The Khuen (or Khuen, Kuan, Kuanhua, Kween, Khween, Khouen) people are an aboriginal ethnic group of Laos .
4-560: Khuen (or Khün) may refer to: Khuen people , an aboriginal ethnic group of Laos, or their language Khün language (or Tai Khün ), a language of Burma Dok Khuen Khmuic languages (Khmu’, Khuen) Kuan (disambiguation) Khün Khürtü , a music group from Tuva Khuen von Belasi , an Austrian noble family of the county of Tyrol Johannes Khuen (1606 - 1675) Count Károly Khuen-Héderváry See also [ edit ] Kühn (disambiguation) Kuhn Topics referred to by
8-500: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Khuen people The Khuen speak a language also called Khuen, which is a Khmuic language . The Khmuic languages are Austro-Asiatic. There is some debate as to whether the Khmuic languages are of the Mon-Khmer branch, but the majority opinion is that they are not. As a fellow member of
12-457: The larger Khmuic ethnic group, many aspects of Khuen culture are similar to the Khmu . Family names are usually the names of sacred animals or plants. It is taboo for a Khuen person to touch the animal or plant that bears his or her family name. In addition to Theravada Buddhism , they also worship a hierarchy of demons and ghosts. Ancestor worship is also practiced. This Laos -related article
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