The K'Ho, Cơ Ho, or Koho are an ethnic group living in the

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province of

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's Central Highlands. They speak the K'Ho language, a southern Bahnaric branch of the Mon–Khmer language group. They are related to the Cho Ro and Mạ people. The Lạch people, a subgroup of K'Ho, is the indigenous group of Lâm Đồng. The name of the city of

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(Lâm Đồng's capital) originated from Đà Lạch (literally "water of the Lạch people"): now the Cam Ly stream, which eventually flows into the

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to the South-West of the city.

Culture

They have a

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called ''kăm boat'' and the dish sour gruel. K'ho people's

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worships a pantheon of gods, including Yang N'Du, the Supreme God, forest god, water god, fire god... The majority of the Koho people now identify as Christian. K'ho people also boast rich vernacular literature, such as the Epic of Gơ Plom kòn Yồi (literally "The child of Plom is Yồi"). KohoReader

Subdivisions

According to Ngọc (2010:11), subdivisions of the Cơ-Ho include the following tribes. *Srê *Nộp *C'don *Cil *Lach *T'ring Đưng K'nớ commune, Lạc Dương district, Lâm Đồng province has the following subdivisions (clans) (Ngọc 2010:14). *Bon Dơng *Rơ Ông *K'Long *Kơ Liêng *Krajan *Pang Ting *Da-gout *Bon Niêng *Cil *Liêng Hót *Phi Srônh *M'bon *Kơ Să *Đơng G *Bon Đing

References

*Ngọc Lý Hiển. 2010. ''Nghề dệt vải của người Cơ-Ho Chil''. Hà Nội: Nhà xuất bản văn hóa thông tin. Ethnic groups in Vietnam {{Vietnam-stub