Chong
E775505
Chong is an indigenous ethnic group in Southeast Asia that speaks a Pearic language and is traditionally found in parts of Cambodia and Thailand.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Chong canonical | 1 |
| Chung | 1 |
| Eastern Chong | 1 |
| Western Chong | 1 |
Statements (38)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | ethnic group ⓘ |
| classification | Mon-Khmer peoples NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| continent | Asia ⓘ |
| country |
Cambodia
ⓘ
Thailand ⓘ |
| culturalPractice |
ancestor veneration
ⓘ
spirit worship ⓘ |
| culturalRegion | mainland Southeast Asia ⓘ |
| demographicTrend | declining number of fluent speakers ⓘ |
| ethnonym | Chong people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAutonym | Chong NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasExonym |
Chung
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Xong NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| indigenousTo |
Cambodia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Thailand NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Austroasiatic languages
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Pearic languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageShift |
shift to Khmer in Cambodia
ⓘ
shift to Thai in Thailand ⓘ |
| languageStatus | endangered ⓘ |
| linguisticSubgroup | Chong subgroup of Pearic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| minorityStatus |
ethnic minority in Cambodia
ⓘ
ethnic minority in Thailand ⓘ |
| region | Southeast Asia ⓘ |
| relatedEthnicGroup |
Pear people
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Samre people NERFINISHED ⓘ Sa’och people NERFINISHED ⓘ Suoy people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion |
Theravada
ⓘ
surface form:
Theravada Buddhism
animism ⓘ |
| riskFactor | language endangerment due to assimilation ⓘ |
| traditionalLanguage | Chong language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| traditionalLivelihood |
hunting and gathering
ⓘ
subsistence agriculture ⓘ swidden farming ⓘ |
| traditionalRegion |
eastern Thailand
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
western Cambodia ⓘ |
| writingSystem | no widely used indigenous script ⓘ |
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.