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Achang |
Bai |
Blang |
Bonan |
Bouyei |
Dai |
Daur |
De'ang |
Dong |
Dongxiang |
Drung |
Ewenki |
Gelo |
Hani |
Hezhen |
Hmong |
Hui |
Jing |
Jingpo |
Jino |
Kazak |
Khmu |
Kirjiz |
Korean |
Lahu |
Lhoba |
Li |
Lisu |
Manchu |
Maonan |
Miao |
Moinba |
Mongolian |
Mosuo |
Mulam |
Naxi |
Nisu |
Nu |
Oroqen |
Ozbek |
Pumi |
Qiang |
Russian |
Salar |
She |
Shui |
Tajik |
Tartar |
Tibetan |
Tu |
Tujia |
Uygur |
Va |
Xibe |
Yao |
Yi |
Younuo
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Yugur |
Zhuang
| Dai |
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| Indigenous Group |
Dai (also
known as: Tai, Baijue, Lu Dai) |
| Location |
China, Yunnan, Autonomous Regions of Xishuangbanna Dai, Dahong Dai-Jingpo |
| Estimated Population |
1,158,989 (retrieved 2005, Travel
China Guide) |
| Environment |
Mountain / Valley / Subtropical / Forest |
| Lifestyle |
Sedentary |
| Subsistence |
Agriculture / Animal Husbandry / Paid Labor |
| Level of Assimilation |
Traditional /
Assimilated |
| Language Family |
Tai Nüa
Classification: Tai-Kadai, Kam-Tai, Be-Tai, Tai-Sek, Tai, Southwestern, Northwest
Alternate names: Dai Nea, Tai Neua, Tai Nue, Tai Nü, Dai, Na, dehong, Dai, Dehong, Tai Dehong, Tai Le, Tai-Le, Dai Kong, Tai-Kong, Tai Mao, Chinese Shan, Chinese Tai, Yunannese Shan, Yunnan Shant’ou
Dialects: Dehong, Tai Pong (La, You, Ya, Ka, Tai Ka, Sai), Yongren
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| Website URLs |
China Source: Dai
China Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Dai
China Folklore: Dai
Ethnologue: Tai Nüa, A Language of China |
| NGOs |
China Folklore Photographic Association |
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