Nung people

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The Nung people are a Tai-speaking ethnic group primarily inhabiting northern Vietnam and parts of southern China, known for their wet-rice agriculture, traditional textiles, and rich folk music and festivals.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Nùng 1
Nùng people 1

Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Tai ethnic group
ethnic group
country China
Viet Nam
surface form: Vietnam
countryRegion Bắc Kạn Province NERFINISHED
Cao Bằng Province NERFINISHED
Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region NERFINISHED
Hà Giang Province NERFINISHED
Lạng Sơn Province NERFINISHED
Tuyên Quang Province NERFINISHED
Yunnan Province NERFINISHED
culturalHeritage folk tales
oral tradition
proverbs
ethnonym Nùng NERFINISHED
language Nung language NERFINISHED
Tai languages NERFINISHED
languageFamily Tai–Kadai languages NERFINISHED
livelihood local trade
small-scale animal husbandry
mainCrops cassava
maize
rice
majorCountryEthnicStatus recognized ethnic minority of China
recognized ethnic minority of Vietnam
primaryRegion northern Vietnam NERFINISHED
relatedEthnicGroup Tay people NERFINISHED
Thai people NERFINISHED
Zhuang people NERFINISHED
secondaryRegion southern China
settlementPattern mountain valleys
terraced fields
traditionalClothingFeature embroidered patterns
indigo-dyed jackets
silver jewelry
traditionalCraft embroidered clothing
indigo dyeing
textile weaving
traditionalFestival Lunar New Year (Tết Nguyên Đán) NERFINISHED
Lồng Tồng (field-going festival)
harvest festivals
traditionalMusic antiphonal singing
folk songs
love duets
traditionalReligion Buddhism NERFINISHED
Taoism NERFINISHED
ancestor worship
folk religion
traditionalSubsistence upland farming
wet-rice agriculture
writingSystemUsage Chinese characters (historically, in China)
Latin-based Vietnamese script (for Vietnamese)

Referenced by (5)

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

Tai languages hasEthnicGroup Nung people
this entity surface form: Nùng people
Thái Nguyên Province hasEthnicGroup Nung people
this entity surface form: Nùng
Yen Bai Province hasEthnicGroup Nung people
Tai peoples includesEthnicGroup Nung people
Zhuang people relatedEthnicGroup Nung people