Portrays the 56 officially recognized ethnicities of the PRC. Some groups are relatively well-defined (Uyghurs, Jingpo), some are more convenient classifications than actually based on linguistic/cultural background (Miao and Yao are groups of Hmong-Mien speaking peoples but not a cohesive "ethnicity"), some are erroneously named (Tajiks in China are almost entirely Pamiri, speaking an Eastern Iranian language while Tajik is Western - the two are completely unintelligible), and some are just wrong (Utsuls are classified as Hui despite speaking an entirely different language and having a different culture). Also, the two most populous non-Han ethnicities, the Zhuang and Manchu, have been thoroughly Sinicized - there are likely less than 10 native speakers of Manchu left, all elderly.


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