Tai ethnic groups in China

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 and Nung ( _th. ไทนุง) people

Li people

The Li reside primarily, if not completely, within the Hainan Province of China.

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 of Vietnam.see also|Kadai peoples "for detailed geographic distribution"

Kam-Sui peoples

*Bouyei of Guizhou 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 of Guizhou Province
*Maonan of Guangxi 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 the Dai people.

Biao people

The Biao people are clustered in the Guangdong Province of China. [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 of China and neighboring portions of Vietnam, 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 the Biao people).

Lingao people

The Lingao people are an ethnic group clustered in the Hainan Province of China 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] ]

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