Jeh-Tariang people

Jeh-Tariang
Jeh-Tariang/Giẻ Triêng
Total population
63,322 (2019)[1]
Regions with significant populations
Vietnam : Kon Tum
Languages
Jeh and Tariang (native) • Vietnamese
Religion
Traditional religion

The Jeh-Tariang people, also written as Gie Trieng people (Vietnamese: người Giẻ Triêng) are an ethnic group in Vietnam. Most Jeh-Tariang live in the province of Kon Tum, in Vietnam's Central Highlands region, and in 2019 the population was 63,322. They speak Jeh language and Tariang language—a part of the Mon–Khmer language family.

They practice the custom of interring bodies of the dead by hanging coffins on trees.

Notable Jeh-Tariang

References

  1. ^ "Report on Results of the 2019 Census". General Statistics Office of Vietnam. Retrieved 1 May 2020.


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