Template talk:Ethnic groups in Thailand

message: The Mani speak a Mon-Khmer language; that is undisputed.
However, the Mani are not descendants of the Mon-Khmer ethicity.  Rather, they absorbed the language from later-arriving Mon-Khmer tribes.  They are of Negrito descent and represent an earlier wave of immigration.
Chin Yodee is a Thai archaeologist who writes in his book (ref. 3, p. 17-18) that "the Negritos (Ngoh or Hoh) are of black complexion and of shorter build than the Australoids, only 145 cm in body height and with broad skull and curly hair. They live on the Malay peninsula and in Thailand in Trang, Phatthalung and Yala provinces. Carlton S. Coon has classified the Negritos as belonging to the Australoids ".
The Cultural Encyclopaedia of the Southern People, vol. 3 (ref. 15, p. 994) is a work of reference on prehistoric communities in the south of Thailand. It says that "in the Pleistocene period dating back to more than 8-10,000 years, a group of Australoid people, i.e. the Negritos settled in the plains near the coast and were later were pushed into the the hilly forest areas.The Negrito of Thailand-The Mani
The Thai Encyclopaedia, The Royal Academic Edition, vol. 7 writes that the Mani people "are of short build and black complexion", "with curly hair, savage looking, ferocious like agog" . The Encyclopaedia also adds that there are "people of Negrito race who are living in the central and southern parts of the Indian subcontinent, in Sri Lanka, on the Andaman islands, the Malay Peninsula, Borneo, the Philippines and on different islands of the South Sea.The Negrito of Thailand-The Mani
Despite differences of opinion, a majority of anthropologists have come to the conclusion that most of the minority groups with black complexion and curly hair living in the hilly areas and forests of the Malay Peninsula, should be classified as belonging to the Negrito race. The Malay peninsula has from time immemorial been a corridor for the passage for countless smaller and larger migrations and complex mixture of races has been the inevitable result.The Negrito of Thailand-The Mani
Kevin Borland, Esq. 19:06, 2 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Doesn't matter; the Tai may have originally been Austronesian/Malayo-Polynesian speakers too but we don't include them thus because they used to be from a different ethnolinguistic group. The template is arranged by language family. Badagnani 19:13, 2 November 2007 (UTC)

text: I see you've listed them in both "Mon-Khmer" and "Other." That seems acceptable, showing their special status as (presumably) the descendants of one of the first migrations out of Africa, as opposed to one of the later waves of immigration into mainland Southeast Asia. The Central African pygmies, with their Bantu language, or the Bushmen who now speak only Afrikaans would probably be similar examples of indigenous peoples who have picked up, and now use only, languages from nearby majority groups. Also, the Melanesians of the Solomon Islands who speak Malayo-Polynesian languages. Badagnani 19:16, 2 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Fair enough, unless they can be arranged in some other manner that better matches "ethnic" lines, rather than purely linguistic.  For example, with the Tai, they were probably Austronesian like you say, but their development of the Tai language was apparently a gradual natural progression forming a new language family, as opposed to an entirely externally learned assimilation of another local language, so I think linguistic classification is appropriate.  However, with the Mani, you're analogy to the bushman is the model.  How are the bushmen classified, I wonder, in the ethnicity templates of their countries?  Linguistic categorization doesn't seem to properly characterize their ethnic group.Kevin Borland, Esq. 19:25, 2 November 2007 (UTC)

text: Very good points, all. Badagnani 19:28, 2 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: RE:  Moving Mani out of Mon-Khmer

message: It's not clear why "Yue" is used, in addition to "Cantonese," under "Chinese." Usually "Yue" is used as a synonym for "Cantonese," although using a different character it can refer to people from the Shanghai area. It would be great if this could be clarified. Badagnani 19:21, 2 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Feel free to correct the apparent redundancy.  I got that information from Ethnalogue, which lists 2 different languages, but if it's the same "people," it's probably best to pick one.Kevin Borland, Esq. 19:29, 2 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Said and done.Kevin Borland, Esq. 19:34, 2 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Yue

message: What about the issues that arise in the list where we're listing both names of individual ethnic groups and their parent ethnic group?  Is that OK, or is there a better way to handle it?  I know there's some of this giong on in the Tai category, and that's why we have such a long list there.Kevin Borland, Esq. 19:37, 2 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: The template can't really have subcategories so it's probably okay, as it's primarily a navigation aid. The individual language and language family articles do show the language groups and subgroups. We have a similar arrangement at :Template:Ethnic groups in Vietnam (yes, I know Viet-Muong is a subgroup of Mon-Khmer but it just seems clearer to have them listed separately). Badagnani 20:06, 2 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Other redundancies 

message: By the way, I created a separate article that goes into these ethnic groups from the peopling standpoint at Peopling of Thailand that we can use as a reference point with regard to clean-up of the template.  The Tai aren't very nicely organized yet though.Kevin Borland, Esq. 19:46, 2 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: That's a great article. I made a comment there about the ultimate point of origin of the Mani (i.e. Africa) which is not mentioned. I think we should have articles on the "Peopling" of each country. How many such articles are there? I presume the "History of ____" articles have some info about this, but not in as great detail. Badagnani 20:04, 2 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm not aware that there are any other articles like that yet (at least I couldn't find a model when I created this one).  The links I put to Peopling of Malaysia, etc. are temporarily redirected to the relevant history of . . . articles for now.  There's been a ton of recent research in the area lately, especially with the latest Y-DNA technology, and the recent popularity stemming from National Geographic's series on the topic.  I'd like to work on some more of them myself, and I'm hoping some others well get on board and work on some of the regions (like Africa) that I know very little about.Kevin Borland, Esq. 21:36, 2 November 2007 (UTC)

text: I agree; a WikiProject might be beneficial, unless there is one already.  I've done a bit of work on the Spencer Wells and Rick Kittles pages but it isn't my area of expertise (though I have a strong interest). Badagnani 21:42, 2 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Central article that discusses these ethnic groups-useful for cleanup 

message: Are you going to fill in the new groups you've added to the template at Ethnic groups in Thailand? Badagnani 21:17, 4 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I suppose so.  It was kind of a hassle with the Laos ones (doing it without consistent easily accessible data in English), so I'm thinking I should get the individual articles up and look for alternate spellings, variations, etc. before I do.  That way, I think it will require less fiddling around.Kevin Borland, Esq. 01:27, 5 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Missing groups in [[Ethnic groups in Thailand]] 

message: "Vietnamese" was just added, in this edit. What are the sources stating that Vietnamese are a minority ethnic group in Thailand? Badagnani (talk) 01:37, 13 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Vietnamese 

message: I'm restoring the previous layout. The recent changes made by 123.194.194.64 are problematic at best. The ordering was illogical and inconsistent. Just one example: it listed Khmer, Punjabi and Portuguese ethnic groups under "Thai".--William Thweatt TalkContribs 04:45, 19 September 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Restoring previous layout