Nyah Kur people

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The Nyah Kur people are an indigenous ethnic group of central Thailand, considered descendants of the ancient Mon civilization and known for preserving a distinct Monic language and traditional culture.

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Nyah Kur people canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group
ancestry Mon people NERFINISHED
bilingualism Nyah Kur and Thai
continent Asia
country Thailand
countryOfCitizenship Thailand NERFINISHED
culturalPractice ancestor veneration ceremonies
spirit medium rituals
traditional dance
traditional music
culturalRevitalization local efforts to preserve Nyah Kur language and traditions
educationLanguage Thai
ethnicity Nyah Kur NERFINISHED
ethnologueCode cbn
exonym Chao Bon NERFINISHED
heritageLanguageTransmission primarily oral
historicalOrigin descendants of ancient Mon polities in central Thailand
integration increasingly assimilated into Thai society
language Nyah Kur language NERFINISHED
languageFamily Austroasiatic languages NERFINISHED
Monic languages NERFINISHED
languageStatus endangered language community
linguisticFeature conservative Monic phonology compared to modern Mon
migrationHistory remained in forested highlands after decline of Mon centers
minorityStatus ethnic minority in Thailand
nativeTo Chaiyaphum Province NERFINISHED
Lopburi Province NERFINISHED
Nakhon Ratchasima Province NERFINISHED
Phetchabun Province NERFINISHED
Saraburi Province NERFINISHED
populationTrend declining number of fluent Nyah Kur speakers
region central Thailand
relatedEthnicGroup Mon people NERFINISHED
religion Theravada
surface form: Theravada Buddhism

animism
selfDesignation Nyah Kur NERFINISHED
traditionalBelief forest spirits
guardian spirits of villages
traditionalHousing stilt houses
traditionalOccupation hunting and gathering
rice farming
subsistence agriculture
traditionalReligion ancestor worship
spirit worship
writingSystem Thai script NERFINISHED

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Mon people relatedEthnicGroup Nyah Kur people