Si La (Asian people)

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Name (Latin)
Si La (Asian people)
Other forms of name
Cú Dề Tsừ (Asian people)
Cú Dề Xừ (Asian people)
Kha Sida (Asian people)
Khơ (Asian people)
Khờ PưỚ (Asian people)
Ko Sida (Asian people)
Lào Xủng (Asian people)
Sela (Asian people)
Si Đa (Asian people)
Sida (Asian people)
Sila (Asian people)
Sy La (Asian people)
Txạ (Asian people)
Xá (Asian people)
Xida (Asian people)
Xila (Asian people)
See Also From tracing topical name
Ethnology China
Ethnology Laos
Ethnology Vietnam
Tibeto-Burman peoples
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
Wikidata: Q1931240
Library of congress: sh2004001458
Sources of Information
  • Work cat.: Dân tộc Si La ở Việt Nam, 2001:p. 8 (Cú Dề Xừ) p. 16-17 (Si Đa, Khơ, Lào Xủng; Txạ, Xá; Cú Đề Tsừ; Khờ PưỚ) p. 7, etc. (Si La ethnic group, originated from China, can be found mostly in Lai Châu Province, Vietnam and Laos. The Si La language belongs to the Tibeto-Burman group)
  • Levinson, D. Ethnic groups worldwide, 1998:p. 248 (under Laos: Sy La (Sila))
  • Vietnamtourism.com, Oct. 5, 2004:English/Nationalities/Si La (Si La (Cu De Xu). Si La ethnic group. About 600 people, Lai Chau Province. Si La language belongs to the Tibeto-Burman group)
  • Schliesinger, J. Ethnic groups of Laos, c2003:v. 4, pp. 59-60 (Sila; alternative names: Sida, Xida, Xila, Kha Sida, Ko Sida, Sela. The Sila of Laos inhabit a few villages in Ou Nua and Sam Phan districts of Phongsali province. There are also a few hundred Sila people in northwestern Vietnam near the Laos border. Vietnamese anthropologists believe that the Sila of Vietnam migrated from Phongsali province of Laos to Muong Te in Lai Chau province in Vietnam in the 1830s. From where and when they originally migrated through Yunnan province of China to Laos is unknown. So far there are no reports about the existence of Sila people in China)
  • Ethnologue, via WWW, Oct. 14, 2004(Sila. 19,000 in Laos, 600 in Viet Nam. An official ethnic community in Viet Nam. They say they came from Laos)
Wikipedia description:

The Si La (also Sila or Syla) are an ethnic group of about 3,151 people living in northern Laos and another 600 living in two villages: Nậm Sin and Seo Hay of Lai Châu Province, Northwest region, Vietnam.

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