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Ethnic groups of all of Southeast Asia
Ethnic groups of all of Southeast Asia

The ethnic groups of Southeast Asia comprise many different linguistic stocks. Apart from Negrito, which is a physical description, they are here arranged according to the family their languages belong to. Besides indigenous Southeast Asians, many East Asians and South Asians call Southeast Asia their home. The total Southeast Asian population stands at 655 million (2019).[1][2]

Austro-Asiatic

Distribution of Austroasiatic languages
Distribution of Austroasiatic languages

Austronesian

Further information: Austronesian peoples
Dispersal of Austronesian languages
Dispersal of Austronesian languages
Map of ethnic groups in Indonesia
Map of ethnic groups in Indonesia

Negrito peoples

Further information: Negrito and Proto-Australoid

Sino-Tibetan

Tibeto-Burman

Distribution of Sino-Tibetan languages
Distribution of Sino-Tibetan languages

Hua

Hui

Hmong–Mien

Distribution of Hmong–Mien languages
Distribution of Hmong–Mien languages

Kra-Dai

Further information: Kra–Dai ethnic groups in Southeast Asia and Kra–Dai-speaking peoples
Distribution of Kra–Dai languages
Distribution of Kra–Dai languages

Indo-Aryan and Dravidian

Indo Aryan

Indo-Aryan and Dravidian

Arabian

Eurasian

See also

References

  1. ^ "World Population Prospects 2022". population.un.org. United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. Retrieved July 17, 2022.
  2. ^ "World Population Prospects 2022: Demographic indicators by region, subregion and country, annually for 1950-2100" (XSLX). population.un.org ("Total Population, as of 1 July (thousands)"). United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. Retrieved July 17, 2022.
  3. ^ "走访沙巴"山东村"甲必丹记略". 美國中文作家協會 (in Chinese (China)). 2019-06-21. Retrieved 2019-11-11.
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