Palaung people

E393971

ethnic group indigenous people

The Palaung people are an ethnic group of mainland Southeast Asia, primarily known for their Mon-Khmer language, distinctive traditional dress, and tea-growing communities in the highlands of Myanmar and neighboring regions.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Palaung people canonical	7
Taʼang ethnic group	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ethnic group ⓘ indigenous people ⓘ
continent	Asia ⓘ
countryOfResidence	China ⓘ Myanmar ⓘ Thailand ⓘ
culturalPractice	spirit worship ⓘ tea-drinking ceremonies ⓘ
ethnicGroupOf	Myanmar ⓘ surface form: Burma China ⓘ Myanmar ⓘ Thailand ⓘ
hasSubgroup	Palaung ⓘ surface form: Palé Palaung Palaung ⓘ surface form: Rumai Palaung Palaung ⓘ surface form: Shwe Palaung
languageBranch	Mon-Khmer ⓘ surface form: Mon-Khmer languages
languageFamily	Austroasiatic ⓘ surface form: Austroasiatic languages
primaryLanguage	Palaung language ⓘ Ta-ang language ⓘ surface form: Taʼang language
recognizedAs	Palaung people self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Taʼang ethnic group
recognizedMinorityIn	China ⓘ Myanmar ⓘ
region	eastern Myanmar ⓘ surface form: Eastern Myanmar Northern Myanmar ⓘ Southwest China ⓘ
relatedEthnicGroup	Khasi people ⓘ Mon people ⓘ Wa people ⓘ
religion	Theravada ⓘ surface form: Theravada Buddhism animism ⓘ
subregion	Indochinese Peninsula ⓘ surface form: Mainland Southeast Asia
traditionalCrop	rice ⓘ tea ⓘ
traditionalDressFeature	brightly colored jackets ⓘ silver ornaments ⓘ striped skirts ⓘ
traditionalOccupation	subsistence agriculture ⓘ tea cultivation ⓘ
traditionalRegion	Northern Shan States ⓘ surface form: Northern Shan State northern Thailand ⓘ surface form: Northern Thailand Shan State ⓘ Yunnan Province ⓘ surface form: Yunnan
traditionalReligion	Buddhism mixed with animist beliefs ⓘ
typicalHabitat	highland areas ⓘ mountainous regions ⓘ
usesScript	Burmese script ⓘ Latin script ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

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

Shan Hills → inhabitedBy → Palaung people ⓘ

Palaungic → associatedWithEthnicGroup → Palaung people ⓘ

Palaung language → ethnicGroup → Palaung people ⓘ

Palaungic languages → associatedWithEthnicGroup → Palaung people ⓘ

Shan State → ethnicGroup → Palaung people ⓘ

Shan Plateau → otherEthnicGroups → Palaung people ⓘ

Myanmar Highlands → hasEthnicGroup → Palaung people ⓘ

Palaung people → recognizedAs → Palaung people self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Taʼang ethnic group