Ethnicity
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Language & Origin[citation needed]
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Primary homeland[citation needed]
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Subgroups, tribes & castes[citation needed]
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Majority (plurality) religion and sect[citation needed]
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!Kung
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Kxʼa → !Kung[note 1]
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Namibia (Kalahari Desert)
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Animism
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Abagusii
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Niger-Congo → Bantu → Gusii
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Kenya (Kisii County)
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Christianity, Traditional African religion
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Abazins
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Northwest Caucasian → Abazgi → Abaza
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Russia (Abazinia)
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Significant populations in Turkey, Egypt, and Ukraine
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Islam → Sunni Islam
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Abelam
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Sepik → Ndu → Abelam
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Papua New Guinea (Sepik River Basin)
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Christianity, Animism
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Abenaki
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Algic → Algonquian → Western Abenaki
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Canada (Quebec), United States (Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont)
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Abenaki religion
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Abkhazians
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Northwest Caucasian → Abazgi → Abkhaz
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Georgia (Abkhazia)[note 2]
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Sadz
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Christianity → Eastern Orthodoxy, Islam → Sunni Islam
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Acehnese
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Austronesian → Chamic → Acehnese
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Indonesia (Aceh)
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Islam → Sunni Islam
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Acholi
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Nilo-Saharan → Nilotic → Luo → Acholi
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South Sudan, Uganda (Acholiland)
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Christianity
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Adjoukrou
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Niger–Congo → Kwa → Adjukru
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Ivory Coast (Dabou)
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Christianity
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Afar
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Afro-Asiatic → Cushitic → Afar
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Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia (Afaria)
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Islam
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Afemai
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Niger–Congo → Edoid → Afenmai
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Nigeria (Edo State)
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Christianity
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African-Americans
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Indo-European → Germanic → English, Louisiana Creole, Gullah, Afro-Seminole Creole, Francosign → ASLic → American Sign → Black American Sign
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United States
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African-American Jews, African-American Muslims, Black Seminoles, Cherokee Freedmen, Creoles of color, Gullah, Mascogos, and Sierra Leonean Americans, with significant populations in France, the United Kingdom, Africa (including Ghana), and Israel
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Christianity → Protestantism → Baptists,[1] Methodism, Pentacostalism, Jehovah's Witnesses, Islam → Sunni Islam, Judaism
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Afrikaners
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Indo-European → Germanic → Afrikaans
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South Africa
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Boers
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Christianity → Protestantism → Calvinism
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Afro-Brazilians
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Indo-European → Romance → Portuguese, Indo-European → Romance → Cafundó
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Brazil
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Zambo
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Christianity → Catholicism, Protestantism → Pentecostalism Candomble, Umbanda, Batuque, Xango, Tambor de Mina
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Afro-Caribbean
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Indo-European → Germanic → English → English Creole, Indo-European → Romance → Spanish → Caribbean Spanish, Indo-European → Romance → French → French Creole, Indo-European → Germanic → Dutch → Surinamese Dutch, Indo-European → Romance → Portuguese → Papiamento, Niger–Congo → Yoruba, Niger–Congo → Igbo
