May people

Mày
Total population
1163 (2008)
Regions with significant populations
Minh Hóa District, Quảng Bình province, Vietnam
Languages
Mày, Bru, Vietnamese
Religion
Animism, Shamanism, Theravada Buddhism
Related ethnic groups
Rục, Mã Liềng, Arem, Muong

The Mày is a small ethnic group of Vietnam, indigenous to the mountains of Central Vietnamese province of Quảng Bình.[1] In Vietnam, they are considered a sub-ethnic group of the Chứt.[2] Only about 450 individuals still speak the May language, a distinct Vietic Cheut language.[3]

  1. ^ Babaev, Kirill; Samarina, Irina (2021). Sidwell, Paul (ed.). A Grammar of May: An Austroasiatic Language of Vietnam. Brill. p. 15. ISBN 978-9-00446-108-6.
  2. ^ Schliesinger, Joachim (2003). Ethnic Groups of Laos: Profiles of Austro-Asiatic-speaking peoples. White Lotus Press. p. 173. ISBN 978-9-744-80036-7.
  3. ^ Babaev, Kirill; Samarina, Irina (2021). Sidwell, Paul (ed.). A Grammar of May: An Austroasiatic Language of Vietnam. Brill. p. 22. ISBN 978-9-00446-108-6.