 | |
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| ~400 (est.) | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Laos, Thailand | |
| Languages | |
| Mlabri, others | |
| Religion | |
| Christianity,[1][2] Animism[3] |
The Mlabri (Thai:มลาบรี) or Mrabri, also called the Phi Tong Luang, are an ethnic group of Thailand and Laos, and have been called "the most interesting and least understood people in Southeast Asia".[4] Only about 400 or fewer Mlabris remain in the world today, with some estimates as low as 100. A hill tribe in northern Thailand along the border with Laos, they have been groups of nomadic hunter-gatherers. Those in Thailand live close to the Hmong and northern Thai. Those living in Laos live close to other ethnic groups.
- ^ Chongwarothai, Methiphat & Moyadi, Pannachat (2014). Social Changes and Lifestyle of Mlabris in Tambol Mae Khaning, Amphur Wiangsa, Nan Province (PDF). Bangkok: Sukhothai Thammathirat Open University. p. 67.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ "Mlabri (Tong Lueang)" (PDF). Thai Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 13 July 2019.
- ^ "Mlabri".
- ^ Schliesinger, Joachim, Ethnic Groups of Laos, vol. 2, ISBN 974-480-036-4, p. 187