Xo Dang people
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The Sedang people (In Vietnamese: Xê Đăng or Xơ Đăng) are an ethnic group of Vietnam. They mainly inhabit the Kon Tum province, Quảng Nam province (Trà My and Phước Sơn districts), Quảng Ngãi province (Sơn Tây district). They are made up of five main groups: Xơ Teng (Xteng), Kayong, Halang, Monom and Todrah.
Regions with significant populations | |
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Vietnam 212,277 (2019)[1] | |
Languages | |
Sedang • Vietnamese | |
Religion | |
Animism • Christianity | |
Related ethnic groups | |
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Their main source of income is farming, but before the 20th century, they mostly relied on hunting and gathering. They are also known to be raising cattle and poultry.
Religiously, they are largely animistic and Roman Catholic. Their language is part of North Bahnaric - a branch of the Mon–Khmer language family.[2]
A small Halang-speaking community with around 1,000 people of Sedang live in the Laos' southeastern boundary province of Attapeu.