Vietnamese

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The Vietnamese speak the Vietnamese language (a monosyllabic and tonal language of composite origin), and are the major ethnic group in Vietnam, a country south of China and east of Laos and Cambodia. The Vietnamese constitute more than 85 per cent of the population of Vietnam. A majority of Vietnamese still engage in agriculture although services and industry have become increasingly important to the economy.

Identifier

Region

• Asia

Subregion

• Southeast Asia

Subsistence Type

• intensive agriculturalists

Samples

• EA
• SCCS

Countries

• Vietnam

External Links

• Annamese (Ethnographic Atlas) D-PLACE
• Annamese (Standard Cross-Cultural Sample) D-PLACE