Raglai people

Raglai
Chapi - one-string zither of Raglai - Vietnam Museum of Ethnology - Hanoi
Total population
 Vietnam 146,613[1] (2019)
Regions with significant populations
Khánh Hòa, Bình Thuận, Ninh Thuận
Languages
RaglaiVietnamese
Related ethnic groups
Cham peopleJarai people

The Raglai (Vietnamese pronunciation: [rā ɣlāːj]) people are a Chamic ethnic group mainly living in Khánh Hòa and Ninh Thuận provinces of Central Vietnam. They speak Roglai - a Malayo-Polynesian language. The word Raglai means Forest in their language. The Raglai's population was 146,613 in 2019.[2]

Raglai Dance in Ma Noi commune, Ninh Thuận province, Vietnam
  1. ^ "Report on Results of the 2019 Census". General Statistics Office of Vietnam. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
  2. ^ "Committee of Ethnic Minority Affairs - Introduction about Raglai people". cema.gov.vn. Retrieved 20 April 2022.