Subgroups of Han Chinese

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In Mandarin: "minxi" (民系, ethnic lineages) or "zuqun" (ethnic groups).

These two terms are mostly used in mainland China and Taiwan, respectively, referring to subgroups of the population known as the Han Chinese, whose mother tongue are languages of the Sinitic linguistic family, and who do not belong to one of People's Republic of China's 56 official minority ethnic groups of China.

[edit] Han Chinese subgroups

• Min-speakers (Fujianese)
  • Hoklo people ^[1]
  • Hainanese people
• Wu-speakers
  • Shanghaier people
• Hunanese people
• Cantonese people ^[2]
• Hakka people ^[3]

• Teochew people
• Other minor subgroups include speakers of the Ping dialect, Danjia (Tanka), Peranakans, and Chuanqing people of Guizhou who are in the process of being assimilated by their more dominant neighbors.

[edit] See also

• Taiwanese people
• Chinese people
• Chinese diaspora
  • Chinese Indonesians
  • Malaysian Chinese
  • Chinese Americans
  • Chinese Australians
  • Chinese Canadians
  • Chinese Brazilians
  • British Chinese
  • Chinese in Singapore

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