Tai–Kadai ethnic groups in China
The following is a list of the Tai–Kadai ethnic groups in China:
Tai and Rauz peoples
- Thai (Central Thai)
- Bouyei
- Tai Chong (Thai: ไทชอง tai chong)
- Dai (Thai: ไทลื้อ tai léu), including the Lu, Han Tai, Huayao Tai and Paxi people
- Tai Dam
- Dong (Chinese: 侗族, Thai: ต้ง), including the Northern and Southern Dong people
- E (Thai: อี๋ ĕe)
- Tai Eolai (Thai: ไทเอวลาย Tai eo laai)
- Fuma (Thai: ฟูมะ Fū ma)
- Hongjin Tai
- White Thai people
- Tai Kaihua (Thai: ไทไขหัว tai kăi hŭa)
- Kang
- Tai Lai (Thai: ไทลาย tai laai)
- Minggiay (Thai: มิงเกีย ming-gia)
- Mo
- Isan people
- Tai Nuea (Thai: ไทเหนือ tai nĕua), including the Tai Mao and Tai Pong people
- Pachen (Thai: ปาเชน bpaa chayn)
- Tai Payee (Thai: ไทปายี่ tai bpaa yêe)
- Pemiayao (Thai: เปเมียว bpay-mia wor)
- Pulachee (Thai: ปูลาจี bpoo-laa jee)
- Pulungchee (Thai: ปูลุงจี bpoo-lung-jee)
- Puyai (Thai: ปู้ใย่ bpôo)
- San Chay (also referred to as the Cao Lan people)
- Shan (Thai: ไทใหญ่ yài tai), including the Cun (Thai: ไทขึน)
- Tay (Thai: โท้)
- Thuchen (Thai: ตูเชน dtoo chayn)
- Thula (Thai: ตุลา dtù-laa)
- Tai Ya people (Thai: ไทหย่า tai yàa)
- Yoy (Thai: ไทย้อย tai yói)
- Tay (including the Tho people)
- Zhuang (Thai: จ้วง jûang), including the Buyang, Dianbao, Pusha, Tulao, Yongchun and Nùng (Thai: ไทนุง) people
Li people
The Li reside primarily, if not completely, within the Hainan Province of China.
Kra peoples
The Kra peoples are clustered in the Guangxi, Guizhou, Yunnan, Hunan and Hainan provinces of China, as well as the Hà Giang, Cao Bằng, Lào Cai and Sơn La provinces of Vietnam.
Kam–Sui peoples
- Bouyei of Guizhou Province (including Ai-Cham, Mak and T'en, although most Bouyei are nuclear Tai)
- Dong of Guizhou, Hunan and Guangxi Provinces (also referred to as the Kam people)
- Mulao of Guizhou Province
- Maonan of Guangxi Province
- Shui of Guizhou, Yunnan and Guangxi Provinces (also referred to as the Sui people)
Cao Miao people
The Cao Miao people of Guizhou, Hunan and Guangxi Provinces speak a Kam–Sui language called Mjiuniang, although it is believed that the people are of Hmong–Mien descent.
Biao people
Whether or not the Biao people of China are of Kam–Sui descent is an issue of present debate in the scientific community. They are, however, a Tai people.
Kang people
The Kang people of Yunnan Province (referred to as Tai Khang in Laos) speak a Kam–Sui language, but ethnically descend from the Dai people.
Biao people
The Biao people are clustered in the Guangdong Province of China.[1]
Lakkia people
The Lakkia are an ethnic group clustered in the Guangxi Province of China and neighboring portions of Vietnam, whose members are of Yao descent, but speak a Tai–Kadai language called Lakkia.[2] These Yao were likely in an area dominated by Tai speakers and assimilated an early Tai–Kadai language (possibly the language of the ancestors of the Biao people).
Lingao people
The Lingao people are an ethnic group clustered in the Hainan Province of China whose members are classified as Han under China's nationality policy, but speak a Tai–Kadai language called Lincheng.[3]
