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Total population | |
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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 Chinese, Mandarin Chinese & Vietnamese | |
Religion | |
Mahayana Buddhism | |
Related ethnic groups | |
Hakka people, Chinese Vietnamese, Tanka people |
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.
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]