Bru people

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Bru-Vân Kiều
Total population
129,559 (1999 est.)
Regions with significant populations
Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia
Languages
Bru, Vietnamese, Lao, Thai
Religions
Traditional religion (ancestor worship), Christianity^{[citation needed]}, Buddhism

The Bru (also Bruu, Brou, or Bru-Vân Kiều; Vietnamese: Người Bru - Vân Kiều) are an ethnic group living in Vietnam, Laos, and Thailand. They speak Bru, a Mon-Khmer language, which has several dialects. Their total population is estimated at 129,559 by Ethnologue.

In Laos, most Bru live in eastern Savannakhet Province, in the Sepone District, in the Isan region.

In Thailand, most Bru live in Sakon Nakhon Province, in the Isan region of northeast Thailand.

In Vietnam, most Bru live in the Quang Binh, Quang Tri, Dak Lak, and Thua Thien-Hue provinces.

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Ethnologue entry

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Ethnic groups in Thailand by language family

Tai
Isan · Khorat Thai · Khün · Lanna · Lao · Lao Ga · Lao Krang · Lao Lom · Lao Loum · Lao Ngaew · Lao Song · Lao Ti · Lao Wieng · Lu · Northeastern Thai · Northern Thai · Nyaw · Nyong · Phu Thai · Phuan · Saek · Shan · Southern Thai · Tai Bueng · Tai Daeng (Red Tai) · Tai Dam (Black Tai) · Tai Gapong · Kaleun · Tai Nüa · Tai Wang · Tai Yuan · Thai (Central Thai) · Yoy

Malayo-Polynesian
Cham · Malay · Moken · Moklen · Pattani · Satun · Urak Lawoi

Mon–Khmer
Bru · Chong · Kensiu · Khmer · Kintaq · Kuy · Mani (Negrito) · Mon · Nyahkur (Nyah Kur, Chao-bon) · Nyeu · Pear · Sa'och · So · Vietnamese