(Mien), Karen and other small hill tribes make up around 1%. There are 70 ethnic groups in Thailand, including 24 groups of Tai peoples.

Alphabetical list

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1. Akha
2. Bru
3. Cham
4. Chinese (primarily Teochew and Hakka)
5. Chong
6. Hmong
7. Karen
8. KhmerKhmu
9. Khun（Thai Khun）
10. Kuy
11. Lahu
12. Lao Ngaew
13. Lao
14. Isan
15. Lawa
16. Lisu
17. Lolo (Yi)
18. Lue (Thai Lü)
19. Lao
20. Lua
21. Malay
22. Mani (Negrito)
23. Mlabri
24. Moken
25. Mon
26. Nyahkur (Nyah Kur, Chao-bon)
27. Palaung (De'ang)
28. Pear
29. Phai
30. Phu Thai
31. Phuan
32. Saek
33. Sa'och
34. Shan（Thai Yai）
35. So
36. Tai Dam (Black Tai)
37. Tai Ya
38. Thai (Central Thai; Siamese)
39. Urak Lawoi
40. Vietnamese
41. Yao
42. Yuan（Thai Yuan; Lanna）
43. Japanese people
44. Korean

Listed by language group

• Tai–Kadai – Tai Yuan (Lanna, Tai Yuan or Northern Thai), Isan (or Western Lao), Lü (Tai Lü), Phu Thai, Saek, Shan, Southern Thai, Tai Dam (Black Tai), Tai Nüa, Thai
• Mon–Khmer – Bru, Khmer, Khmu, Kuy, Lawa, Lua, Mani, Mlabri, Mon, Nyahkur (Nyah Kur, Chao-bon), Palaung (De'ang), Phai, So
• Sino-Tibetan
  • Chinese – Thai Chinese
  • Tibeto-Burman - Akha, Karen, Lahu, Lisu, Lolo (Yi)
• Malayo-Polynesian – Cham, Malay, Moken, Urak Lawoi
• Hmong–Mien – Hmong, Yao

Thai Indians (kaek)

See also

• Demographics of Thailand

References

External links

• Ethnologue report for Thailand

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