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)
and the siesta culture, which Vietnam shares, with mosts nations in the tropical areas.
Nghi Trua