Phù Lá
Encyclopedia
The Phù Lá are an ethnic group of Vietnam
and China
. Most Phù Lá live in the Lào Cai
province of northeastern
Vietnam, and their population in Vietnam is approximately 9,046.http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=phh There are also approximately 4,200 Phù Lá in China, where they are classified as members of the Yi
ethnic group.http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=phh
The Phù Lá speak a language in the Tibeto-Burman family, though many are shifting to the Vietnamese language
.http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=phh
They sing Êmê kha bá and play ma nhí, pi tót, and cúc kẹ. They celebrate the Gù Shư Mu festival and Ga Ta Ma Chu festival.
Vietnam
Vietnam – sometimes spelled Viet Nam , officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam – is the easternmost country on the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia. It is bordered by China to the north, Laos to the northwest, Cambodia to the southwest, and the South China Sea –...
and China
China
Chinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture...
. Most Phù Lá live in the Lào Cai
Lao Cai Province
Lào Cai , is a province of northeastern in the mountainous region of Vietnam, bordering the province of Yunnan in the China. The province covers an area of 6383.9 square kilometres and as of 2008 it had a population of 602,300 people....
province of northeastern
Dong Bac
The Northeast is the region at the north of the Red River Delta, Vietnam. Northeast called to distinguish them from the Northwest, but it's actually in the north and northeast of Hanoi, wider than Việt Bắc. The northeast is one of three sub-regions of northern Vietnam...
Vietnam, and their population in Vietnam is approximately 9,046.http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=phh There are also approximately 4,200 Phù Lá in China, where they are classified as members of the Yi
Yi people
The Yi or Lolo people are an ethnic group in China, Vietnam, and Thailand. Numbering 8 million, they are the seventh largest of the 55 ethnic minority groups officially recognized by the People's Republic of China...
ethnic group.http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=phh
The Phù Lá speak a language in the Tibeto-Burman family, though many are shifting to the Vietnamese language
Vietnamese language
Vietnamese is the national and official language of Vietnam. It is the mother tongue of 86% of Vietnam's population, and of about three million overseas Vietnamese. It is also spoken as a second language by many ethnic minorities of Vietnam...
.http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=phh
They sing Êmê kha bá and play ma nhí, pi tót, and cúc kẹ. They celebrate the Gù Shư Mu festival and Ga Ta Ma Chu festival.