Lahu

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The Lahu people (Chinese: 拉祜族 Lāhùzú; own names: Ladhulsi or Kawzhawd; Vietnamese: La Hủ) are an ethnic group.

They form one of the 56 ethnic groups officially recognized by the People's Republic of China, where they live in Yunnan province. They are one of 54 ethnic groups in Vietnam, where 5300 of them live in Lai Chau province. Other populations of Lahu live in Laos and Burma. There are around 25,000 Lahu in Thailand, where they are one of the six main hill tribes.

Their language is most closely related to the Yi language, a member of the Tibeto-Burman branch of the Sino-Tibetan language family. It is written with the Latin alphabet.

Chinese ethnic groups (classification by PRC government)

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