- Churu people
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Chu Ru Total population ~15,000 (est.) Regions with significant populations Vietnam: Lâm Đồng Languages Chru, Vietnamese
The Churu (or Chru; called Chu Ru or người Chu Ru in Vietnamese, người meaning "people") people live in Lâm Đồng province, in Vietnam's Central Highlands. The group's population is approximately 15,000.[1] They speak a Malayo-Polynesian language.
During the French colonial period the most influential highland leaders in the Da Lat area were Churu. They were said to be the most advanced among the highlanders because of their historical links to the Cham.[2]
Encouraged by Touneh Han Dang, the Churu adpted some economic innovations from the Cham in the fields of weaving, pottery, and plowing in 1907.[3]
References
- ^ Chru at Ethnologue
- ^ Gerald Hickey, Sons of the Mountains: Ethnohistory of the Vietnamese Central Highlands to 1954, New Haven: YaleUniversity Press, pp. 313, 314
- ^ Gerald Hickey, Sons of the Mountains: Ethnohistory of the Vietnamese Central Highlands to 1954, p. 316
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