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| group            = Si La
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| popplace         = {{VIE}} 909 (2019)<ref name="Census2019">{{cite web|url=https://drive.google.com/file/d/1YK6iY-j0AfZTuip28Py2Gmz5P8zw04Rn/view?usp=sharing|title=Report on Results of the 2019 Census |publisher=General Statistics Office of Vietnam |accessdate=1 May 2020}}</ref><br/>{{LAO}} 3,151 (2015)<ref name="Census2015">{{cite web|url=https://lao.unfpa.org/sites/default/files/pub-pdf/PHC-ENG-FNAL-WEB_0.pdf|title=Results of Population and Housing Census 2015 |publisher=Lao Statistics Bureau |accessdate=1 May 2020}}</ref>
| rels             = Traditional religion/ancestor worship, [[Buddhism]], [[Christianity]]
| langs            = [[Sila language (Laos)|Sila]], [[Vietnamese language|Vietnamese]], [[Lao language|Lao]], others
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The '''Si La''' (also '''Sila''' or '''Syla''') are an [[ethnic group]] of about 3,151 people living in northern [[Laos]] and another 600 living in two villages:  Nậm Sin and Seo Hay of [[Lai Châu Province]], [[Northwest (Vietnam)|Northwest]] region, [[Vietnam]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Si La ethnic minority group |url=https://special.nhandan.vn/si-la-ethnic-minority-group/index.html?utm |access-date=2025-02-02 |website=special.nhandan.vn |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=btt1965 |date=2020-09-15 |title=The SI LA Community of 54 Ethnic groups in Vietnam |url=https://holylandvietnamstudies.com/blog/the-si-la-community-of-54-ethnic-groups-in-vietnam/ |access-date=2025-02-02 |website=The Holy Land of Vietnam Studies |language=en-US}}</ref>

== Culture ==
The Si La people speak a [[Tibeto-Burman languages|Tibeto-Burman language]] closely related to [[Hani language|Hani]] (Edmondson 2002). Their primary occupation is the cultivation of [[cereal]]s, augmented by [[hunting]] and [[foraging]]. One of the most distinctive Si La customs is [[tooth painting]]: men traditionally painted their teeth red, while women painted theirs black. The custom is increasingly uncommon among the younger generation.

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[[Category:Ethnic groups in Laos]]
[[Category:Ethnic groups in Vietnam]]