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The Dai (or the Thai peoples of China) is the officially recognized name of an ethnic group living in Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture and the Dehong Dai and Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture (both in southern Yunnan Province of China), and also in Laos, Vietnam, Thailand, and Myanmar. Xishuangbanna (西双版纳) is a autonomous prefecture in southern Yunnan Province, Peoples Republic of China. ...
The Dehong Dai and Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture (Chinese: Déhóng DÇŽizú JÇngpÅzú zìzhìzhÅu å¾·å®å‚£æ—景颇æ—自治州) is located in the west of Yunnan province in southwest China. ...
Jump to: navigation, search Yunnan (Simplified Chinese: 云å—; Traditional Chinese: 雲å—; pinyin: ; Vietnamese: Vân Nam) is a province of the Peoples Republic of China, located in the far southwestern corner of the country. ...
The Dai people form one of the 56 ethnic groups officially recognized by the People's Republic of China, and are closely related to the Thai people who form a majority in Thailand. Jump to: navigation, search The Thai People of Thailand are a Tai ethnic group closely related to Lao and Shan people. ...
Although they are officially recognized as a single people by the Chinese state, the Dai people form several distinct cultural and linguistic groups. The two main languages of the Dai are Tai Lü (Xishuangbanna Dai) and Tai Nüa (Dehong Dai); two other written languages used by the Dai in China are Tai Pong and Tai Dam (Black Tai). They all are Tai languages, a group of related languages that includes Thai, Lao, and Zhuang, and part of the Tai-Kadai language family. The Dai peoples follow their traditional religion as well as Theravada Buddhism, and maintain similar customs and festivals to the other Tai-speaking peoples. They are among the few natives groups in China who nominally practice the Theravada school of Buddhism. Tai Lue (or Tai Lü, Tai Le; tai51 lɯ11; Xishuangbanna Dai; Chinese: å‚£ä»‚è¯ DÇŽilèyÇ”) is one of the languages spoken by the Dai people in China. ...
Xishuangbanna (西双版纳) is a autonomous prefecture in southern Yunnan Province, Peoples Republic of China. ...
Tai Nüa (also called Dehong Dai or Chinese Shan; own name: [tai lÉ™], which means upper Tai or northern Tai, or ᥖá¥á¥°á¥–ᥬᥳᥑᥨᥒᥰ [tai taɯ xoÅ‹]; Chinese: DÇŽinÇŽyÇ” å‚£å“ªè¯ or Déhóng DÇŽiyÇ” å¾·å®å‚£è¯; Thai: ภาษาไทยเหนืภ[pÊ°aËsaË tÊ°ai nɯËa] or ภาษาไทใต้คง [pÊ°aËsaË tÊ°ai taik...
Tai Dam is a language spoken in China (mostly in Jinping 金平), Thailand, Laos and Vietnam. ...
The Tai languages are a subgroup of the Tai Kadai language family. ...
The Zhuang people (Traditional Chinese: 壯æ—, Simplified Chinese: 壮æ—, Hanyu Pinyin: Zhuà ngzú; own name: BouчcueÅ‹ÑŒ/Bouxcuengh) are an ethnic group of people who mostly live in the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region in southern China. ...
The Tai-Kadai languages are a language family found in Southeast Asia and southern China. ...
Jump to: navigation, search Current distribution of Human Language Families Most languages are known to belong to language families. ...
Theravada (Pali; Sanskrit: Sthaviravada) is one of the eighteen (or twenty) Nikāya schools that formed early in the history of Buddhism. ...
Dai people are typically farmers, growing a variety of tropical crops such as pineapples, in addition to the staple crop of rice. Many Dai people live near the Mekong river where it meanders through the far south of Yunnan. Jump to: navigation, search Binomial name Ananas comosus (L.) Merr. ...
Jump to: navigation, search Binomial name Oryza sativa L. Rice (Oryza sativa) is a species of grass in the genus Oryza, native to tropical and subtropical southeastern Asia, where it grows in wetlands. ...
