Stieng people explained

The Stieng people (vi|Xtiêng/Stiêng) are an ethnic group of Vietnam and Cambodia. They speak Stieng, a language in the Bahnaric group of the Mon–Khmer languages.

Most Stieng live in Bình Phước Province (81,708 in 2009)^[1] of the Southeast region of Vietnam. In Cambodia, they are classified as a group that used to refer to non-Khmer people, under the name Khmer Loeu.

References

• Phùng Đăn Quang. 2005. Nhạc khí dân tộc S'Tiêng [Musical instruments of the S'Tiêng people]. Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản trẻ.

External links

• Stieng language page from Ethnologue site

Notes and References

1. Web site: The 2009 Vietnam Population and Housing Census: Completed Results . General Statistics Office of Vietnam: Central Population and Housing Census Steering Committee . June 2010 . 26 November 2013 . 134 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131018040824/http://www.gso.gov.vn/Modules/Doc_Download.aspx?DocID=12724 . October 18, 2013 .