List of lists of ethnic groups
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The following is a list of lists of ethnic groups:
Contents
[edit] By region
Africa
Americas (indigenous)
Asia
Southeast Asia
Caucasus (transcontinental) Middle East (transcontinental) South Asia/Indian subcontinent
Russia (indigenous) (transcontinental)
China (historical)
[edit] By linguistic phylum
- Further information: List of language families
Altaic peoples
Afro-Asiatic
Austronesian peoples Dravidian peoples Niger-Congo
Indo-Europeans
Tai peoples Uralic
[edit] By country
Australia (indigenous) Canada (indigenous) China India Iran (minorities) Laos Philippines Russia (indigenous) USA (indigenous) Vietnam
[edit] By status
[edit] By alphabet
[edit] A
Abzinz - minority in Abkhazia, Karachay-Cherkessia and Adygeya of Russia Abenaki - Native Americans of Quebec, Vermont, New Hampshire, and possibly Maine and Nova Scotia (Algonquin people) Abipones - An ethnic minority in Argentina Abkhazs - Minority in Georgia, Turkey and Russia, perhaps plurality (since 1993 civil war) in Abkhazia Aborigines, indigenous peoples of mainland Australia. Acadian - French-Canadians of the Canadian Maritimes Accohannock - Native Americans of Maryland Achang - Yunnan, the People's Republic of China Acelmese - an ethnic minority in Indonesia Acholi Achomawi - Native Americans of California Acoma - Native Americans of the southwest United States and Mexico Adi - ethnic minority in Africa Adjarians - sub-group of Georgians of muslim religion Adyghe - Minority in Russia, in the north Caucasus region and Turkey. Adyhaffe Afar - in Ethiopia, Eritrea and Djibouti. Also known as Danakil African-American - citizens of the United States descended from West African slaves African Canadian African Hebrew Israelites of Jerusalem - an ethnic minority of coloured people in Israel African immigration to Puerto Rico Afrikaners - South African descendants of mostly Dutch ancestry, but also including the descendants of French Huguenot and German Protestant refugees, who intermarried with the Dutch settlers and adopted Afrikaans as their mother tongue - e.g., the French name 'Le Clerque' became the Afrikaans name 'De Klerk.' Afro Argentine Afro Bolivian Afro-Brazilian Afro-Chilean Afro-Colombian Afro-Costa Rican Afro-Cuban Afro-Dominican Afro-Ecuadorian people Afro-Latino Afro-Mexican Afro-Peruvian Afro-Trinidadian Afro-Uruguayan Aftsarians or Isaurians Agaw - ethnic group in northern Ethiopia Agni - minority group in Côte d'Ivoire Agta - an ethnic minority in the Philippines Aguls - Dagestani minority group Ahtna - Alaska Natives, along the Copper River Aimaq - Minority group in Afghanistan Ainu - Natives of HokkaidÅ, much of Sakhalin, the Kuriles, and at one time northern HonshÅ«, the Kamchatka Peninsula, and the Amur River basin Aynu of China - different from the Ainu of Japan and Russia. Aja - Minority group in Benin Aka Akie - ethnic minority in Africa Ak Chin - Native American group now resident in Pinal County, Arizona on the Tohono O'odham reservation Akan - People of West Africa, inhabiting principally Ghana and Côte d'Ivoire; linguistic group, not quite an ethnic group Akha - an ethnic minority in Thailand Akuapem - People living in Côte d'Ivoire and Ghana Akhvakhs Akyem - People living in Côte d'Ivoire and Ghana Alabama - Native American people from whom the state takes its name; now sharing a reservation in Texas with the Coushatta Alak - from Laos Albanians - a Balkan people, living in Albania, Kosovo, southern Serbia, western Macedonia, Montenegro, Greece, Turkey and southern Italy Albanian American Albanian Australian Aleut - Alaska Natives, mainly in the Aleutian Islands, as well as Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russia Algonquian - Native Americans of the eastern United States and Canada; Language group Aliutors Altaic peoples - Non-homogeneous peoples of the Altay Mountains region Amahuaca - An ethnic minority in Bolivia Americo-Liberians - Mulatto African Americans were given reparations for slavery in the form of their own country back in their homeland and this is Liberia, so they are Liberians. Amhara - central Ethiopia Amish - North American religious minority, of German descent Amungme - ethnic group of Papua province, Indonesia