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Caribbean
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Afro-Antiguan and Barbudan, Afro-Arubans, Afro-Bahamians, Afro-Barbadians, Afro-Bermudians, Afro-Colombians, Afro-Costa Ricans, Afro-Cubans (including Ganga-Longoba), Afro-Curaçaoans, Afro-Dominicans (Dominica), Afro-Dominicans (Dominican Republic), Afro-Grenadians, Afro-Guatemalans, Afro-Guyanese, Afro-Haitians, Afro-Hondurans, Afro-Jamaicans, Afro-Kittitians and Nevisians, Afro-Panamanian, Afro-Puerto Ricans, Afro-Saint Lucian, Afro-Salvadoran, Afro-Surinamese, Afro-Trinidadians and Tobagonians, Afro-Venezuelans, Afro-Vincentians, and Afro-Antiguans and Barbudans (including Afro-Antiquans and Afro-Barbudans)
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Christianity, Islam, Rastafari, Obeah, Santería, Orisha, Trinidad Orisha, Yoruba, Vodou, Traditional African religion, Afro-American religion, Baháʼí
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Afro-Russians
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Indo-European → Slavic → Russian
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Russia
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Christianity → Orthodox Christianity → Russian Orthodoxy
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Afro-Turks
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Turkic → Oghuz → Turkish
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Turkey
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Afro-Abkhazians
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Islam
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Agaw
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Afro-Asiatic → Cushitic → Agaw[note 1]
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Horn of Africa (Ethiopia, Eritrea)[note 3]
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Bilen, Ximre, Awi, Qemant
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Christianity → Oriental Orthodoxy
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Ahom
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Kra–Dai → Tai → Ahom[note 4]
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India (Assam)
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Hinduism
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Aikanã
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Aikanã language
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Brazil (Rondônia)
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Aimaq
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Indo-European → Iranian → Persian → Aimaq
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Afghanistan
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Aimaq Hazara, Firozkohi, Jamshidi, Aimaq Kipchaks, Timuri, Taymani
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Islam → Sunni Islam
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Ainus
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Ainu languages[note 1]
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Japan (Hokkaido, Tōhoku region), Russia (Sakhalin, Kamchatka Peninsula, Khabarovsk Krai), Kuril Islands (Russia or Japan)
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Hokkaido Ainu (including Ishikari Ainu, Menasunkur Ainu, and Sumunkur Ainu), Tokyo Ainu, Sakhalin Ainu, and Russian Ainu
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Animism → Ainu folk religion, Buddhism → Nichiren Shōshū, Shinto, Christianity → Eastern Orthodoxy → Russian Orthodoxy
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Aja
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Niger–Congo → Kwa → Gbe → Adja
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Benin, Togo
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West African Vodun
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Akan
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Niger–Congo → Kwa → Central Tano,[note 1][note 5] Niger–Congo → Kwa → Avikam–Alladian,[note 1] Niger–Congo → Kwa → Avatime, Niger–Congo → Kwa → Abé, Niger–Congo → Kwa → Abidji, Niger–Congo → Kwa → Attié, Niger–Congo → Kwa → M'Bato, Niger–Congo → Kwa → Abure, Francosign → American Sign → Ghanaian Sign, Adamorobe Sign, Nanabin Sign
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Ghana (Gold Coast])[note 6]
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Twi (including Ashanti and Akuapem), Fante, Abbé, Abidji, Ahafo, Ahanta, Akwamu, Akyem, Anyi, Aowin, Assin, Attie, Avatime, Avikam, Baoulé, Brong, Chakosi, Evalue, M'Bato, Nzema, Sefwi (including House of Israel), Tchaman, Wasa, Abure, Alladian
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Christianity
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Akha
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Sino-Tibetan → Loloish → Hani → Akha
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China (Pu'er and Xishuangbanna)[note 7]
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Akeu
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Animism
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Alaskan Creoles
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Indo-European → Slavic → Russian → Alaskan Russian
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United States (Alaska)
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Christianity → Eastern Orthodoxy → Russian Orthodoxy
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Alavi Bohras
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Indo-European → Indo-Aryan → Gujarati → Lisan ud-Dawat
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India (Gujarat)
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Islam → Shia Islam → Isma'ilism
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Alawites
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Afro-Asiatic → Semitic → Arabic → Levantine Arabic
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Syria, Lebanon
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Islam → Alawite
