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Laos Laos (, ''Lāo'' )), officially the Lao People's Democratic Republic ( Lao: ສາທາລະນະລັດ ປະຊາທິປະໄຕ ປະຊາຊົນລາວ, French: République démocratique populaire lao), is a socialist s ...

Classification

Specialists are largely in agreement as to the ethnolinguistic classification of the ethnic groups of Laos. For the purposes of the 1995 census, the government of Laos recognized 149 ethnic groups within 47 main ethnicities. whereas the

Lao Front for National Construction The Lao Front for National Development (LFND; lo, ແນວລາວສ້າງຊາດ, ) is a Laotian popular front founded in 1979, and led by the Lao People's Revolutionary Party. Its task is to organize Laotian mass mobilization, and ...

(LFNC) recently revised the list to include 49 ethnicities consisting of over 160 ethnic groups. The term ''ethnic minorities'' is used by some to classify the non-Lao ethnic groups, while the term ''indigenous peoples'' is not used by Lao authorities. These 160 ethnic groups speak a total of 82 distinct living languages.

Mon-Khmer

* Aheu (population of approximately 1,770 in Bolikhamsai Province) * Alak (population of approximately 4,000 in southern Laos) * Arem (population of approximately 500 in Laos) * Bo (population of 2,950 in Laos) * Bru (population of approximately 69,000 in Laos) * Chut (population of 450 in Khammouane Province) * Halang Doan (population of 2,350 in Attapeu Province and on the Kasseng Plateau) *

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or Tum (population of 2,000 in Bolikhamsai and Khammouane Provinces) * Ir (population of 4,420 in Salavan Province) * Jeh (population of 8,013 in southern Laos) *

Katang The Katang (Kataang) ( lo, ຊົນເຜົ່າກະຕາງ; ) are an ethnic group predominantly living in Laos. A few live elsewhere in Southeast Asia. In 2015 there were 144,255 living in Laos, making them one of the largest subgroups of ...

(population of 107,350 in Laos) *

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(population of 14,700 in Laos) * Khlor (population of 6,000 in Laos) * Khmer (population of 10,400 in Laos) * Khua (population of 2,000 in Laos) * Kri * Kuy (population of 51,180 in Laos) * Lavae (also referred to as Brao)Ta Ong Trail
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(population of 12,750 in Laos) * Laven (population of 40,519 in Laos) *

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Maleng Maleng, also known as Pakatan and Bo, is a Vietic language of Laos and Vietnam. Maleng has the four-way register Register or registration may refer to: Arts entertainment, and media Music * Register (music), the relative "height" or range ...

(population of 800 in Laos) *

Mon Mon, MON or Mon. may refer to: Places * Mon State, a subdivision of Myanmar * Mon, India, a town in Nagaland * Mon district, Nagaland * Mon, Raebareli, a village in Uttar Pradesh, India * Mon, Switzerland, a village in the Canton of Grisons * A ...

* Ngae (population of 12,189 in Laos) * Nguon * Nyaheun * Ong * Oi (population of 23,500 in Laos) * Pakoh * Phong * Sadang * Salang (ethnic group) * Sapuan (ethnic group) * Makong * Sou * Souei * Taliang * Ta-oi * Vietnamese (population of 76,000 in Laos) * Yae

Palaungic

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(population of 1,530 in Laos, disputed as to whether Palaungic or Khmuic) * Con (population of 1,000 in Luang Namtha Province) * Samtao (population of 2,359 in Laos) * Lamet (population of 16,740 in Laos)

Khmuic

* Khmu (population of 389,694 in Laos) * Khuen (population of approximately 8,000 in Laos) * Mal (population of 23,200 in Laos) * Mlabri (population of 24 in Laos, also known as the Yumbri) * O'du * Phai (population of 15,000 in Laos) *

Xinh Mul Ksingmul (Ksing Mul, Puoc, vi, Xinh Mun, ) is a Mon–Khmer language spoken by the Ksingmul people of Vietnam and Laos. Varieties Jerold Edmondson (2010: 144), citing Đặng Nghiêm Vạn, et al. (1972: 254 ff.), lists 3 major varieties of K ...

