Ngái people
Người Ngái 𠊎人 | |
|---|---|
Ngái people doing moxibustion in Province Thái Nguyên | |
| Total population | |
| 4,841 (1999) 1,035 (2009) 1,649 (2019) | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Vietnam: Quảng Ninh, Thái Nguyên, Hải Phòng | |
| Languages | |
| Hakka, Cantonese, Vietnamese | |
| Religion | |
| Folk religion, Mahayana Buddhism | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Hakka, Tanka, Hoa, Hoa Nùng |
The Ngái (Vietnamese: người Ngái; chữ Nôm: 𠊛𠊎) are an ethnic group found in Vietnam, largely descended from the Hakka people of southern China. The Vietnamese government classifies the Ngai distinctly from the Cantonese people when considering ethnic minority groups. The term "Ngai" comes from the Hakka Chinese first person pronoun "ngai" (𠊎, "I / me"), and some Ngai use the endonym "San Ngai" (山𠊎, "mountain [-dwelling] Ngai").