Kinh people

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ethnic group majority ethnic group

The Kinh people are the majority ethnic group in Vietnam, historically dominant in the country’s politics, culture, and language.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Kinh 2
người Kinh 1

Statements (58)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group ⓘ
majority ethnic group ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Vietic peoples ⓘ
surface form: Viet people

Viet ⓘ
surface form: Vietnamese people
autonym Kinh people self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: người Kinh
capitalCityOfHomeland Hanoi ⓘ
country Viet Nam ⓘ
surface form: Vietnam
culturalPractice Mid-Autumn Festival celebration ⓘ
Tet (Lunar New Year) celebration ⓘ
ancestor veneration at family altars ⓘ
diaspora Australia ⓘ
Cambodia ⓘ
Canada ⓘ
Czech Republic ⓘ
France ⓘ
Germany ⓘ
Laos ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
dominantReligion Buddhism ⓘ
ethnicMajorityIn Viet Nam ⓘ
surface form: Vietnam
historicallyDominantIn Vietnamese culture ⓘ
Vietnamese language policy ⓘ
Vietnamese politics ⓘ
historicalScript chữ Nôm ⓘ
Classical Chinese ⓘ
surface form: classical Chinese characters (chữ Hán)
ISO639LanguageCode vi ⓘ
languageBranch Vietic languages ⓘ
languageFamily Austroasiatic ⓘ
surface form: Austroasiatic languages
mainLanguageOfState Vietnamese ⓘ
surface form: Vietnamese language
majorUrbanCenter Saigon ⓘ
surface form: Ho Chi Minh City
nativeTo Viet Nam ⓘ
surface form: Vietnam
populationShareInVietnam over 80 percent ⓘ
primaryLanguage Vietnamese ⓘ
surface form: Vietnamese language
region Central Vietnam ⓘ
northern Vietnam ⓘ
surface form: Northern Vietnam

Red River Delta ⓘ
Southeast region of Vietnam ⓘ
surface form: Southern Vietnam
relatedEthnicGroup Muong ⓘ
surface form: Muong people

other Vietic-speaking peoples ⓘ
religion Confucianism ⓘ
surface form: Confucianism (ethical and philosophical influence)

Mahayana ⓘ
surface form: Mahayana Buddhism

Protestantism ⓘ
Roman Catholicism ⓘ
Taoism ⓘ
surface form: Taoism (religious and philosophical influence)

ancestor worship ⓘ
folk religion ⓘ
stateFormingEthnicityOf Viet Nam ⓘ
surface form: Vietnam
traditionalAgriculture wet rice cultivation ⓘ
traditionalClothing áo dài ⓘ
áo tứ thân ⓘ
traditionalEconomy craft production ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
small-scale farming ⓘ
traditionalHeadgear nón lá (conical hat) ⓘ
traditionalMusic ca trù ⓘ
hát chèo ⓘ
quan họ ⓘ
writingSystem Vietnamese alphabet ⓘ
surface form: Latin-based Vietnamese alphabet (chữ Quốc ngữ)

Referenced by (7)

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

Xuan → associatedLanguageCommunity → Kinh people ⓘ
Kinh people → autonym → Kinh people self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: người Kinh
Ho Chi Minh → ethnicGroup → Kinh people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kinh
Huynh Tan Phat → ethnicGroup → Kinh people ⓘ
Ngo Dinh Diem → ethnicGroup → Kinh people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kinh
Nguyen Thi Binh → ethnicGroup → Kinh people ⓘ
Vietnamese → relatedEthnicGroup → Kinh people ⓘ
subject surface form: Vietnamese people