Jump to: navigation, search View of the Mekong before the sunset The Mekong is one of the worlds major rivers. ...
Dai groups and names
| Chinese | Pinyin | Tai Lü | Tai Nüa | Thai | Conventional | Area(s) | 傣仂
（西双版纳傣） | Dǎilè
(Xīshuāngbǎnnà Dǎi) | tai51 lɯː11 | | | Tai Lü, Tai Lue | Xishuangbanna | 傣那
（德宏傣） | Dǎinà
(Déhóng Dǎi) | tai51 nəː55 | tai le6 | tai nɯa5 | Tai Nüa, Northern Tai, Upper Tai, Chinese Shan | Dehong; Myanmar | | 傣担 | Dǎidān | tai51 dam55 | | | Tai Dam, Black Tai; Tai Lam, Lao Song Dam (lit. "Lao [wearing] black trousers"), Tai Muan, Tai Tan | Jinping 金平; Laos, Thailand | | 傣绷 | Dǎibēng | tai51 pɔːŋ66 | | | | Ruili 瑞丽, Gengma 耿马, along the Mekong | | 傣端 | Dǎiduān | tai51 doːn55 | | | White Tai | Jinping 金平 | | 傣雅 | Dǎiyǎ | tai51 jaː35 | | | | Xinping 新平, Yuanjiang 元江 | | 傣友 | Dǎiyǒu | tai51 jiu11 | | | | Yuanyang 元阳, along the Red River |
Jump to: navigation, search Pinyin (Chinese: 拼音, pÄ«nyÄ«n) literally means join (together) sounds (a less literal translation being phoneticize, spell or transcription) in Chinese and usually refers to Hà nyÇ” PÄ«nyÄ«n (汉è¯æ‹¼éŸ³, literal meaning: Han language pinyin), which is a system of romanization (phonemic notation and transcription to...
Tai Lue (or Tai Lü, Tai Le; tai51 lɯ11; Xishuangbanna Dai; Chinese: å‚£ä»‚è¯ DÇŽilèyÇ”) is one of the languages spoken by the Dai people in China. ...
Tai Nüa (also called Dehong Dai or Chinese Shan; own name: [tai lÉ™], which means upper Tai or northern Tai, or ᥖá¥á¥°á¥–ᥬᥳᥑᥨᥒᥰ [tai taɯ xoÅ‹]; Chinese: DÇŽinÇŽyÇ” å‚£å“ªè¯ or Déhóng DÇŽiyÇ” å¾·å®å‚£è¯; Thai: ภาษาไทยเหนืภ[pÊ°aËsaË tÊ°ai nɯËa] or ภาษาไทใต้คง [pÊ°aËsaË tÊ°ai taik...
Tai Lue (or Tai Lü, Tai Le; tai51 lɯ11; Xishuangbanna Dai; Chinese: å‚£ä»‚è¯ DÇŽilèyÇ”) is one of the languages spoken by the Dai people in China. ...
Tai Nüa (also called Dehong Dai or Chinese Shan; own name: [tai lÉ™], which means upper Tai or northern Tai, or ᥖá¥á¥°á¥–ᥬᥳᥑᥨᥒᥰ [tai taɯ xoÅ‹]; Chinese: DÇŽinÇŽyÇ” å‚£å“ªè¯ or Déhóng DÇŽiyÇ” å¾·å®å‚£è¯; Thai: ภาษาไทยเหนืภ[pÊ°aËsaË tÊ°ai nɯËa] or ภาษาไทใต้คง [pÊ°aËsaË tÊ°ai taik...
Jump to: navigation, search View of the Mekong before the sunset The Mekong is one of the worlds major rivers. ...