Andalusians - Latin European people. Inhabitants of southern Iberia. Andis Anga - an ethnic minority group in Papua Anglo-Celtic Australian - Majority inhabitants of Australia with mixed English and Celtic (especially Irish and Scottish, but also Welsh and even Cornish and Manx) ancestry. Anglo-Indian - People of mixed Indian and English ancestry, living in India and England, or people of British ancestry living in India Anglo-Saxon - Historically, a collective name for the Germanic tribes resident Great Britain since the 5th century, especially prior to the Norman Conquest. Became the largest group to form the English people. Annamites or Vietnamese or Kinh or Jing - Majority ethnic group of Vietnam. Ansar people or Ansarie Anuak - a people living in southwestern Sudan and western Ethiopia Apaches - groups of Native Americans in the western plains of the United States Apinaje - Indigenous group of Brazil Arab - originally from Arabia, now widespread throughout the Middle East and North Africa (see Arabization) Araon - an ethnic minority in China Aramean-Syriac people - Middle Eastern, principally in Iraq, Iran, Lebanon, Syria and Turkey with large diaspora Aragonese - Inhabitants of Aragon (Iberian Peninsula). One of the nationalities of Spain. Ethnic Aragonese live primarily in Upper Aragon. There are also some Aragonese in the Spanish diaspora. Arapaho - Native American people, formerly inhabiting Colorado and Wyoming, now living in Oklahoma and Wyoming Arawak - natives of the Caribbean Arbëreshë - an Albanian population in Italy Archis Arikara - Native American people from the upper Midwest United States Armenians - natives of Eastern Anatolia, living primarily in Armenia, Russia, Iran, Georgia, Azerbaijan and Turkey with a large worldwide diaspora Aromanians (or Macedo-Romanians) - a population group of Greece, Serbia, the Republic of Macedonia, Albania and Bulgaria Arvanites - an Albanian population in Greece Atoni - an ethnic minority in East Timor Indo-Iranians/Aryans - ancient inhabitants of South Asia (excluding Southern India), Central Asia and the Iranian plateau, ("Aryan" can also refer to Indo-Aryans, who are inhabiting the majority of South Asia, as well as Afghanistan Asante (Ashanti) Asheninka Indigenous groups of Peru Ashkenazi - mainly Jews who migrated north west out of the Levant and settled (and travelled) in Eastern Europe and Russia. Asmat - Indonesian Ethnic Group from Papua Province Assiniboine - Native American people living in Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Montana; one of the Sioux peoples Assyrians - Middle Eastern, principally in Iraq, Iran, Lebanon, Syria and Turkey with large diaspora Asturians - an ethnic and linguistic group in northwestern Spain, next to Galicia. Atta - an ethnic minority in the Philippines Ati - an ethnic minority in the Philippines Atikamekw Atsina - Native American people inhabiting Montana and formerly Saskatchewan Atsugewi Aukstaitians - Lithuanian sub-group Australian aborigine - generic name for native inhabitants of Australia Austrians - German group native to Austria Avars - inhabitants of the Russian republic of Dagestan Awá - an endangered Amazonian tribe of hunter-gatherers Aymaras - South American people of Bolivia and Peru Ayta - an ethnic minority in the Philippines Azeris (Azerbaijanis) - an ethnic group in Azerbaijan, northern Iran, Russia, Georgia, and Turkey. Aztecs - Native North American people, descendants widespread in Mexico
[edit] B
Babongo - ethnic minority in Gabon Badui - an ethnic minority in Indonesia Ba Na - inhabitants of Vietnam Baggara or Baqqarah - Sudan Baguirmi - inhabitants of Chad Bagulals Bai - national minority of the People's Republic of China, inhabiting Yunnan province Bajau - Ethnic group of in Borneo and the Philippines; Known as Sea Gypsies, they touch land only to bury their dead. Baka - one of the Pygmy peoples of central Africa. They live in Cameroon and its surrounding area. See also Twa, Aka, Mbuti, Binga and Gelli Efé. Bakhtiyari - an ethnic minority in Iran Balinese people - ethnic group primarily found in Indonesia Bakongo/Kongo - majority population of the Republic of the Congo; also living in Angola Balkars - people of the northern Caucasus, mainly inhabiting the Russian