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SOME LANGUAGE AND ETHNICITY INFORMATION

THE TRIBES OF VIETNAM 

Number of Speakers: Approximately 59 million in 1970 (includes Vietnamese speakers within Cambodia, Laos, and China)

Key Dialects:

Northern Vietnamese (Tonkinese)

Central Vietnamese (High Annamese)

Southern Vietnamese (Cochinchinese) 

and the minorities-

Hmong

Montagnards

Nungs

Chams

'overseas' Chinese 

Literally within walking distance in some provinces between villiages, you could go from one language to another.

Oh, i forgot Tam Biet

(till we meet again)

Literally within walking distance in some provinces between villiages, you could go from one language to another.

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