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Albanians
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Indo-European → Paleo-Balkan → Albanian[note 1]
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Albania, Kosovo, North Macedonia (Ilirida), Greece (Chameria), Serbia (Preševo Valley)
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Ghegs (including Arbanasi and Kosovars), Tosks (including Arbëreshë, Cham Albanians, Arvanites), along with significant populations in Turkey, Egypt, Syria, France, the United Kingdom Italy, Spain, Germany, the Netherlands, Austria, Belgium, Nordic countries, Switzerland, Greece (including Western Thrace), Ukraine, Romania, Hungary, Croatia, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Bulgaria, North Macedonia, Australia, Canada, and the United States
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Islam, Christianity
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Aleuts
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Eskaleut → Aleut
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United States (Aleutian Islands)
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Christianity → Orthodox Christianity
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Altaians
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Turkic → Kipchak → Southern Altai, Turkic → Siberian Turkic → Northern Altai
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Russia (Altai Republic and Altai Krai), Mongolia (Altai Mountains), China (Altay Prefecture)
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Altai faith
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Alur
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Nilo-Saharan → Nilotic → Luo → Alur
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Uganda (West Nile sub-region), Democratic Republic of the Congo (Ituri Province)
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Christianity
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Alutiiq
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Eskaleut → Eskimo → Alutiiq
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United States (Alaska)
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Chugach
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Christianity
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Alyutors
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Chukotko-Kamchatkan → Alyutor
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Russia (Koryak Okrug)
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Shamanism, Christianity → Eastern Orthodoxy
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Ambonese
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Austronesian → Malayic → Malay → Ambonese Malay
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Indonesia (Ambon Island)
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Christianity → Protestantism → Calvinism
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Ambundu
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Niger–Congo → Bantu → Kimbundu
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Angola
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Christianity, Traditional African religions
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Americo-Liberians
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Indo-European → Germanic → English, Indo-European → Germanic → English → Merico, Indo-European → Germanic → English → Liberian Kreyol
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Liberia
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Christianity → Protestantism
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Amhara
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Afro-Asiatic → Semitic → Ethiopic → Amharic
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Ethiopia (Amharia)
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Christianity → Oriental Orthodoxy
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Amis
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Austronesian → Formosan → Amis
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Taiwan (Taitung and Hualien Counties)
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Animism, Christianity
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Amish
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Indo-European → Germanic → Pennsylvania Dutch, Indo-European → Germanic → Alemannic German → Alsatian
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United States (Pennsylvania)
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Old Order Amish (including Swiss Amish, Nebraska Amish, Swartzentruber Amish, Buchanan Amish, Andy Weaver Amish, Troyer Amish, Byler Amish, Renno Amish, Holmes Old Order Amish, Elkhart-LaGrange Amish, Lancaster Amish, and Tobe Amish), New Order Amish,
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Christianity → Anabaptism
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Amung
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Trans-New Guinea → Amung
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Indonesia (Mimika, Puncak)
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Christianity
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Andalusians
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Indo-European → Romance → Spanish → Andalusian Spanish
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Spain (Andalusia)
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Christianity → Catholicism
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Aneuk Jamee
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Austronesian → Malayic → Minangkabau → Aneuk Jamee[note 8]
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Indonesia (Aceh)
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Anglo-Burmese
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Indo-European → Germanic → English, Sino-Tibetan → Lolo-Burmese → Burmese
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Myanmar