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| | Chinese ethnic groups (classification by PRC government) Jump to: navigation, search The Peoples Republic of China officially describes itself as a multi-ethnic unitary state and as such officially recognizes 56 nationalities or MÃnzú (æ°‘æ—), within China: the Han being the majority (>92%), and the remaining 55 nationalities being the national minorities. ...
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| | Achang - Bai - Blang - Bonan - Buyei - Chosen - Dai - Daur - De'ang - Derung - Dong - Dongxiang - Ewenki - Gaoshan - Gelao - Gin - Han - Hani - Hezhen - Hui - Jingpo - Jino - Kazak - Kirgiz - Lahu - Lhoba - Li - Lisu - Man - Maonan - Miao - Monba - Mongol - Mulao - Naxi - Nu - Oroqen - Pumi - Qiang - Russ - Salar - She - Shui - Tajik - Tatar - Tibetan - Tu - Tujia - Uygur - Uzbek - Va - Xibe - Yao - Yi - Yugur - Zhuang - Undistinguished nationalities The Achang (阿昌æ—), also known as the Ngacang or Maingtha are an ethnic group. ...
Bai (白æ—; pinyin: bái zú) is one of the 56 ethnic groups officially recognized by the Peoples Republic of China. ...
The Blang (å¸ƒæœ—æ— : BùlÇŽng Zú) (also spelled Bulong) people are an ethnic group. ...
The Bonan (also Baoan) people (ä¿å®‰æ—; pinyin: bÇŽoÄn zú) are an ethnic group living in Gansu and Qinghai provinces in northwestern China. ...
The Buyei or Bouyei people (Self called: Puyi, Puzhong, Burao, Puman; Chinese: 布依族; pinyin: bùyī Zú) are an ethnic group living in southern China. ...
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The Deang people are an ethnic group. ...
The Derung people (also spelled Drung or Dulong; own name in IPA: [tɯɹɯŋ]; Chinese: 独龙族, Pinyin: Dúlóngzú) are an ethnic group. ...
Dong Minority Bridge, Chenyang, Guangxi, China. ...
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The Evenks (obsolete: Tungus) are a nomadic indigenous people, one of the Northern Indigenous Peoples (pop. ...
A Rukai village Chief visiting the Department of Anthropology in Tokyo Imperial University during the Japanese rule. ...
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Jump to: navigation, search Han Chinese (Simplified Chinese: 汉æ—; Traditional Chinese: æ¼¢æ—; pinyin: ) is a term which refers to the majority ethnic group within China and the largest single human ethnic group in the world. ...
The Hani people (own name: Haqniq, Chinese: 哈尼族 Hānízú) are an ethnic group. ...
The Hezhen people (Chinese: 赫哲族: Hèzhé Zú; they call themselves Nanio, Kilən, and Xədʑən) are an ethnic group. ...
Jump to: navigation, search The Hui people (Chinese: 回æ—; pinyin: ) are a Chinese ethnic group, typically distinguished by their practice of the Islamic religion. ...
The Jingpo people (Chinese: 景颇族 Jǐngpōzú; own names: Jingpo, Tsaiva, Lechi) are an ethnic group. ...
The Jino (also spelled Jinuo) people (Chinese: åŸºè¯ºæ— JÄ«nuòzú; own name: tÉ•yno or kino) are an ethnic group. ...
Jump to: navigation, search A Kazakh and his camel The Kazakhs (also spelled Kazak or Qazaq), (in Kazakh: Қазақ [qɑzɑq]; in Russian: Казах; English term is the transliteration from Russian) are a Turkic-Mongol people of the northern parts of Central Asia (largely Kazakhstan, but also found in parts of...
Kirghiz (also Kyrgyz and Kirgiz) are a Turkic-Mongoloid ethnic group found primarily in Kyrgyzstan. ...
The Lahu people (Chinese: 拉祜族 Lāhùzú; own names: Ladhulsi or Kawzhawd) are an ethnic group. ...
With a population of just 2,300, the Lhoba (珞巴) are one of the smallest officially recognized ethnic groups in China. ...
