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Bai (白族; pinyin: bái zú) is one of the 56 ethnic groups officially recognized by the People's Republic of China. Population (2000): 1,858,063.

Bai people live mostly in the provinces of Yunnan ( Dali area), and in neighboring Guizhou ( Bijie area) and Hunan ( Sangzhi area) provinces.

An estimated 900,000 (as of 1990) of the Bai speak the language, also called Bai, a member of the tibeto-burman language family. The SIL code for Bai is PIQ.

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Chinese ethnic groups (classification by PRC government)
Achang - Bai - Blang - Bonan - Buyi - Dai - Daur - De'ang - Dong - Dongxiang - Drung - Evenks - Gaoshan - Gelao - Gin - Han - Hani - Hezhen - Hui - Jingpo - Jino - Kazakh - Kirghiz - Koreans - Lahu - Lhoba - Li - Lisu - Manchu - Maonan - Monpa - Miao - Mongols - Mulam - Naxi - Nu - Oroqin - Pumi - Qiang - Russian - Salar - She - Shui - Tajik - Tatars - Tibetan - Tu - Tujia - Uyghur - Uzbek - Wa - Xibe - Yao - Yi - Yugur - Zhuang


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