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ARTICLES RELATED TO 56 ethnic groups | | | |  56 ethnic groups: Encyclopedia - YiThe Yi people (own name in the Cool Mountain dialect: ꆈꌠ, official transcription: Nuosu, IPA: [nɔ̄sū]; Chinese: 彝族, Pinyin: Yìzú; the older name "Lolo" is now considered derogatory) are a modern ethnic group in China. Numbering 6.6 million, they are the seventh largest of the 56 ethnic groups officially recognized by the People's Republic of China. They live primarily in rural areas of Sichuan, Yunnan, Guizhou, and Guangxi, usually in mountainous regions.
The Yi speak Yi, a Tibeto-Burman language closely related to Burmese, and have their own syllabic script.Including:
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| | | | 56 ethnic groups: Encyclopedia - Buyei The Buyei, (also spelled Puyi, Bouyei and Buyi; self called: Buxqyaix, IPA: [pu ʔjai], or "Puzhong", "Burao", "Puman"; Chinese: 布依族; Pinyin: Bùyīzú) are an ethnic group living in southern China. Numbering 2.5 million, they are the 11th largest of the 56 ethnic groups officially recognized by the People's Republic of China.
The Buyei live in semi-tropical, high-altitude forests of Guizhou province, as well as in Yunnan and Sichuan provinces, and speak a Tai language. Traditionally they practice animism, altho ...
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| | | | 56 ethnic groups: Encyclopedia II - Taiwanese aborigines - Plains lowland tribes The lowland aborigines mainly lived in stationary village sites surrounded by defensive walls of bamboo. The village sites in southern Taiwan were more populated than other locations. Some villages supported a population of 1500 people, surrounded by smaller satellite villages. Siraya villages were constructed of dwellings made of thatch and bamboo, raised 2 meters from the ground on stilts, with each household having a barn for livestock. A watchtower was located in the village to look out for headhunting parties from the highland tribes. T ...
See also:Taiwanese aborigines, Taiwanese aborigines - List of tribes, Taiwanese aborigines - History of aboriginal tribes, Taiwanese aborigines - Plains lowland tribes, Taiwanese aborigines - The European period, Taiwanese aborigines - Qing rule, Taiwanese aborigines - Highland tribes, Taiwanese aborigines - Headhunting, Taiwanese aborigines - Aborigines under the Nationalists, Taiwanese aborigines - Modern aborigines Read more here: » Taiwanese aborigines: Encyclopedia II - Taiwanese aborigines - Plains lowland tribes |
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| | | | 56 ethnic groups: Encyclopedia II - Chinese society - Demographics Over a hundred ethnic groups have existed in China. In terms of numbers, however, the pre-eminent ethnic group in China is the Han, which is a group so diverse in its culture and language that some conceive of it as a larger overarching group bringing together many smaller, distinct ethnic groups sharing common traits in language and culture. Throughout history, many ethnic groups have been assimilated into neighbouring ethnicities or disappeared without a trace. Several previously distinct ethnic groups have been Sinicized into the Han, cau ...
See also:Chinese society, Chinese society - Demographics, Chinese society - Culture, Chinese society - Gender, Chinese society - Hong Kong, Chinese society - Socio-economic development, Chinese society - Culture, Chinese society - Individualism and collectivism, Chinese society - Social relations, Chinese society - Civil society Read more here: » Chinese society: Encyclopedia II - Chinese society - Demographics |
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| | | | 56 ethnic groups: Encyclopedia II - Kazakhs - Language The Kazakh language is a member of the Turkic language family, as are Uzbek, Kyrgyz, Tatar, Uighur, Turkish, Azeri, Turkmen, and many other living and historical languages spoken in Eastern Europe, Central Asia, Western China, and Siberia.
Kazakh is a member of the so-called Kipchak subgroup of the Turkic family, as for example is Qaraqalpaq. Kazakh is characterized, in distinction to other Turkic languages, by the presence of /s/ in place of reconstructed proto-Turkic */š/ and /š/ in place of */ç/; furthermore, Kazakh has /j/ (a ...
See also:Kazakhs, Kazakhs - Culture, Kazakhs - Language, Kazakhs - Kazakh tribalism, Kazakhs - Kazakhs in China, Kazakhs - Kazakhs in Russia Read more here: » Kazakhs: Encyclopedia II - Kazakhs - Language |
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| | | | 56 ethnic groups: Encyclopedia II - Kirghiz - The Kirghiz in China The Kirghiz form one of the 56 ethnic groups officially recognized by the People's Republic of China. There are more than 145,000 Kirghiz in China.
They are found mainly in the Kyzylsu Kirgiz Autonomous Prefecture in the southwestern part of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, with a smaller remainder found in the neighboring Wushi (Uqturpan), Aksu, Shache (Yarkand), Yingisar, Taxkorgan and Pishan (Guma), and in Tekes, Zhaosu (Monggolkure), Emin (Dorbiljin), Bole (Bortala), ...
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| | | | 56 ethnic groups: Encyclopedia II - Korean people - Origins See also: History of Korea
Koreans are generally believed to be of Tungusic-Altaic lineage, linking them with the Japanese, Mongolians, and other Central Asians. The Northern Mongoloid peoples of North Asia and Central Asia have relatively tall statures, well-defined features (such as longer noses, and higher cheekbones) and relatively hairy bodies and faces, features that are considered to define the "prototype" Mongoloid physical type. Though they have interbred with other East Asian ethnic groups over the ages, Koreans have ...
See also:Korean people, Korean people - Origins, Korean people - Culture, Korean people - Language, Korean people - Koreans in the United States, Korean people - Koreans in the former Soviet Union, Korean people - Koreans in China, Korean people - Koreans in Japan, Korean people - Koreans in other countries Read more here: » Korean people: Encyclopedia II - Korean people - Origins |
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