Akha |
Bisu |
Hmong Daw |
Hmong Njua |
Htin |
Isan |
Karen S’gaw |
Khmu |
Kui |
Lahu |
Lisu |
Lu Mien |
Mani |
Mlabri |
Moken |
Moklen |
Palaung |
Tai Lue |
Urak Lawoi |
| Urak Lawoi |
|
| Indigenous Group |
Urak Lawoi
(Also known as: Urak Lawoi’, Uruk Lawoi, Chao Lay, Lumoh Lawoi, Sea
Gypsies and Thai Mai) |
| Location |
Thailand,
Phuket, Krabi and Satun Provinces |
| Estimated Population |
3000 (2000, SIL
International) |
| Environment |
Island |
| Lifestyle |
Sedentary |
| Subsistence |
Fishing /
Paid Labor |
| Level of Assimilation |
Fairly
Traditional |
| Language Family |
Urak Lawoi'
Classification: Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Malayic,
Malayan, Para-Malay
Alternate names: Orak Lawoi', Lawta, Chaw Talay, Chawnam,
Lawoi |
| Website URLs |
Ethnologue: Urak Lawoi’ A language of Thailand
The Greater Phuket Magazine
Andaman
Pilot Project
UNESCO
Burma’s Sea Gypsies: A
Compendium
Extension of
Andaman Sea Project
A Field Study of the original People the Urak Lawoi
Ancient Culture, All at Sea
The Manik: Urak Lawoi of the Adang Archipelago
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| NGOs |
Project Maje
The World Conservation Union |
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