Stieng people

Stieng
Stieng men in traditional costume playing Stieng gongs
Regions with significant populations
 Vietnam100,752 (2019)[1]
 Cambodia6,541 (2008)[2]
Languages
Stieng, Vietnamese, Central Mnong, Khmer
Religion
Traditional religion, Christianity

The Stieng people (Vietnamese: Xtiêng/Stiêng) are an ethnic group of Vietnam and Cambodia. They speak Stieng, a language in the Bahnaric group of the Mon–Khmer languages.

Most Stieng live in Bình Phước Province (81,708 in 2009)[3] of the Southeast region of Vietnam. In Cambodia, they are classified as a group that used to refer to non-Khmer people, under the name Khmer Loeu.

References

  1. ^ "Report on Results of the 2019 Census". General Statistics Office of Vietnam. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
  2. ^ National Institute of Statistics, Ministry of Planning, Cambodia (August 2009). General Population Census of Cambodia 2008 - Final Census Results. National Institute of Statistics.
  3. ^ "The 2009 Vietnam Population and Housing Census: Completed Results". General Statistics Office of Vietnam: Central Population and Housing Census Steering Committee. June 2010. p. 134. Archived from the original on October 18, 2013. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
  • Phùng Đăn Quang. 2005. Nhạc khí dân tộc S'Tiêng [Musical instruments of the S'Tiêng people]. Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản trẻ.


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