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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
| Yi |
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| Indigenous Group |
Yi (also known as: Ajia, Black Yi, Heiyi, Qunuo, Wajia, White Yi, Xiaxi) |
| Location |
China,
Sichuan, Yunnan, Guizhou, Guangxi, Longlin, Mubian, Anshun, Bijie |
| Estimated Population |
6,578,500 (2000, Ministry of Foreign Affairs) |
| Environment |
Tropical / Mountain / Riverine |
| Lifestyle |
Sedentary |
| Subsistence |
Agriculture /
Animal Husbandry |
| Level of Assimilation |
Traditional |
| Language Family |
Yi, Central
Classification: Sino-Tibetan, Tibeto-Burman, Lolo-Burmese, Loloish, Northern, Yi, Central Yi
Alternate names: Lolopho
Dialects: Nanhua Lolopho, Shuangpho Lolopho, Yao’an Lolopho |
| Website URLs |
China Source: Yi
Travel China Guide: Yi
Development Gateway: Yi
Oriental Travel: Yi
Ethnologue: Yi, Central, A Language of China |
| NGOs |
none found |
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