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Total population | |
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183,004 [1] | |
Regions with significant populations | |
Northern Vietnam | |
Languages | |
Cantonese • Mandarin • Vietnamese • Pinghua | |
Religion | |
Predominantly
Mahayana
Buddhism Taoism, Catholicism and Evangelicalism | |
Related ethnic groups | |
Chinese Vietnamese, Yao people |
The Sán Dìu (also known as San Deo, Trai, Trai Dat and Man Quan Coc; Chinese: 山由族; pinyin: Shān yóu zú; Jyutping: saan1 jau4 zuk6; Cantonese Yale: Sanyau Juk; Chữ nôm: 𠊛 山 由; Vietnamese alphabet: Người Sán Dìu) are a Yao ethnic group in northern Vietnam who speak Yue Chinese ( Cantonese), a Sinitic language. They are believed to have migrated from Guangdong, China around 1600[ citation needed].
The group's estimated population as of 2000 was 117,500; the 2019 census put the number at 183,004. [1] They speak a variant of Cantonese, and it is suggested that some still speak Iu Mien.[ citation needed] The major religions are Mahayana Buddhism and Taoism, with elements of animism and veneration of the dead. About 400 are adherents of the Catholic Church; a few are evangelical Protestants. This ethnic group is mainly concentrated around the Tam Đảo range in Thái Nguyên Province.