The Lao people are a Tai ethnic group native to Southeast Asia, primarily inhabiting Laos and northeastern Thailand. They speak the Lao language, part of the Kra–Dai language family, and are the dominant ethnic group in Laos.

4 days ago · Beyond the government’s three Lao groupings are communities of Chinese and Vietnamese, both of which are concentrated primarily in the large towns. The Lao Loum generally live on the banks of the Mekong and its tributaries and in the cities. All speak Tai languages of the Tai-Kadai family.

Jul 29, 2019 · The largest ethnic group in Laos is the Lao (53.2%), followed by the Khmou (11%), and the Hmongs (9.2%). There are over 100 minor ethnic groups in Laos, which made up about 26% of the population in 2005.

6 days ago · Laos - Ethnicity, Religion, Traditions: Most families in Laos are involved in farming. Members of households work the land together, with a division of labour by gender. In wet rice cultivation, men plow and prepare the seedbed, control water …

Laos counts about 80 ethnical groups which can be grouped into 4 families. Each group speaking its own dialect and having its own customs, traditions, religion, etc.

Laos, [c] officially the Lao People's Democratic Republic (Lao PDR), [d] is the only landlocked country in Southeast Asia. It is bordered by Myanmar and China to the northwest, Vietnam to the east, Cambodia to the southeast, and Thailand to the west and southwest.

Jul 13, 2020 · These are Lao-Tai (the original Lao Loum), Mon-Khmer (mainly Lao Theung), Hmong-Mien (Lao Soung), and Chinese-Tibetan. The Lao-Tai are the dominant ethnicity, mostly made up of Lao people, and they tend to live in the lowlands where the wetlands lend themselves to …

For the purposes of the 1995 census, the government of Laos recognised 149 ethnic groups within 47 main ethnicities. [9] whereas the Lao Front for National Construction (LFNC) recently revised the list to include 49 ethnicities consisting of over 160 ethnic groups.

Mar 22, 2019 · Of individual ethnic groups, the Lao ethnic group (Lao-Tai family) is the largest, accounting for 53 percent of the total population of Laos. The Khmou ethnic group (Mon-Khmer family) accounts for 11 percent, with Hmong people (Hmong-lu Mien family) accounting for roughly nine percent.

Laos is a landlocked Southeast Asian country surrounded by Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, Myanmar (Burma), and China. It has an area of about 91,400 square miles (236,800 square kilometer). A key physical feature is the Annamese Cordillera mountain range that runs from north to south, along the eastern border with Vietnam.