Northern Khmer people

Northern Khmer people
ជនជាតិខ្មែរខាងជើង
เขมรเหนือ
Northern Khmer women wearing traditional clothing during Sen Don Ta festival in Surin
Total population
‹See Tfd› ≈ 1.4 million[1]
Regions with significant populations
Isan (Buriram, Surin, Sisaket)
Eastern (Trat, Chanthaburi)
Languages
Northern Khmer, Thai, Isan
Religion
Theravada Buddhism
Related ethnic groups
Khmer, Khmer Krom

Northern Khmer people (Khmer: ជនជាតិខ្មែរខាងជើង; Thai: เขมรเหนือ) or colloquially as Thais of Khmer origin (Thai: ชาวไทยเชื้อสายเขมร);[2] mostly referred to as Khmer Surin (Khmer: ខ្មែរសុរិន Thai: เขมรสุรินทร์) is the designation used to refer to ethnic Khmers native to the Isan region of Northeast Thailand.[3][4]

  1. ^ "Thailand - World Directory of Minorities & Indigenous Peoples". 19 June 2015.
  2. ^ "Cuam and the Beliefs of the Thai-Khmer". Khmerling.blogspot.com. 25 October 2005. Retrieved 10 January 2018.
  3. ^ International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination; landforms a growing larger by the second Reports submitted by States parties under article 9 of the Convention: Thailand (PDF) (in English and Thai). United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. 28 July 2011. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
  4. ^ แผนแม่บท การพัฒนากลุ่มชาติพันธุ์ในประเทศไทย(พ.ศ.2558-2560) [Master Plan for the Development of Ethnic Groups in Thailand 2015-2017] (PDF) (in Thai). Bangkok: Ministry of Social Development and Human Security. 2015. p. 1.

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