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Ethnolinguistic Groups of China
[Map]
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Family
yuxi |
Subfamily
zu |
Group
xi |
Branch
zhi |
Ethnicity
minzu |
Distribution
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Sino-Tibetan
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Sinitic |
Mandarin |
Han, Hui |
NE, NW, Central, SW
China (primary lang.) |
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Han |
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Wu (Shanghainese) |
S. Jiangsu,
Shanghai |
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Min (Hokkien) |
North |
N. Fujian |
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South |
S. Fujian |
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Gan |
Jiangxi |
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Kejia (Hakka) |
Guangdong, SW. Fujian |
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Xiang |
Hunan |
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Yue (Cantonese) |
Guangdong |
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Jing |
Guangxi |
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Tibeto-Burman |
Bodic |
Tibetan |
Tibetan |
Tibet, Qinghai, W.
Sichuan, S. Gansu, Yunnan |
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Eastern Himalayan |
Monba |
S. Tibet |
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Baric |
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Lhoba |
S. Tibet |
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Qiang |
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Qiang |
NW Sichuan |
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Burmese-Yi |
Yi |
Yi |
Sichuan, Yunnan,
Guizhou, Guangxi |
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Naxi |
Yunnan |
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Lisu |
Yunnan |
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Lahu |
Yunnan |
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Hani |
Yunnan |
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Jino |
S. Yunnan |
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Bai |
Yunnan, Guizhou, Hunan |
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Burmish, Northern |
Achang |
S. Yunnan |
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Derung |
W. Yunnan |
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Tujia |
Hunan, Hubei, Sichuan,
Guizhou |
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Gelao |
Yunnan, Guizhou,
Guangxi |
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Nu |
W. Yunnan |
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Pumi |
W. Yunnan |
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Jingpo |
W. Yunnan |
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Miao-Yao |
Miao |
Miao |
Guizhou, Hunan, Yunnan,
Sichuan, Guangxi, Hainan |
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She |
Fujian, Zhejiang,
Jiangxi, Guangdong |
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Yao |
Yao |
Guangxi, Hunan, Yunnan,
Guizhou Guangdong, |
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Daic |
Tai |
South-western |
Dai |
S. Yunnan |
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Central |
Zhuang |
Guangxi, Yunnan,
Guangdong |
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Northern |
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Bouyei |
Guizhou |
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Kham-Sui |
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Dong |
Guizhou, Hunan, Guangxi |
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Shui |
Guizhou |
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Mulao |
Guangxi |
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Maonan |
Guangxi |
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Kodai |
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Li |
Hainan |
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Austro-asiatic |
Mon-Khmer, northern |
Palaungic Western |
Waic |
Va |
W. Yunnan |
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Bulang |
S. Yunnan |
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Palaungic Eastern |
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Deang |
Yunnan |
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Altaic |
Manchu-Tungus |
Manchu
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Manchu |
Liaoning, Heilongjiang,
Jilin, Hebei, Inner Mongolia |
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Hezhen |
Heilongjiang |
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Xibo |
Xinjiang |
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Tungus |
Oroqen |
Oroqen |
Inner Mongolia,
Heilongjiang |
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Evenki |
Ewenki |
Inner Mongolia,
Heilongjiang |
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Mongol |
Eastern |
Daur |
Daur |
Inner Mongolia,
Heilongjiang |
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Biryat |
Mongolian |
Inner Monglia, Jilin,
Liaoning, Heilongjiang, Gansu, Qinghai, Xinjiang |
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Western |
Oiryat |
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Bao’an |
Bao’an |
SW Gansu |
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Santa |
Dongxiang |
SW. Gansu |
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Monguor |
Tu |
NE. Qinghai |
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Enger |
Yugur |
W. Gansu |
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Turkic |
Southeast |
Eastern Turki |
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Salar |
NE Qinghai, SW. Gansu |
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Uygur |
Xinjiang |
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Uzbek |
Xinjiang |
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Northwest |
Kazak |
Kazak |
N. Xinjiang
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Kirgiz |
Kirgiz |
W. Xinjiang |
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Northern Kipchak |
Tatar |
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Korean |
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Korean |
Jilin, Liaoning,
Heilongjiang, |
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Indo-European |
Indo-Iranian |
Iranian |
Tajik |
Tajik |
SW Xinjiang |
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Indo-European |
Slavic |
Eastern |
Russian |
Xinjiang |
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Austronesian |
Formosan |
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Atayal |
Taiwan |
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Amis |
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Paiwan |
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Hespronesian |
Chamic |
Li |
Li |
Hainan |
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