Tyuru [1] ( Vietnamese. Chu ru ; churu, teru; “people who are developing new lands”) are the Austronesian people of the group of mountain cham . They live in southern Vietnam in the provinces of Lamdong and Binh Thuan . Number - 14 978 people (1999, census). They are included in 54 officially recognized peoples of Vietnam . They speak the Türk language of the Chama group of the Malay-Polynesian subfamily . They have a written language in Latin . Maintain traditional beliefs with a certain spread of Catholicism and Protestantism . Matrilineal clan organization, matrilocal marriage settlement. Crow type related terminology. Cousin marriages are common.
| Thuru | |
|---|---|
| Modern self-name | vietnam. Chu ru |
| Abundance and area | |
| Total: 14,978 | |
 Vietnam : Lamdong , Bin Thuan | |
| Tongue | Thuru , Vietnamese |
| Religion | animism , catholicism , protestantism |
| Related peoples | tyam peoples |
Notes
- ↑ Map of the peoples // Vietnam. Reference card . Scale 1: 2,000,000. M., GUGK, 1979
Literature
- Egorunin O. E. Churu // Peoples and religions of the world . M., 1999. S. 636-637.
Links
- Thuru at Ethnologue: Languages of the World , 15th edition. SIL International.