- Jino
Infobox Ethnic group
group=Jino
Jinuo
poptime=22,000
popplace=China ,Yunnan
langs=Jino
rels=Animism ,Buddhism
related=Yi,Qiang The Jino (also spelled Jinuo) people (zh-stp|s=基诺族|t=基諾族|p=Jīnuò zú; endonym: IPA|tɕyno or IPA|kynoFact|date=October 2008) are a Tibeto-Burman
ethnic group . They form one of the 56 ethnic groups officially recognized by thePeople's Republic of China . They live inXishuangbanna inYunnan province,China .Population distribution
This table shows the population distribution of the Jino nationality on the county level, according to the figures of the last census of 2000. (Showing only values above 0.10%.)
Language
language
name=Jino
nativename=IPA| [ʨyno] , [kino] Fact|date=October 2008
region=southernYunnan (People's Republic of China )
speakers=14,000
familycolor=Sino-Tibetan
fam2=Tibeto-Burman
fam3=Lolo-Burmese
iso2=sit
lc1=jiu|ld1=Youle Jinuo|ll1=none
lc2=jiy|ld2=Buyuan Jinuo|ll2=noneJino belongs to the Loloish branch of the Tibeto-Burmese language family. According to
SIL International , the two Jino languages, Youle (13,000 speakers) and Buyuan (1000 speakers) are not mutually intelligible. There is no official written form. Most Jino also speak one of the Dai languages and/or Chinese.External links
* [http://www.china.org.cn/e-groups/shaoshu/shao-2-jino.htm The Jino ethnic minority] (Chinese government website)
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