The Jeh-Tariang people, also written as Gie Trieng people () are an ethnic group in
Vietnam
Vietnam, officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (SRV), is a country at the eastern edge of mainland Southeast Asia, with an area of about and a population of over 100 million, making it the world's List of countries and depende ...
. Most Jeh-Tariang live in the province of
Kon Tum
Kon Tum is the capital city of Kon Tum Province in Vietnam. It is located inland in the Central Highlands region of Vietnam, near the borders of Laos and Cambodia.
Historically, this area has been inhabited by the indigenous Ba Na people, whic ...
, in Vietnam's
Central Highlands region, and in 2019 the population was 63,322. They speak
Jeh language and
Tariang language - a part of the
Mon–Khmer language family.
They practice the custom of interring bodies of the dead by hanging the coffin on a tree.
Notable Jeh-Tariang
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A Huỳnh, Vietnamese footballer
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A Hoàng, Vietnamese footballer
References
Ethnic groups in Vietnam
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