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Christianity, Buddhism
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Anglo-Canadian
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Indo-European → Germanic → English → Canadian English
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Canada
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Ontarian, Quebecer, Nova Scotian, New Brunswicker, Manitoban, British Columbian, Prince Edward Islander, Saskatchewanian, Albertan, Newfoundlander, Labradorian, Anglo-Métis, Northwest Territorian, Yukoner, Anglo-Nunavummiut
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Christianity → Protestantism → Anglicanism
Christianity → Catholicism
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Anglo-Indians
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Indo-Europeans → Germanic → English
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India
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significant populations in the United Kingdom, Australia, and Bangladesh
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Christianity
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Anglo-Irish
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Indo-European → Germanic → English
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Ireland
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Christianity → Protestantism → Anglicanism
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Angu
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Trans-New Guinea → Angan
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Papua New Guinea (Kratke Range)
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Animism
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Antiochian Greek Christians
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Afro-Asiatic → Semitic → Arabic → Levantine Arabic
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Levant (Lebanon, Syria, Israel, Jordan, Turkey)
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Christianity → Eastern Orthodoxy → Greek Orthodoxy, Catholicism → Melkite Catholicism
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Anuak
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Nilo-Saharan → Nilotic → Luo → Anuak
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Ethiopia (Anuakia), South Sudan (lanBoma)
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Christianity
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Apache
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Dené–Yeniseian → Na-Dene → Apachean[note 9]
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United States (Apacheria)
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Chiricahua, Jicarilla, Lipan, Mescalero, Salinero, Plains Apache, Western Apache
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Native American religion → Native American Church
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Apanyekra
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Macro-Jê → Jê → Canela
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Brazil (Northeast Region)
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Apinajé
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Macro-Jê → Jê → Apinayé
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Brazil (Tocantins)
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Animism
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Arabs
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Afro-Asiatic → Semitic → Arabic,[note 1] Arab Sign,[note 1] Al-Sayyid Bedouin Sign
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Arabian Peninsula[2] and Syrian Desert[3]
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Bedouins (including Al-Sayyid Bedouins, Palestinian Bedouins, Negev Bedouins, Galilee Bedouins), Israeli-Arabs, Palestinians (including Palestinian Bedouins, Palestinian Chileans, Palestinian Brazilians, Palestinian Nicaraguans, Palestinian Mexicans, Palestinian Americans, Palestinian Haitians, Palestinian Salvadorans, Pakistani Palestinians, Palestinian Egyptians, Palestinian Iraqis, Palestinian Pakistanis, Palestinian Australians), Egyptian Arabs, Maghrebi Arabs, Iranian Arabs (including Khuzestani Arabs, Khorasani Arabs, and Khamseh Arabs), Sudanese Arabs, Marsh Arabs, Alawites, Hadharem, Mhallami, Rashaida, Baggara Arabs, Abbala Arabs, Azawagh Arabs, Diffa Arabs, Manga Arabs, Ababda, Arab-Persians, Arab-Berbers, with diaspora populations (including the Palestinian diaspora) in Europe (including the United Kingdom, the Caucasus, Sweden, Spain), Turkey, Pakistan (including Palestinians), India, Colombia, Chile (including Palestinians), Nicaragua, Brazil (including Palestinians), Mexico (including Palestinians), Venezuela, the United States (including Palestinians), Canada, Haiti (including Palestinians), Cuba, El Salvador (including Palestinians), Australia (including Palestinians), New Zealand, Singapore
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Islam → Sunni Islam
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Aragonese
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Indo-European → Romance → Aragonese, Indo-European → Romance → Spanish
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Spain (Aragon)
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Christianity → Catholicism
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Arameans
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Afro-Asiatic → Semitic → Neo-Aramaic[note 1]
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Israel
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Christianity → Eastern Christianity → Syriac Christianity
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Arapaho
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Algic → Algonquian → Arapahoan → Arapaho
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United States (Colorado, Wyoming)
