Jeh-Tariang/Giẻ Triêng | |
|---|---|
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| 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 the coffin on a tree.
- ^ "Report on Results of the 2019 Census". General Statistics Office of Vietnam. Retrieved 1 May 2020.