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Sán Dìu people
山由族
Người Sán Dìu (𠊛山由)
Total population
183,004[1]
Regions with significant populations
Northern Vietnam
Languages
Cantonese • Mandarin • Vietnamese • Pinghua
Religion
Predominantly Mahayana Buddhism
Taoism, Catholicism and Evangelicalism
Related ethnic groups
Chinese Vietnamese, Yao people

The Sán Dìu (also known as San Deo, Trai, Trai Dat and Man Quan Coc; Chinese: 山由族; pinyin: Shān yóu zú; Jyutping: saan1 jau4 zuk6; Cantonese Yale: Sanyau Juk; Chữ nôm: 𠊛山由; Vietnamese alphabet: Người Sán Dìu) are a Yao ethnic group in northern Vietnam who speak Yue Chinese (Cantonese), a Sinitic language. They are believed to have migrated from Guangdong, China around 1600[citation needed].

The group's estimated population as of 2000 was 117,500; the 2019 census put the number at 183,004.[1] They speak a variant of Cantonese, and it is suggested that some still speak Iu Mien.[citation needed] The major religions are Mahayana Buddhism and Taoism, with elements of animism and veneration of the dead. About 400 are adherents of the Catholic Church; a few are evangelical Protestants. This ethnic group is mainly concentrated around the Tam Đảo range in Thái Nguyên Province.

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References

  1. ^ a b "Report on Results of the 2019 Census". Google Docs. General Statistics Office of Vietnam. Retrieved 1 May 2020.


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