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Christianity, Native American Church
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Arará
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Indo-European → Romance → Spanish → Cuban Spanish
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Cuba
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Arara
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Argobba
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Afro-Asiatic → Semitic → Ethiopic → Argobba[note 10]
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Ethiopia (Afar, Harari, Amhara, and Oromia Regions)[note 3]
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Islam → Sunni Islam
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Armenians
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Indo-European → Armenian,[note 1] Armenian Sign
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Armenia, Azerbaijan, Turkey[note 11]
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Turkish Armenians (including Armenians in Istanbul, Hemshin, and Hidden Armenians), Cherkesogai, Armeno-Tats, Hayhurum Karabakhis, along with significant populations in Russia, Belarus, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Serbia, Poland, Greece, Hungary, Moldova, Romania, Ukraine (including Crimea), Cyprus, the United States, Canada, Mexico, Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay, France, Spain, the United Kingdom Sweden, Switzerland, Italy, Malta, Georgia (including Samtskhe–Javakheti, Abkhazia, and Tbilisi), Azerbaijan, (including Baku), Egypt, Lebanon, Pakistan, Iran, Qatar, Iraq, Kuwait, Syria, the United Arab Emirates, Israel, Jordan, Ethiopia, China, India, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Singapore, Australia, Austria, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Germany
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Christianity → Oriental Orthodoxy
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Aromanians
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Indo-European → Romance → Aromanian
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Balkans (Greece, Albania, North Macedonia, Serbia, Bulgaria, Romania)[note 3]
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Significant populations in Greece, Albania, Romania, Bulgaria, Serbia, and North Macedonia, along with diaspora populations
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Christianity → Eastern Orthodoxy
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Arrernte
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Pama-Nyungan → Arandic → Arrernte
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Australia (Arrernte Land)
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Alcheringa
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Assiniboine
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Siouan → Western Siouan → Assiniboine
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Canada (Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta), United States (North Dakota, Montana)
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Bizebina, Insaombi, Wokpanbi
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Traditional Assiniboine religion
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Assyrians
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Afro-Asiatic → Semitic → Neo-Aramaic[note 1][note 12]
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Assyria (Iraq, Iran, Syria, Turkey)[note 13]
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Iraqi Assyrians, Turkish Assyrians, Syrian Assyrians and Iranian Assyrians. Groupings include Chaldean Assyrians from Nineveh and Bohtan, Syriac Assyrians from Tur Abdin, Hakkari and Urmia tribes including; Tyari, Jilu, Baz, Tkhuma, Nochiya. Majority in diaspora
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Christianity → Eastern Christianity → Syriac Christianity
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Asturians
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Indo-European → Romance → Asturleonese → Asturian, Indo-European → Romance → Galician and Asturleonese → Eonavian[note 14]
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Spain (Asturias)
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Eonavians
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Christianity → Catholicism
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Atacama
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Kunza
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Chile (Atacama Desert, Altiplano), Argentina (Altiplano), Bolivia (Antofagasta Region)
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Inca Religion
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Atayals
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Austronesian → Formosan → Atayal
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Taiwan
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Animism, Christianity
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Atikamekw
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Algic → Algonquian → Atikamekw
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Canada (Nitaskinan)
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Atoni
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Austronesian → Timoric → Uab Meto
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Indonesia (West Timor), East Timor (Oecusse)
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Amarasi
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Christianity
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Atyap
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Niger–Congo → Plateau → Atyap
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Nigeria (Kaduna State)
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Christianity
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Austral Islanders
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Austronesian → Malayo-Polynesian → Polynesian → Austral
