Lahu people

E673247
ethnic group

The Lahu people are an ethnic group of the Tibeto-Burman family traditionally inhabiting the mountainous regions of China’s Yunnan province and neighboring parts of Southeast Asia, known for their distinct language, animist and Christian religious practices, and swidden agricultural lifestyle.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Lahu 3

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group ⓘ
countryRecognizedAsMinority China NERFINISHED ⓘ
ethnicGroupOf China NERFINISHED ⓘ
Laos NERFINISHED ⓘ
Myanmar NERFINISHED ⓘ
Thailand NERFINISHED ⓘ
Vietnam NERFINISHED ⓘ
geographicHabitat mountainous regions ⓘ
languageFamily Sino-Tibetan languages ⓘ
Tibeto-Burman languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
migrationPattern highland migration ⓘ
neighboringEthnicGroups Akha people NERFINISHED ⓘ
Hani people NERFINISHED ⓘ
Karen people NERFINISHED ⓘ
officialMinorityNameInChina Lahu NERFINISHED ⓘ
officialMinorityStatusIn China NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf hill tribes of mainland Southeast Asia ⓘ
populationConcentration Shan State NERFINISHED ⓘ
Yunnan NERFINISHED ⓘ
northern Thailand ⓘ
primaryRegion Southwest China NERFINISHED ⓘ
Yunnan NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion Buddhism ⓘ
Christianity ⓘ
animism ⓘ
speaks Lahu language NERFINISHED ⓘ
subgroup Lahu Na NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lahu Nyi NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lahu Phu NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lahu Shehleh NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lahu Shi NERFINISHED ⓘ
traditionalCrops maize ⓘ
opium poppy ⓘ
rice ⓘ
traditionalDressFeatures black clothing ⓘ
colorful embroidery ⓘ
traditionalEconomy shifting cultivation ⓘ
swidden agriculture ⓘ
traditionalHousing stilt houses ⓘ
traditionalLivelihood gathering ⓘ
hunting ⓘ
traditionalMusic bamboo instruments ⓘ
traditionalReligionFeatures ancestor worship ⓘ
shamanism ⓘ
spirit worship ⓘ
usesWritingSystem Lahu script NERFINISHED ⓘ
Latin alphabet ⓘ

Referenced by (15)

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

Wa people → borderingEthnicGroups → Lahu people ⓘ
Pu'er → ethnicComposition → Lahu people ⓘ
northern Thailand → ethnicGroup → Lahu people ⓘ
subject surface form: Northern Thailand
Shan State → ethnicGroup → Lahu people ⓘ
Lincang → hasEthnicGroup → Lahu people ⓘ
Myanmar Highlands → hasEthnicGroup → Lahu people ⓘ
Tak Province → hasEthnicGroup → Lahu people ⓘ
Tibeto-Burman peoples → hasEthnicGroup → Lahu people ⓘ
YN → hasEthnicGroup → Lahu people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lahu
Golden Triangle region → hasEthnicGroups → Lahu people ⓘ
Mae Hong Son Province → hasEthnicMinority → Lahu people ⓘ
Tibeto-Burman languages → includesLanguage → Lahu people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lahu
Mae Sai → localEthnicGroups → Lahu people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lahu
Shan Plateau → otherEthnicGroups → Lahu people ⓘ
Hani → relatedEthnicGroups → Lahu people ⓘ