Ethnic groups 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

Vietic

Austronesian

Negrito peoples

Sino-Tibetan

Tibeto-Burman

Distribution of Sino-Tibetan languages

Hua

Hui

Hmong–Mien

Distribution of Hmong–Mien languages

Kra-Dai

Distribution of Kra–Dai languages

Indo-Aryan and Dravidian

Indo Aryan

Indo-Aryan and Dravidian

Arabian

Eurasian

See also

References

  1. ""World Population prospects – Population division"". population.un.org. United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. Retrieved November 9, 2019.
  2. ""Overall total population" – World Population Prospects: The 2019 Revision" (xslx). population.un.org (custom data acquired via website). United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. Retrieved November 9, 2019.
  3. "走访沙巴"山东村"甲必丹记略". 美國中文作家協會 (in Chinese). 2019-06-21. Retrieved 2019-11-11.
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