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France (Austral Islands)
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Christianity
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Austrians
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Indo-European → Germanic → Bavarian, Francosign → Austro-Hungarian Sign → Austrian Sign
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Austria, Italy (South Tyrol)
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Significant populations in United States, Canada, and Australia
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Christianity → Catholicism
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Avars
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Northeast Caucasian → Avar
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Russia (Dagestan)
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Islam → Sunni Islam
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Awa
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Barbacoan → Awan → Awa
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Colombia (Nariño), Ecuador (Carchi)
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Christianity
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Awadhis
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Indo-European → Indo-Aryan → Hindustani → Awadhi
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India (Awadh)
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Barhai
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Hinduism
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Aymara
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Aymaran → Aymara
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Bolivia, Peru, Chile
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Christianity → Catholicism
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Äynu
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Turkic and Indo-European → Karluk and Iranian → Uyghur and Persian → Äynu, Turkic → Karluk → Uyghur
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China (Xinjiang)
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Islam → Sunni Islam → Alevism
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Azerbaijanis
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Turkic → Oghuz → Azeri[note 1]
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Azerbaijan, Iran (Iranian Azerbaijan)
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Ayrums, Bayat, Karadaghis, Qajars, Küresünni, Padar, Qarapapaqs, Shahsevan, Terekeme, Yeraz, Afshar (including Javanshir Qizilbash), Iranian Azeris, along with significant populations in Georgia, Russia, and historically Armenia
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Islam → Shia Islam
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Babur and Bura
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Afroasiatic → Chadic → Bura
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Nigeria (Borno State and Adamawa State)
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Babur, Bura
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Baharna
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Afro-Asiatic → Semitic → Arabic → Bahrani Arabic
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Bahrain
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Significant population in Kuwait
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Islam → Shia Islam
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Bahnar
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Austroasiatic → Bahnaric → Bahnar
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Vietnam (Central Highlands)
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Animism
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Bai
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Sino-Tibetan → Greater Bai → Bai[note 1]
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China (Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture, Bijie, Sangzhi County)
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Buddhism
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Bakossi
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Niger–Congo → Bantu → Akoose
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Cameroon (Bakossi Mountains)
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Christianity → Catholicism
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Balanta
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Niger–Congo → West Atlantic → Senegambian → Balanta[note 1]
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Guinea-Bissau, Senegal, The Gambia
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Traditional African religions
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Balinese
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Austronesian → Balinese
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Indonesia (Bali)
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Bali Aga
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Hinduism → Balinese Hinduism
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Balkars
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Turkic → Kipchak → Balkar
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Russia (Kabardino-Balkaria)
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Islam → Sunni Islam
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Balochs
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Indo-European → Iranian → Balochi
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Balochistan (Pakistan, Iran, Afghanistan)
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Askani, Bajkani, Bangulzai, Barazani, Bhurgari, Bugti, Buledi, Chandio, Darzada, Dehwar, Dodai, Dombki, Gabol, Ghazini, Jamali, Jatoi, Kalmati, Khetran, Kunara, Langhani, Lango, Lashkrani, Loharani, Lund, Marri, Mazari, Mengal, Mirali, Mugheri, Muhammad Shahi, Mullazai, Nothazai, Pitafi, Qaisrani, Rind, Sadozai, Sethwi, Shaikhzadah, Talpur, Tauki, Umrani, Yarahmadzai, Zardari, Makrani, along with significant populations in the United Arab Emirates (including Al Balushi) and Turkmenistan
