Editing O Du people

{{Short description|Ethnic group in Vietnam and Laos}}
{{Infobox ethnic group
|group=O Du
|image=
|population= 570 (est.)
|popplace={{VIE}} 428 (2019)<ref name="Census2019">{{cite web|url=https://drive.google.com/file/d/1YK6iY-j0AfZTuip28Py2Gmz5P8zw04Rn/view?usp=sharing|title=Report on Results of the 2019 Census |publisher=General Statistics Office of Vietnam |access-date=1 May 2020}}</ref><br/>[[Laos]]
|langs=[[O’du language|O’du]],
 • [[Vietnamese language|Vietnamese]] • [[Lao language|Lao]]
|rels=[[Animism]] • [[Christianity]]
|related= 
}}

The '''Ơ Đu''' ('''O'du''') are an aboriginal [[ethnic group]] in [[Vietnam]] and Laos. Their total population is more than 570.

==Name variation==
The Ơ Đu are also commonly referred to as O'Du, O Du, Iduh, Tay Hat, Hat, and Haat.<ref name="Ethnologue report for Laos">[http://www.ethnologue.com/show_country.asp?name=LA Ethnologue report for Laos]</ref>

==Culture==
The Ơ Đu subsist mainly on [[slash-and-burn]] agriculture and raising cattle, augmented by hunting, gathering, and weaving.

==Language==
The Ơ Đu have a language also called ''O'du'', which is a [[Khmuic languages|Khmuic language]].<ref name="Ethnologue report for Laos"/> The Khmuic languages are Austro-Asiatic.<ref name="Ethnologue report for Laos"/> There is some debate as to whether the Khmuic languages are of the [[Mon–Khmer languages|Mon–Khmer]] branch, but the majority opinion is that they are not. Most Ơ Đu presently speak [[Thai language|Thai]].{{cn|date=May 2024}}

==Geographic distribution==
*Population in Laos:  194 in [[Xiangkhouang Province]]<ref name="Ethnologue report for Laos"/>
*Population in Vietnam:  301 in [[Tương Dương District|Tương Dương]] district of the [[Nghệ An Province]] ([[North Central Coast]] region)

== See also ==
* [[List of ethnic groups in Vietnam]]
* [[List of ethnic groups in Laos]]

==References==
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== External links ==
* http://projekt.ht.lu.se/rwaai RWAAI (Repository and Workspace for Austroasiatic Intangible Heritage)
* [[hdl:10050/00-0000-0000-0003-93EF-1@view|http://hdl.handle.net/10050/00-0000-0000-0003-93EF-1@view]] Iduh in RWAAI Digital Archive

{{Ethnic groups in Laos}}
{{Ethnic groups in Vietnam}}

[[Category:Ethnic groups in Vietnam]]
[[Category:Khmuic peoples]]


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