TRIBAL AND MINORITY GROUPS TRAINED BY U.S. SPECIAL FORCES IN VIETNAM

Group     	Ethnology                 CTZ            General Location

Bahnar Mon-Khmer Montagnard II CTZ Central Highlands
Bru Mon-Khmer Montagnard I CTZ Western Quang
Tri/Thuan Thien Cao Dai Politico-religious sect II IV CTZ
Mekong Delta/Tay Ninh Cham Malayo-Polynesian III IV CTZ ChauPhu/Tay
Ninh Chinese Mongoloid III IV CTZ Cholon. along coast,etc.
Cua Mon-Khmer Montagnard I CTZ Quang Nam/Quang
Tin Halang Mon-Khmer Montagnard II CTZ Western Kontum,
Cambodia, Laos Hre Mon-Khmer Montagnard I II CTZ Binh Dinh/Quang
Ngai Hoa Hao Hinayana Buddhist sect IV CTZ Western Mekong Delta Hroi Mon-Khmer Montagnard II CTZ Phu Yen/Phu Bon/lower Binh Dinh Jarai Malayo-Polynesian II CTZ Central Highlands Montagnard Jeh Mon-Khmer Montagnard I II CTZ Western Laotian border Katu Mon-Khmer Montagnard I CTZ Northern plateau and mountains Khmer Cambodian III IV CTZ Mekong Delta/Cambodian border Koho Mon-Khmer Montagnard II III CTZ Mountains from Saigon to Da Lat Ma Mon-Khmer Montagnard II III CTZ Da Dung River region Meo Mongoloid/Caucasoid Laos, mountains Vietnam/China M'nong Mon-Khmer Montagnard II CTZ South and west of Ban Me Thuot Muong Mon-Khmer Montagnard II CTZ Pleiku and Ban Me Thuot Nung Mongoloid Thai/Chinese North Vietnam, South Vietnam, China Raglai Malayo-Polynesian II CTZ West of Nha Trang and Phan Rang Montagnard Rengao Mon-Khmer Montagnard II CTZ Kontum Rhade Malayo-Polynesian II CTZ Darlac Plateau Montagnard Sedang Mon-Khmer Montagnard II CTZ Kontum Stieng Mon-Khmer Montagnard III CTZ Phuoc Long/Binh Long