Back شعب باى ARZ Baylar AZ Бай (народ) BE པའེ་མི། BO Bai BR Bai Catalan Băh-cŭk CDO Bai Danish Bai German Bajoj EO
白族 | |
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 An elderly woman and a girl adorned in traditional Bai garments | |
| Total population | |
| 2,091,543 (as of 2020)[1] | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| China, mostly in the Yunnan Province (Dali area), Guizhou Province (Bijie area) and Hunan Province (Sangzhi area) | |
| Languages | |
| Bai, Chinese | |
| Religion | |
| Buddhism, Benzhuism, Taoism, Christianity, Irreligion, Islam and Other religions | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Han Chinese • Hui Other Sino-Tibetan peoples |
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The Bai/Pai (Bai: Baipho, /pɛ̰˦˨xo̰˦/ (白和); Chinese: 白族; pinyin: Báizú; Wade–Giles: Pai²-tsu²; endonym pronounced [pɛ̀tsī]), are an East Asian ethnic group native to the Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture of Yunnan Province, Bijie area of Guizhou Province, and Sangzhi area of Hunan Province. The Bai constitute one of the 56 ethnic groups officially recognized by China,[2] with a population of 2,091,543 (as of 2020).[1]
- ^ a b Croddy, E. (2022). China's Provinces and Populations: A Chronological and Geographical Survey. Springer International Publishing. p. 41. ISBN 978-3-031-09165-0. Retrieved 2024-10-29.
- ^ Solis, Jacqueline. "LibGuides: Chinese Ethnic Groups: Overview Statistics". guides.lib.unc.edu. Retrieved 2024-05-08.