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A number of ethnic groups of the People's Republic of China are not officially recognized. Taken together, these groups (simplified Chinese: 未识别民族; traditional Chinese: 未識別民族; pinyin: wèi shíbié mínzú) would constitute the twentieth most populous ethnic group of China. Some scholars have estimated that there are over 200 distinct ethnic groups that inhabit China, compared to 56 groups that are officially recognized. There are in addition small distinct ethnic groups that have been classified as part of larger ethnic groups that are officially recognized. Some groups, like the Hui of Xinjiang with the Hui of Fujian, are geographically and culturally separate, except for the shared belief of Islam. Han Chinese, being the world's largest ethnic group, has a large diversity within it, such as in Gansu, whose Han individuals may have genetic traits from the assimilated Tangut civilization. Although they are indigenous to Hainan island and do not speak a Chinese language, the Lingao (Ong-Be) people near the capital (8% of the population) are counted as Han Chinese.

List of ethnic groups

Notes

1. This count does not include all Japanese people in China (such as those who arrived after 1945), but only those who have resided in China since 1945.

See also

• Ethnic minorities in China
• Ethnic groups in Chinese history
• List of unrecognized ethnic groups of Guizhou

References

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Further reading

• Olson, James S. (1998). An Ethnohistorical Dictionary of China. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press. ISBN 0-313-28853-4.
• Schwars, Henry G. (1984). The Minorities of Northern China: A Survey. Washington: Center for East Asian Studies, Western Washington University.

External links

• 至今没有归属中国尚待被识别的23个少数民族 (in Chinese)

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