The Jeh-Tariang people, also written as Gie Trieng people ( vi, người Giẻ Triêng) are an ethnic group in
Vietnam
Vietnam or Viet Nam ( vi, Việt Nam, ), officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam,., group="n" is a country in Southeast Asia, at the eastern edge of mainland Southeast Asia, with an area of and population of 96 million, making i ...
. Most Jeh-Tariang live in the province of
Kon Tum
Kon Tum is the capital city of Kon Tum Province in Vietnam. It is located inland in the Central Highlands region of Vietnam, near the borders of Laos and Cambodia.
History
After the People's Army of Vietnam invaded South Vietnam on March 30, 1 ...
, in Vietnam's
Central Highlands region, and in 2019 the population was 63,322. They speak
Jeh language
Jeh (also spelled ''Die, Gie, Yaeh'') is a language spoken by more than fifteen thousand people in Vietnam
Vietnam or Viet Nam ( vi, Việt Nam, ), officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam,., group="n" is a country in Southeast Asia, ...
and
Tariang language - a part of
Mon–Khmer
The Austroasiatic languages , , are a large language family in Mainland Southeast Asia and South Asia. These languages are scattered throughout parts of Thailand, Laos, India, Myanmar, Malaysia, Bangladesh, Nepal, and southern China and are th ...
language.
They practice the custom of interring bodies of the dead by hanging the coffin on a tree.
Notable Jeh-Tariang
* A Huỳnh, football player, playing for the
Hoàng Anh Gia Lai Club.
References
Ethnic groups in Vietnam
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