Lahu people

Lahu people
Total population
About 1,000,000[1]
Regions with significant populations
China, Myanmar, Thailand
Significant Lahu diaspora populations in:
 China720,000[2]
 Myanmar150,000[2]
 Thailand100,000[3]
 Laos19,187[4]
 United States10,000[1]
 Vietnam12,113 (2019)
Languages
Lahu, Kucong
Religion
Animism, Buddhism,[5] Christianity
Related ethnic groups
Akha people, Karen people, Hani people

President- Jaha Seechang

The Lahu people (Chinese: 拉祜族 Lāhùzú; Lahu: Ladhulsi / Kawzhawd; Vietnamese: La Hủ) are an ethnic group native to China, Myanmar, and the rest of Mainland Southeast Asia.

  1. ^ a b Matisoff, James A. (2006). English-Lahu Lexicon. Google Books: University of California Press. pp. xi–xii. ISBN 9780520916111.
  2. ^ a b "Lahu". www.ethnic-china.com. Archived from the original on 1 July 2019. Retrieved 6 June 2019.
  3. ^ 'Chiang Mai's Hill Peoples' in: Forbes, Andrew, and Henley, David, Ancient Chiang Mai Volume 3. Chiang Mai, Cognoscenti Books, 2012.
  4. ^ "Results of Population and Housing Census 2015" (PDF). Lao Statistics Bureau. Archived (PDF) from the original on 8 March 2021. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
  5. ^ "The Lahu Ethnic Group". China.org.cn. Archived from the original on 23 September 2018. Retrieved 17 August 2018.

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