Lanna people

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Lanna people (Northern Thai: ᨩᩣ᩠ᩅᩃ᩶ᩣ᩠ᨶᨶᩣ, Thai: ชาวล้านนา), also known as Khon Mueang (Northern Thai: ᨤᩫ᩠ᨶᨾᩮᩬᩥᨦ, คนเมือง pronounced [kʰon˧ mɯaŋ˧]), or Tai Yuan (Northern Thai: ᨩᩣ᩠ᩅᨴᩱᨿ᩠ᩅᩁ, Thai: ชาวไทยวน, [tʰaj˧ juan˧]), are a Tai ethnic group native to nine provinces in Northern Thailand, principally in the area of the former Lanna Kingdom. As a Tai group, they are closely related to Tai Lü and Tai Khün with regard to common culture, language and history in contrast to Thailand's dominant Thai ethnic group (referred to as Siamese or Central Thai). There are approximately 6 million Lanna. Most of them live in Northern Thailand, with a small minority 29,442 (2005 census) living across the border in the Bokeo Province of Laos. Their language is called Lanna, Kham Mueang (คำเมือง), or Northern Thai.

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