Abstract
In the west of Nge-An Province, in the mountains along the river Ka and its tributary, the Nam Mo, dwell people of various racial strains and ethnographic groups, closely related in language and culture to the peoples of Laos and North Vietnam. On the map, "Peoples of Indo-China," drafted in 1958, this area is depicted as ethnically quite homogeneous. Only Thai peoples were noted, with the exception of a small enclave of mountain Mons to the north of Myong Sen. In addition, the Mon group of Thai Pongs was incorrectly classed among the mountain Thais. Field studies in 1962 showed that 13 peoples totalling 20,000 persons live in Ki-shon County, Nge-An Province. The most numerous among them are the Meo (over 8,000 persons); the following Thai ethnographic groups: Hang Tong (5,000), Thai Myoi, Man Thanh, Lao; and the mountain Mons: Thai Hai, Thai Hat, and Thai Pong.
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