(population of 3,164 in Laos, including Phong-Kniang and Puoc, also known as the ''Sing Mun'')Ta La, Laos
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Tibeto-Burman

* Lolo ethnicity ** Kaw (population of approximately 58,000 in Laos) **

Hani Hani may refer to: People * Hani (name) * Hani (producer), a record producer and remixer from New York City * Hani (singer), a South Korean singer and member of EXID * Hani people, an ethnic group of China and Vietnam Places * Hani, an island in ...

(population of 1,122 in

Phongsaly Province Phongsaly province ( Lao ຜົ້ງສາລີ), also spelled ''Phôngsali'', is a province of Laos in the extreme north of the country. The capital of the province is the city of Phôngsali. Phongsaly is between Yunnan (China), and Điệ ...

) ** Kaduo (population of 5,000 on Laos-China border) ** Lahu (population of 8,702 in Laos, also referred to as Museu) ** Lahu Shi (population of 3,240 in Laos) ** Phana ** Phunoi ** Si La * Kado (population of 225 in

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Hmong-Mien

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(population of 200,000 in Laos) * Hmong Njua (population of 245,600 in Laos) * Iu Mien (population of 20,250, also called Yao) * Kim Mun (population of 4,500 in Laos)

Tai and Rau

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Tai Dam The Tai Dam ( Tai Dam: , lo, ໄຕດຳ, th, ไทดำ) are an ethnic minority predominantly from China, northwest Vietnam, Laos, Thailand. They are part of the Tai peoples and ethnically similar to the Thai from Thailand, the Lao fro ...

* Tai Gapong * Tai He (or Tai E) * Tai Khang (population of 47,636 in Laos) * Tay Khang * Tai Kao * Kongsat * Kuan (population of 2,500 in Laos) * Tai Laan * Tai Maen * Lao (population of 3,000,000 in Laos) * Lao Lom * Tai Long * Tai Lue (population of 300,000 in Laos) * Northeastern Thai (including the Tai Kaleun and Isan people) * Tai Nuea * Kassak (located to the south and southeast of

Luang Prabang Luang Phabang, ( Lao: ຫລວງພະບາງ/ ຫຼວງພະບາງ) or ''Louangphabang'' (pronounced ), commonly transliterated into Western languages from the pre-1975 Lao spelling ຫຼວງພຣະບາງ (ຣ = silent r ...

, in an area bounded by the Nam Khan River, Phu Hin Salik, Nam Sanane River, Nam Ming River, and Nam Khan River up to Xieng Ngeun District). The Kassak language is a Lao dialect, although the Kassak people live a lifestyle similar to that of the

Khmu people The Khmu (; Khmu: ; lo, ຂະມຸ ; th, ขมุ ; vi, Khơ Mú; ; my, ခမူ) are an ethnic group of Southeast Asia. The majority (88%) live in northern Laos where they constitute the largest minority ethnic group, comprising eleve ...

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Nyaw The Lao Nyaw, Thai Nyaw or Tai Yo (Thai/Isan: ไทญ้อ, , Isan pronunciation: , Khmer: ឡាវញ៉) are an ethnic group of Thailand, Cambodia and Laos, scattered throughout the provinces of Isan such as Nong Khai, Sakon Nakhon, Nakho ...

* Tai Pao * Tai Peung * Phuan (population of 106,099 in Laos) * Phutai (population of 154,400 in Laos) * Saek * Tai Sam * Tai Yo * Tayten * Yoy * Zhuang (including the

Nùng people The Nùng (''pronounced as noong'' uːŋ are a Central Tai-speaking ethnic group living primarily in northeastern Vietnam and southwestern Guangxi. The Nùng sometimes call themselves Tho, which literally means '' autochthonous'' (indigenous ...

) * Shan * Yang

Chinese

* Chinese * Laotian Chinese

Unclassified

* Chere * Jri Below are some ethnic groups of Laos who speak unclassified languages, listed roughly from north to south. District codes are also given (see ''

districts of Laos Laos is divided into 17 provinces ( Lao: ແຂວງ, ''khoueng'') and 1 prefecture (''kampheng nakhon''), or capital city municipality (ນະຄອນຫລວງ, '' nakhon luang''). Furthermore, 1 so-called special administrative zone (ເ� ...

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