The Ngái (Vietnamese: Người Ngái; Chữ Nôm: 𠊛𠊎) are a Hakka-speaking community in Vietnam and other nearby countries of Indochina, whose ancestors were Southern Chinese.[4] The Vietnamese government separated Ngai from Cantonese when considering ethnic minority groups.
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 Ngái people doing moxibustion in Province Thái Nguyên | |
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 4,841 (1999)[1] 1,035 (2009)[2] 1,649 (2019)[3] | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Vietnam: Quảng Ninh, Thái Nguyên, Hải Phòng | |
| Languages | |
| Hakka, Mandarin Chinese & Vietnamese | |
| Religion | |
| Mahayana Buddhism | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Hakka people, Chinese Vietnamese, Tanka people |
According to Vietnamese sources the Ngái people speak Hakka, a Sino-Tibetan language but are classified separately from the Hoa or urban ethnic "Overseas Chinese". The Ngái population was 4,841 in 1999[1] but down only 1,035 in 2009 and up to 1,649 in 2019.[2][5][3]
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