republic of Kabardino-Balkaria Baloch (also Baluch, Balochi) - traditionally nomadic Muslim people of Balochistan in southwestern Pakistan, southern Afghanistan and southeastern Iran Baltic Germans Bamar (also Burmese and Burman) - the majority ethnic group of Burma Bambara - group living chiefly in Mali and Guinea Bamileke - majority inhabitants of Cameroon Banat Swabians - Germans of Romania and Vojvodina, Serbia Banawa Banda - one of the peoples of the Central African Republic Bandjabi - Inhabitants of Gabon Bangladeshi American - largely Bengalis by ethnicity, people with Bangladeshi ancestry in the United States Bangladeshi Briton - largely Bengalis, people with Bangladeshi ancestry in the United Kingdom Banjar - an ethnic minority in Indonesia Bantu - ethnic group widespread in central and southern Africa Baoule - major ethnic group in Côte d'Ivoire Bapou Bariba - national minority in Benin Bartangs Basarwa - ethnic minority in Botswana Bashkirs - Turkic people Basotho - inhabitants of Lesotho Basques - ethnic group mostly found in Spain and France, also in Latin America and other countries in diaspora Basque Argentine - Basques in Argentina Bassa - people of Liberia Bassari Baster (also known as Baaster) - people descended from the offspring of Dutch speaking whites and black African women Batak - an ethnic minority in Indonesia Batak (Negrito) - an ethnic minority in the Philippines Bateke - minority group in the Republic of the Congo Bats people Batswana (also Tswana) - largest ethnic group in Botswana, also found in surrounding states Bavarians Baya-Mandjia Beaver - Indian group in the USA Bedouins - nomadic group throughout North Africa and western Middle East Beja - nomadic group in northern Eritrea, southern Egypt, and northeastern Sudan Belarusians - Slavic people of eastern Europe, Belarus Bengalis - South Asian Indo-Aryan people, inhabiting Bangladesh and the Indian state of West Bengal Bemba - an ethnic minority group in Zambia Berbers - a North African people, living in Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya and Egypt Beta Israel - Ethiopian Jews Betamaribe - Benin ethnic group Bethio Beti-Pahuin - group of peoples from Central Africa Bezhtas Bhotia - majority population of Bhutan, of Tibetan descent, also found in Nepal and Sikkim Bhotiya Biafrans - inhabitant of eastern Nigerian region (see also Ibo) Bicolano - A Filipino ethnic group. Blackfeet (or Blackfoot) - group of Native American peoples of the Great Plains of the United States, comprising the Blackfoot, Blood, and Piegan tribes. Black Indians - African Americans who have Native American ancestry and/or African Americans who were historically assimilated into Native American tribes Bo Y - Vietnamese ethnic group Boere-Afrikaners Bonairean - population of Bonaire, Netherlands Antilles Bonan Bosniaks - South Slavic people living mainly in Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Sandžak region of Serbia and Montenegro. Descendants of indigenous converts to Islam during Bosnia's Ottoman period. Regional term (see also [[Bosnian, a multi-ethnic term) recently became ethnic. Botlikhs Bouganvilleans - inhabitants of island near Papua New Guinea Boyar - Boyars are mainly found in South India as Hindu Telugu speaking community and non-pure kshatriyas. Boyko - the Ukrainian mountain people in Central Europe Bozo - an ethnic minority group in Mali Brau Bretons - a people indigenous to Brittany in northwest France British Canadian - Canadians with British ancestry Britons - indigenous minority of Great Britain. Brong - People living in Ghana and Côte d'Ivoire Brulé - Native American people inhabiting parts of Nebraska and South Dakota; one of the Sioux peoples Bru-Van Kieu - Vietnam Bubi minority ethnic group in Equatorial Guinea Majority Ethnic group on the island of Bioko Budukhs Bugis is one of the ethnics in Indonesia and Malaysia, mostly inhabiting South Sulawesi of Indonesia and state of Sabah of Malaysia. Bulang Bulgarians - Slavic people of the Balkans Bulgars - an ancient people Bunjevci - Slavic people of the Balkans Burgenland Croats Buryats - Mongolic people Bushongo - inhabitants of the Congo basin region Buyi - national minority of the People's Republic of China
