O Du

Total population
570 (est.)
Regions with significant populations
Vietnam 428 (2019)[1] Laos
Languages
O’du, • Vietnamese • Lao
Religion
Animism • Christianity

The Ơ Đu (O'du) are an aboriginal ethnic group in Vietnam and Laos. Their total population is more than 570.

Name variation

The Ơ Đu are also commonly referred to as O'Du, O Du, Iduh, Tay Hat, Hat, and Haat.^[2]

Culture

The Ơ Đu subsist mainly on slash-and-burn agriculture and raising cattle, augmented by hunting, gathering, and weaving.

Language

The Ơ Đu have a language also called O'du, which is a Khmuic language.^[2] The Khmuic languages are Austro-Asiatic.^[2] There is some debate as to whether the Khmuic languages are of the Mon–Khmer branch, but the majority opinion is that they are not. Most Ơ Đu presently speak Thai.^{[citation needed]}

Geographic distribution

• Population in Laos: 194 in Xiangkhouang Province^[2]
• Population in Vietnam: 301 in Tương Dương district of the Nghệ An Province (North Central Coast region)

See also

• List of ethnic groups in Vietnam
• List of ethnic groups in Laos

References

External links

• http://projekt.ht.lu.se/rwaai RWAAI (Repository and Workspace for Austroasiatic Intangible Heritage)
• http://hdl.handle.net/10050/00-0000-0000-0003-93EF-1@view Iduh in RWAAI Digital Archive

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