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Ethnic groups in Southeast Asia

Ethnic groups in Southeast Asia

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Southeast Asians

Austroasiatic Austronesian Negrito peoples Sino-Tibetan Tibeto-Burman Hua Hui Hmong–Mien Kra-Dai Indo-Aryan and Dravidian Indo Aryan Indo-Aryan and Dravidian Arabian Eurasian See also References

The ethnic groups in Southeast Asia comprise many different ethnolinguistic stocks. Besides indigenous Southeast Asians, many East Asians and South Asians call Southeast Asia their home. The total Southeast Asian population stands at 655 million (2019).^[1]^[2]

Thumb — Ethnic groups of all of Southeast Asia

Thumb — Distribution of Austroasiatic languages

Thumb — Ethnolinguistic map of Indochina, 1970. Note: map situation has now changed due to internal migration.

Vietnamese people
Thổ people
Chut people
Muong people
Mon people
Palaung people
Wa people
Khmer people
Bahnar people
Katuic peoples
Pear people
Khmu people
Nicobarese people
Senoi peoples

Further information: Austronesian peoples

Thumb — Dispersal of Austronesian languages

Thumb — Distribution of the Bumiputera (indigenous people) and Chinese population in Malaysia

Thumb — Map of ethnic groups in Indonesia

Thumb — Major ethnic groups in the Philippines

Indonesian Archipelago and Malay Peninsula
- Javanese people
  - Osing
  - Tenggerese
- Sundanese people
  - Baduy
  - Kasepuhan
- Malay people
  - Bruneian Malays
  - Kelantan Malays
  - Kedahan Malays
  - Kedayan
  - Patani Malays
  - Perak Malays
  - Singaporean Malays
  - Terengganu Malays
  - Jawi Peranakan
- Minangkabau people
- Lampung people
- Komering people
- Madurese people
- Batak people
  - Toba Batak
  - Karo
  - Angkola
  - Pakpak
  - Mandailing
  - Simalungun
- Nias people
- Balinese people
- Sasak people
- Sumbawa people
- Banjar people
- Bugis people
- Makassar people
- Moluccans
- Torajan people
- Mandarese People
- Minahasan People
- Acehnese people
- Bantenese
- Dayak people
  - Ngaju people
  - Ma'anyan people
  - Lawangan people
  - Dusun people
  - Kenyah people
  - Kayan people (Borneo)
  - Bahau people
  - Iban people
  - Klemantan people
  - Ketungau people
  - Basap people
  - Punan people
  - Idaʼan
  - Murut people
  - Tidung people
  - Ot Danum people
- Bimanese people
- Atoni people
- Manggaraian people
- Sumbese people
- Lamaholot people
- Tetum people
- Mambai people
- Kemak people
- Alfur people
- Mandar people
- Gorontalo people
- Kaili
- Toraja
- Tolaki
- Butonese people
- Muna people
- Bajau
- Mongondow
- Sangihe
- Lun Bawang/Lundayeh
- Kadazan
- Melanau people
- Cham people
- Jarai people
Philippine Archipelago

Further information: Negrito and Proto-Australoid

Aeta people
Andamanese
Ati people
Batak (Philippines)
Mamanwa
Orang Asli
- Semang

Tibeto-Burman

Thumb — Distribution of Sino-Tibetan languages

Bamar people
Chakma people
Karen people
Rakhine people
- Kamein
Karenni people
Kachin people
Zo people
Naga people
Meitei people

Hua

Han people
- North Han people
- Southwestern Han Chinese
  - Sichuanese
  - Yunnanese
    - Kokang people
- Fujianese
  Primary branches of Chinese according to the Language Atlas of China
  - Fuzhou people
    - Hokchia people (福清人)
    - Foochew people (福州人)
  - Henghua people
  - Hokkien people
    - Cambodian Hokkien
    - Quanzhou
    - Zhangzhou
    - Taiwanese Hokkien people (in Malaysia&Singapore, in Vietnam)
  - Teochew people
  - Hainanese people
- Cantonese
  - Kwongsai people
  - Szeyupese people
  - Guangzhounese
  - Weitou people
- Hakkanese
  - Ho Poh people (河婆人)
  - Ngái
  - Taiwanese Hakka
- Sam Kiang people (三江人)
- Other Han Chinese subgroups
Minh Hương
Tanka
Peranakan
- Benteng Chinese
Sino-Native
- Sino-Dusun
- Sino-Kadazan
- Sino-Murut
Sino-Burmese
Sino-Thai
Chinese mestizo
Chindian

Hui

Panthay
Chin Haw

Thumb — Distribution of Hmong–Mien languages

Sa
San Diu
Mien
Hmong
- Miao
  - Gha-Mu people
  - A-Hmao people
Pa Then people
Gejia people

Further information: Kra–Dai ethnic groups in Southeast Asia and Kra–Dai-speaking peoples

Thumb — Distribution of Kra–Dai languages

Thai people
Lao people
Kadai peoples
Kam–Sui peoples
Tay people
Saek people
Nung people
Nyaw people
Lu people
Kongsat
White Tai
Shan people

Indo Aryan

Maramagyi (classified as part of the Rakhine race)
Rohingya people

Indo-Aryan and Dravidian

Burmese Indians
Indians in Brunei
Indian Indonesians
Indian settlement in the Philippines
Indians in Thailand
Malaysian Indian
Singapore Indian
Sri Lankans in Malaysia

Arab Malaysian
Indonesian Arab
Arab Singaporean
Arab Filipinos
Hadhrami people

Amerasian
Filipino mestizo
- Zamboangueño people
Eurasian
- Eurasians in Singapore
- Kristang people
Indo people
Anglo-Burmese people

History of Southeast Asia
Demographics of Southeast Asia
Genetic history of Southeast Asia
Classification of Southeast Asian languages

[1]
"World Population Prospects 2022". United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. Retrieved July 17, 2022.
[2]
"World Population Prospects 2022: Demographic indicators by region, subregion and country, annually for 1950-2100" (XSLX) ("Total Population, as of 1 July (thousands)"). United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. Retrieved July 17, 2022.
[3]
"走访沙巴"山东村"甲必丹记略". 美國中文作家協會 (in Chinese (China)). 2019-06-21. Retrieved 2019-11-11.

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Austroasiatic

Austronesian

Negrito peoples

Sino-Tibetan

Hmong–Mien

Kra-Dai

Indo-Aryan and Dravidian

Arabian

Eurasian

See also

References