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Caddo - Native American peoples formerly residing in Louisiana, Arkansas and Texas, now located in central Oklahoma. Cahuilla Campa - An ethnic minority in Bolivia Caingang Cajun - French-Americans in Louisiana. See also Acadian. Caldoche - French people of New Caledonia Canaanites - ancient people of the eastern coast of the Mediterranean Sea Cape Coloured - mixed-race population of the Western Cape Province of South Africa Cape Malay - population descended from people of the Malay archipelago in the Western Cape Province of South Africa Castilian people - largest ethnic group of Spain (found in the Castile region, also found in the Spanish diaspora Caprivian - inhabitants of the Caprivi Strip in northeastern Namibia Caribs - group of Native American peoples of northern South America, the Lesser Antilles, and the east coast of Central America; now mostly extinct Carinthian Slovenes Caripuna Catalans - inhabitants of eastern Spain (Catalonia only, or Valencia and the Balearic Islands as well - disputed), southwestern France and Andorra, also found in the Spanish diaspora Catawba - Native Americans from the Carolina region of the United States, now resident in western South Carolina Cayuga - Native American people of New York state, now resident in Wisconsin and Oklahoma; one of the Iroquois group of peoples Cayuse - Native American people of northeast Oregon and southeast Washington Ceylon Moors - people who are of Arab stock living in Sri Lanka Chagga - a people of Bantu stock (Niger-Congo-B) living in Kilimanjaro Region in Tanzania Chaldeans - largely Christians found in Iraq Cham - a people of Indonesian stock living in Cambodia and central Vietnam, descended from people of the supplanted Champa kingdom Chambri - an ethnic minority group in Papua Chamalals Chamorro - the indigenous people of the Mariana Islands Chechens - inhabitants of northern Caucasus, chiefly in Chechnya in Russia Chehalis Chemakum Chemehuevi - Native American people of the southwest United States Chepang Chere Cherokee - Native American people originally of eastern and central Tennessee, most of Kentucky, southern West Virginia, western Virginia, northern Georgia, northern Alabama, northwestern South Carolina, and western North Carolina, now mostly living in Oklahoma and North Carolina. Cheyenne - Native American people of the Great Plains of the United States Chicanos - a term used by some United States citizens of Mexican origin Chickahominy Chickasaw - Native American people formerly of northeast Mississippi, west Tennessee, and northwest Alabama, now living in Oklahoma Chilcotin - Native American inhabitants of British Columbia Chinese (also known as Han or Han Chinese) - Han people, the dominant ethnic group of the People's Republic of China Chinese American Chinese Australian Chinese Brazilian Chinese Briton Chinese Bruneian Chinese Bulgarian Chinese Burmese Chinese Cambodian Chinese Canadian Chinese Chilean Chinese-Costa Rican Chinese Cuban Chinese Fijian Chinese Filipino - Overseas Chinese that have settled in the Philippines Chinese French Chinese Indonesian Chinese Israeli Chinese Italian Chinese Jamaican Chinese Japanese Chinese Korean Chinese Laotian Chinese Malaysian Chinese Mauritian Chinese Mexican Chinese Mongolian Chinese New Zealander Chinese Nicaraguan Chinese Panamanian Chinese Peruvian Chinese Romanian Chinese Russian Chinese Samoan Chinese Singaporean - Han Chinese, majority ethnic group of Singapore Chinese South African Chinese Spanish Chinese Thai Chinese Tongan Chinese Trinidadian Chinookan - members of a number of Native American peoples living in the Columbia River valley in Washington and Oregon Chipewyan - Native American people of northwest Canada Chippewa - Native American people inhabiting the Great Lakes region of Canada and also living in Minnesota, North Dakota, Wisconsin, Michigan and Montana Chitimacha - Native American people of southeastern Louisiana Cho Ro Choctaw - Native American people of Mississippi and Alabama, now mostly living in Oklahoma with many still living in Mississippi Chukchansi Chukchis Chulym Tatars Chumash - Group of Native American peoples inhabiting coastal southern California Chuncho Chut Chuukese - A ethnic group at Chuuk, part of the Federated States of Micronesia