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4 unusual facts about Yang people


Yang people

The Yang of Ay village, Namo District claim to have come from the Mường Lay and Mường Sô areas of northern Vietnam over 200 years ago, where they were called "Tai Lay" (Chazee 1998:23).

Kingsada (1999) covers the Yang (jaŋ13) language of Long Ngai Kao village, Bun Neua District, Phongsaly Province, Laos.

The Yang are distributed in the following villages of Phongsaly, Luang Namtha, and Oudomxay provinces (Chazee 1998).

Yang culture is best preserved in Vieng Poukha and Nale districts of Luang Namtha province (Chazee 1998).



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