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Islam → Sunni Islam
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Balondo-ba-Konja
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Niger–Congo → Bantu → Londo
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Cameroon
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Creationism → Balondo-ba-Konja religion
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Balti
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Sino-Tibetan → Tibetic → Balti
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Pakistan (Gilgit-Baltistan)
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Islam → Shia Islam
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Bamars
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Sino-Tibetan → Burmese
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Myanmar
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Taungyo, Yaw, Intha, Danu, Anglo-Burmese
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Buddhism → Theravada Buddhism
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Bambara
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Niger–Congo → Mande → Manding → Bambara
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Mali
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Haratin
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Islam
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Bamileke
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Niger–Congo → Grassfields → Bamileke[note 1]
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Cameroon (West and Northwest regions)
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Mengaka, Ngiemboon, Ngombale, Ngomba, Ngwe, Yemba, Fe'fe', Ghomala', Kwaʼ, Nda’nda', Medumba
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Christianity
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Bamum
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Niger–Congo → Grassfields → Bamum
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Cameroon (West Region)
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Islam
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Banda
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Niger–Congo → Ubangian → Banda[note 1]
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Central African Republic, South Sudan, Democratic Republic of the Congo
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Central Banda, South Banda, West Banda
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Christianity
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Bangweulu Twa
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Niger-Congo → Bantu → Bemba
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Zambia (Bangweulu Wetlands)
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Traditional African Religion
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Banjarese
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Austronesian → Malayic → Malay → Banjarese
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Indonesia (South Kalimantan)
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Islam → Sunni Islam
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Banjara
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Indo-European → Rajasthani → Lambadi
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India (Mewar)
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Barak Turkmens
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Turkic → Oghuz → Turkish
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Turkey, Syria
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Islam → Sunni Islam
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Bari
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Nilo-Saharan → Nilotic → Bari
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South Sudan (Central Equatoria), Uganda
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Pojulu, Kakwa, Nyangwara, Mandari, Kuku
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Christianity
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Bariba
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Niger–Congo → Gur → Bariba
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Borgu (Benin, Nigeria)
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Islam
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Bashkirs
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Turkic → Kipchak → Bashkir
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Russia (Bashkortostan)
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Islam
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Basques
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Basque[note 15]
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Basque Country (Spain, France)
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Navarreans, Alavans, Biscayans, Gipuzkoans, Northern Basques, along with significant populations in Argentina, Chile, Colombia, the United States, Canada, Mexico, Venezuela, and Uruguay
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Christianity → Catholicism
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Bassa
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Niger–Congo → Kru → Bassa
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Liberia (Bassaland)
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Christianity → Protestantism → Anglicanism
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Basters
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Indo-European → Germanic → Afrikaans
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Namibia
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Christianity → Protestantism
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Batak
