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Information on the Kinh people

The Kinh (Chinese standard Roman alphabet: Gin, Vietnamese: ng?i Kinh/? Kinh, or the Kinh people), also known as the Viet (Vietnamese: ng?i Vi?t/? Viet), whose national language is Kyong, and whose linguistic genera are difficult for linguists to determine due to the complexity of linguistic factors.

The main body of the Jing in Southeast Asia, the Jing in China is mainly distributed in Fangchenggang City, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, mainly in Dongxing City, Jiangping Town, spreading the tail of the three islands, the mountain heart, Wutou, the three islands are known as the "three islands of the Jing".

The Kinh people are the main ethnic group in Vietnam, accounting for 86% of the country's total population. According to the sixth national census in 2010, the total population of the Kinh in China was 28,199.

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The Kinh people have their own language, but due to the complexity of linguistic factors, it is difficult for linguists to determine their linguistic genera. Due to the long and friendly relationship between the Jing and Han peoples, the vast majority of the Jing people speak Chinese (Cantonese dialect) and Chinese language.

Historically, "Ziman" was once used. Ziman" means the character of the south, i.e., the character for "mun", which was created by the people of the Jing nationality at the end of the 13th century on the basis of the use of Chinese characters.

Before the founding of New China, it was still used in songbooks and religious scriptures. Known to still use the Jing language ha song (ha, Jing voice translation, that is, singing), the vast majority of the old people over 50 years old, in the whole Jing three islands know the word mumble, only 10 or so old people left. With the improvement of the economic level, a part of the Jing people began to initiate the protection of the national language and writing.

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