- Tai ethnic groups in China
The following is a list of the Tai ethnic groups in
China :Nuclear Tai peoples
*Thai (Central Thai)
*Bouyei
*Tai Chong ( _th. ไทชอง)
*Dai ( _th. ไทลื้อ), including the Lu, Han Tai, Huayao Tai and Paxi people
*Tai Dam
*Dong ( _zh. 侗族, _th. ต้ง), including the Northern and Southern Dong people
*E ( _th. อี๋)
*Tai Eolai ( _th. ไทเอวลาย)
*Fuma ( _th. ฟูมะ)
*Hongjin Tai
*Tai Kao
*Tai Kaihua ( _th. ไทไขหัว)
*Kang
*Tai Lai ( _th. ไทลาย)
*Minggiay ( _th. มิงเกีย)
*Mo
*Northeastern Thai
*Tai Nuea ( _th. ไทเหนือ), including the Tai Mao and Tai Pong people
*Pachen ( _th. ปาเชน)
*Tai Payee ( _th. ไทปายี่ )
*Pemiayao ( _th. เปเมียว)
*Pulachee ( _th. ปูลาจี)
*Pulungchee ( _th. ปูลุงจี)
*Puyai ( _th. ปู้ใย่)
*San Chay (also referred to as the Cao Lan people)
*Shan ( _th. ไทใหญ่), including the Cun ( _th. ไทขึน)
*Tho ( _th. โท้)
*Thuchen ( _th. ตูเชน)
*Thula ( _th. ตุลา)
*Tai Ya ( _th. ไทหย่า)
*Yoy ( _th. ไทย้อย)
*Tay (including the Tho people)
*Zhuang ( _th. จ้วง), including the Buyang, Dianbao, Pusha, Tulao, Yongchun andNung ( _th. ไทนุง) peopleLi people
The Li reside primarily, if not completely, within the
Hainan Province ofChina .Kadai peoples
The Kadai peoples are clustered in the Guangxi, Guizhou, Yunnan, Hunan and Hainan Provinces of
China , as well as the Ha Giang, Cao Bang, Lao Cai and Son La Provinces ofVietnam .see also|Kadai peoples "for detailed geographic distribution"Kam-Sui peoples
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Bouyei ofGuizhou Province (including Ai-Cham, Mak and T'en, although most Bouyei are "nuclear" Tai)
*Dong of Guizhou, Hunan and Guangxi Provinces (also referred to as the Kam people)
*Mulao ofGuizhou Province
*Maonan ofGuangxi Province
*Shui of Guizhou, Yunnan and Guangxi Provinces (also referred to as the Sui people)Cao Miao people
The Cao Miao people of Guizhou, Hunan and Guangxi Provinces speak a Kam-Sui language called "Mjiuniang", although it is believed that the people are of Hmong-Mien descent.
Biao people
Whether or not the
Biao people of China are of Kam-Sui descent is an issue of present debate in the scientific community. They are, however, a Tai ethnic group.Kang people
The Kang people of
Yunnan Province (referred to as Tai Khang in Laos) speak a Kam-Sui language, but ethnically descend from theDai people .Biao people
The
Biao people are clustered in theGuangdong Province ofChina . [http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=byk Biao at Ethnologue] ]Lakkia people
The Lakkia are an ethnic group clustered in the
Guangxi Province ofChina and neighboring portions ofVietnam , whose members are of Yao descent, but speak a Tai-Kadai language called "Lakkia". [http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=lbc Lakkia on Ethnologue] ] These Yao were likely in an area dominated by Tai speakers and assimilated an early Tai-Kadai language (possibly the language of the ancestors of theBiao people ).Lingao people
The
Lingao people are an ethnic group clustered in theHainan Province ofChina whose members are classified as Han under China's nationality policy, but speak a Tai-Kadai language called "Lincheng". [http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=onb Lingao on Ethnologue] ]References
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