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The Vietnamese people or the Kinh people ((ベトナム語:người Việt) ((:ŋɨəj˨˩ viət˩)) or ((:ŋɨəj˨˩ kiɲ˧))) are an Asian ethnic group originating from present-day northern Vietnam and southern China. They are the majority ethnic group of Vietnam, comprising 86% of the population at the 1999 census, and are officially known as Kinh to distinguish them from other ethnic groups in Vietnam. The earliest recorded name for the ancient Vietnamese people appears as ''Lạc''. Although geographically and linguistically labeled as Southeast Asians, long periods of Chinese domination and influence have placed the Vietnamese culturally closer to East Asians, or more specifically their immediate northern neighbours, the Southern Chinese and other tribes within South China. The word ''Việt'' is shortened from ''Bách Việt'', a name used in ancient times. ''Nam'' means "south". ==Origins== Written history knows the ancient Vietnamese people first simply as the Lạc or Lạc Việt, and the country of Vietnam as Văn Lang. Archaeological evidence of the Đông Sơn culture (also known as Lac Society) suggests that Bronze Age Vietnamese people were among the first to practice agriculture. The Vietnamese show a close genetic relationship with other East Asians with the exception of seven unique markers.〔 〕〔http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10583463〕 The Genographic Project by the National Geographic Society shows that the Vietnamese (Kinh) are intermediate between East and Southeast Asians.〔(Genographic Project / Your Regional Ancestry: Reference Populations ), retrieved 21 August 2015〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Vietnamese people」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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