Talk:Ethnic groups in Cambodia/Archive 1

Archive 1

Lao

Are there no Lao at all? Badagnani 23:08, 7 October 2007 (UTC)

There are Lao, but their numbers are incredibly miniscule compared to most other ethnicities in Cambodia. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 4.239.66.127 (talk) 03:31, 22 February 2008 (UTC)

Numbers, please. Badagnani (talk) 03:37, 22 February 2008 (UTC)

In the Lao page, it says there are 85,000 Laotians in Cambodia. This is small compared to 200,000 Chinese and nearly a million Vietnamese. Most sites refarding ethnic groups in Cambodia don't bother discusing Lao. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 4.239.66.247 (talk) 07:56, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

I agree that we should add Lao -- I mean, they are an ethnic group in Cambodia right? 85,000 might not be a lot, but it's more than Kuy's 15,000, Brao's 6,000, Jarai's 15,000, Kachok's 2,000, Kavet's 3,000, etc etc according to Ethnologue Elbonia (talk) 06:57, 2 May 2008 (UTC)

Issues

There are two issues taht needs reworking 1.) Chams are refugees from Champa, a state absorbed by Vietnam not Cambodia. 2.) Neolithic age means new stone age, Cambodia was under water 6000 years ago. Soksobai08 (talk) 04:11, 25 February 2008 (UTC)

The article says that the Cham in Cambodia are descendants of Cham refugees who fled to Cambodia after the fall of Champa. This doesn't conflict with what you say above. Badagnani (talk) 05:04, 25 February 2008 (UTC)

1.) Champa, at its zenith, controlled or exercised influence over lands as far west as the mountains of southern Laos and eastern Cambodia. These territories changed hands several times between the 7th and 15th centuries, ultimately ending up as part of the Khmer Empire. When the final destruction of the Cham Kingdom came at the hands of the Vietnamese, Champa had already been reduced to a small portion of its former size/power. This was the portion that was absorbed by Vietnam. 2.) All of Cambodia was not "under water 6000 years ago". Parts of Cambodia were underwater (or more accurately had not yet been formed by the sedimentation of the Mekong delta). In any case, the mountainous areas and plateaus were available for settlement. Archealogy has produced evidence of neolithic settlements in Kampong Cham and other areas throughout Cambodia. For a good read on the (neolithic) prehistory of Cambodia, see this research paper.--William Thweatt ^Talk | ^Contribs 17:34, 25 February 2008 (UTC)

List of Ethnic Groups: Cham

• Are Cham on the right spot on List of Ethnic Groups? On one hand, they should be under "Austronesian Speakers" along with Jarai and Rhade. But on the other hand, I've never heard them called "Khmer Loeu" before. Should we put Cham under the Khmer Loeu -> Austronesian Speakers line instead? Elbonia (talk) 07:22, 2 May 2008 (UTC)

• Does anyone have an evolutionary genealogy tree? Elbonia (talk) 07:22, 2 May 2008 (UTC)

It's a good point. I recommend redoing the list as in Ethnic groups in Thailand or Ethnic groups in Vietnam -- an alphabetical list, then a list grouped by language group. The latter has a third list, by population. Badagnani (talk) 07:24, 2 May 2008 (UTC)

hyperlink fixes

for Karol and Mel could add hyper links to other wikipedia pages. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bluethailand (talk • contribs) 03:46, 21 October 2015 (UTC)