Li (黎 pinyin Lí) is a minority Chinese ethnic group. ...
The Lisu people are an ethnic group who inhabit Burma (Myanmar), China, Thailand, and India in the state of Arunachal Pradesh. ...
Jump to: navigation, search The Manchu (Manchu: Manju; Simplified Chinese: 满æ—; Traditional Chinese: 滿æ—; pinyin: ) are an ethnic group who originated in the dong bei or North East region consisting of Liaoning, Jilin, and Heilongjiang provinces, collectively known in English as Manchuria. ...
The Maonan people are an ethnic group. ...
Jump to: navigation, search The Hmong, also known as Miao (Chinese: è‹—: Miáo; Vietnamese: Mèo or HMông; Thai: à¹à¸¡à¹‰à¸§ (Maew) or ม้ง (Mong)), are an Asian ethnic group speaking the Hmong language, whose homeland is in the mountainous regions of southern China (especially Guizhou) that cross into northern Southeast...
The Monpa (门巴) are an ethnic group in the Peoples Republic of China, with a population of 50,000, centered in the districts of Tawang and West Kameng. ...
Jump to: navigation, search The Mongols are an ethnic group that originated in what is now Mongolia, Russia, and China, particularly Inner Mongolia. ...
The Mulao people are an ethnic group. ...
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The Nu people (own names: Nusu, Anung, Zauzou; Chinese: 怒族; pinyin: nù zú) are one of the 56 ethnic groups officially recognized by the Peoples Republic of China. ...
The Oroqen people(鄂伦春族) are an ethnic group in northern China. ...
The Pumi people (Chinese: 普米族 Pǔmǐzú, own name: /phʐẽmi/) are an ethnic group. ...
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Jump to: navigation, search Russians (Russian: РуÑÑкие - Russkiye) are an East Slavic ethnic group, primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries. ...
The Salar people are an ethnic group in eastern Qinghai and southwestern Gansu. ...
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The Shui people are an ethnic group. ...
Jump to: navigation, search An old Tajik man photographed by Prokudin-Gorskii in Samarkand, before 1915 The Tajiks are one of the principal ethnic groups of Central Asia, and are primarily found in Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Iran, Pakistan, and the Xinjiang province of China. ...
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The Tibetan people are a people living in Tibet and some surrounding areas. ...
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The Tujia (土家族) are an ethnic group numbering about 8 million, living in the Wuling Mountains of Chinas Hunan and Hubei provinces. ...
Jump to: navigation, search The Uyghur (also called Uighur, Uygur, or Uigur) [pronounced WEE-gurs] (Simplified Chinese: ç»´å¾å°”; Traditional Chinese: ç¶å¾çˆ¾; pinyin: ) are a Turkic-speaking ethnic group living in northwestern China (mainly in the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, where they are the largest ethnic group together with Han people), Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan...
The Va nationality (Chinese: 佤族 Wǎzú; own names: Va, Ava, Parauk, i. ...
The Xibe (Sibe; Chinese, 錫伯 XÃbó) are a Chinese ethnic group living mostly in northeast China and Xinjiang. ...
The Yao nationality (瑶æ—, pinyin: Yáo zú) are an ethnic group. ...
The Yi people (Chinese: 彝族 Yìzú, own name: Nosu) are a modern ethnic group in China. ...
The Yugur people are an ethnic group. ...
The Zhuang people (Traditional Chinese: 壯æ—, Simplified Chinese: 壮æ—, Hanyu Pinyin: Zhuà ngzú; own name: BouчcueÅ‹ÑŒ/Bouxcuengh) are an ethnic group of people who mostly live in the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region in southern China. ...
Undistinguished nationalities (未识别民æ—: Wèi ShÃbié MÃnzú) are ethnic groups in the Peoples Republic of China that have not been recognized among or classified within the official 56 Nationalities of China. ...
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