Bahnar people

Bahnar
Ba-Na
Bahnar women dancing
Total population
≈ estimated 300,000
Regions with significant populations
 Vietnam286,910[1]
 United States≈ 10,000
 France≈ 5.000
Languages
Bahnar-RengaoVietnamese
Religion
Traditional religion, Animism, Christianity
Related ethnic groups
Sedang, Jarai

The Bahnar or Ba-Na (Vietnamese pronunciation: [ɓaː˧naː˧] are an ethnic group of Vietnam and the indigenous people of the Central Highland provinces of Gia Lai and Kon Tum, as well as the coastal provinces of Bình Định and Phú Yên. They speak the Bahnar language, a language in the Bahnaric language group that belongs to the Mon-Khmer (Austroasiatic) language family.

Bahnar Cathedral in Kon Tum
  1. ^ "Report on Results of the 2019 Census". General Statistics Office of Vietnam. Retrieved 1 May 2020.

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