Pnong

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Pnong
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Total population
Unknown
Regions with significant populations
Cambodia : Mondulkiri
Languages
Khmer, others
Religion
Animist

For the town Phnong, see Ou Ya Dav District.

The Pnong are an aboriginal Cambodian minority ethnic group, found primarily in Mondulkiri province of Cambodia, and speaking a Mon-Khmer language.

The Pnong minority are normally not members of any organized religion, but instead are animists who revere nature.

[edit] Pnong in the media

A Pnong woman, thought to be Rochom P'ngieng, was discovered after presumably spending 19 years alone in the jungle.[2] Braden Pewitt has written a 106-page book to help analyze and understand how the Pnong view the world.