The Stieng people ( vi, Xtiêng) are an ethnic group of
Vietnam
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and
Cambodia
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. They speak
Stieng, a language in the
Bahnaric group of the
Mon–Khmer languages
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.
Most Stieng live in
Bình Phước Province (81,708 in 2009)
of the
Southeast
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region of Vietnam. In Cambodia, they are grouped under the heading
Khmer Loeu
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, referring to non-Khmer ethnic groups.
References
*Phùng Đăn Quang. 2005. ''Nhạc khí dân tộc S'Tiêng
usical instruments of the S'Tiêng people'. Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản trẻ.
External links
Stieng language pagefrom Ethnologue site
Ethnic groups in Vietnam
Ethnic groups in Cambodia
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