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Austronesian → Northwest Sumatra–Barrier Islands → Batak[note 1]
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Indonesia (North Sumatra)
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Angkola, Karo, Mandailing, Pakpak, Simalungun, Toba, Alas, Kluet, Singkil
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Christianity → Protestantism → Lutheranism
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Bateri
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Indo-European → Dardic → Bateri
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Pakistan (Kohistan)
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Islam → Sunni Islam
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Bauzi
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East Geelvink Bay → Bauzi
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Indonesia (Papua)
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Animism
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Batwa
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Niger-Congo → Bantu → Kirundi, Niger–Congo → Bantu → Kiga
|
African Great Lakes
|
|
Traditional African religion
|
Bazigar
|
Indo-European → Indo-Aryan → Bazigar
|
India (Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, Chandigarh, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Rajasthan), Pakistan (Punjab)
|
|
|
Beja
|
Afro-Asiatic → Cushitic → Beja
|
Sudan, Egypt, Eritrea
|
Bishari, Hadendoa, Hedareb, Amarar, Beni-Amer
|
Islam → Sunni Islam
|
Belarusians
|
Indo-European → Slavic → Belarusian[note 16]
|
Belarus
|
Significant populations in the United States, Ukraine, and Russia
|
Christianity → Eastern Orthodoxy
|
Belizean Creoles
|
Indo-European → Germanic → English → Belizean Creole
|
Belize
|
|
Christianity → Protestantism
|
Bemba
|
Niger–Congo → Bantu → Bemba
|
Zambia (Northern, Luapula, and Copperbelt Provinces), Democratic Republic of the Congo (Katanga Province)
|
|
Christianity → Protestantism
|
Bembe
|
Niger–Congo → Bantu → Bembe
|
Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tanzania
|
|
Christianity
|
Bena
|
Niger–Congo → Bantu → Bena
|
Tanzania (Njombe Region)
|
|
|
Bengalis
|
Indo-European → Indo-Aryan → Bengali, Indo-European → Indo-Aryan → Sylheti, Indo-European → Indo-Aryan → Hindustani → Dhakaiya Urdu
|
Bengal (Bangladesh, India)
|
Bengali Muslims, Bengali Hindus, Bangladeshis, along with the Bengali Hindu diaspora, (British Bangladeshis, Middle Eastern Bangladeshis, Malaysian Bangladeshis, Bangladeshi Canadians, Italo-Bangladeshis, Polish Bangladeshis, Bangladeshi New Zealanders, Bangladeshi Australians, Maldivian Bangladeshis, Japanese Bangladeshis, Bengali Americans and Bangladeshi Americans), Bangals, Ghotis, Dhakaiyas, Sylhetis
|
Islam → Sunni Islam, Hinduism
|
Beni Ades
|
|
Algeria
|
|
|
Berbers
|
Afro-Asiatic → Berber,[note 1] Afro-Asiatic → Semitic → Arabic[note 1]
|
Maghreb
|
Central Atlas Berbers, Chaouis, Kabyle, Chenouas, Ghomaras, Hawwara, Matmatas, Mozabite, Nafusis, Rifians, Shilha, Siwi, Tuaregs, Awjila, Arab-Berbers, Sanhaja Berbers, Jerba, Zayanes, with significant populations in Belgium, France, Canada, the Netherlands, the United States, Western Sahara, Mauritania, Burkina Faso (including Tuaregs), Niger (including Tuaregs), and Mali
|
Islam → Sunni Islam
|
Berom
|
Niger–Congo → Plateau → Berom
|
Niger (Plateau State)
|
|
Christianity
|
Berta
|
Nilo-Saharan → Berta
|
Ethiopia (Benishangul-Gumuz Region), South Sudan
|
|
Islam
|
Betawis
|
Austronesian → Malayic → Malay → Betawian
|
Indonesia (Jakarta)
|
|
Islam → Sunni Islam
|
Beti[note 17]
|
Niger–Congo → Bantu → Ewondo, Niger–Congo → Bantu → Eton
|
Cameroon
|
Ewondo, Eton
|
Christianity
|
Bezhta
|
Northeast Caucasian → Tsezic → Bezhta
|
Russia (Tsuntinsky District)
|
|
Islam → Sunni Islam
|
Bhils
|
Indo-European → Indo-Aryan → Bhil[note 1]
|
India (Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Rajasthan, Maharashtra)
|
Barda, Bhagalia, Bhilala, Bhil Gametia, Bhil Garasia, Bhil Kataria, Bhil Mama, Bhil Mavchi, Dholi Bhil, Dungri Bhil, Damor, Dungri Garasia, Mewasi Bhil, Nirdhi Bhil, Rawal Bhil, Tadvi Bhil, Vasava, Bhil Meena, Chaudhri, Bagdi
|
Hinduism
|
Bhojpuris
|
Indo-European → Indo-Aryan → Bihari → Bhojpuri
|
India, Nepal
|
Paswan, Teli
|
Hinduism
|
Bhumijs
|
Austroasiatic → Munda → Bhumij[note 18]
|
India (West Bengal, Odisha, Jharkhand)
|
|
Sarnaism
|
Bicolanos
|
Austronesian → Philippine → Bikol[note 1]
|
Philippines (Bicol Region)
|
Central Bikol, Sorsoganons, Catandunganons, Rinconada, Albayanon
|
Christianity → Catholicism
|
Bidayuh
|
Austronesian → Malayo-Polynesian → Land Dayak[note 1]
|
Malaysia (Sarawak)
|
Kendayan, Selako, Bakatiʼ, Sara Bakati', Laraʼ, Bukar–Sadong, Biatah, Tringgus, Jagoi, Jangkang, Kembayan, Semandang, Ribun, Nyaduʼ, Sanggau
|
Christianity
|
Bilala
|
Nilo-Saharan → Central Sudanic → Naba
|
Chad (Lake Fitri)
|
|
Islam
|
Bishnupriya Manipuris
|
Indo-European → Indo-Aryan → Bishnupriya Manipuri
|
India (Manipur), Bangladesh
|
|
Hinduism
|
Bissa
|
Niger–Congo → Mande → Bissa
|
Burkina Faso
|
|
Islam
|
Blaan
|
Austronesian → Philippine → Blaan
|
Philippines (Soccsksargen)
|
|
Anitism
|
Blackfoot
|
Algic → Algonquian → Blackfoot
|
Alberta (Canada), Montana (United States)
|
Kainai Nation, Piegan Blackfeet, Piikani Nation, Siksika Nation
|
Native American Church, Christianity
|
Boa
|
Niger–Congo → Bantu → Boa
|
Bas-Uélé (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
|
|
Christianity
|
Bodo
|
Sino-Tibetan → Sal → Bodo
|
Bodoland (India)
|
Mech, Kachari
|
Bathouism, Hinduism
|
Bokota
|
Chibchan → Buglere
|
Bocas del Toro (Panama)
|
|
Native American religion
|
Bondei
|
Niger–Congo → Bantu → Sueta → Bondei
|
Pangani District (Tanzania)
|
|
|
Bosniaks
|
Indo-European → Slavic → Shtokavian → Bosnian
|
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Sandžak (Serbia, Montenegro)
|
Significant populations in Serbia, Turkey, Austria, Germany and the United States
|
Islam → Sunni Islam
|
Bouyei
|
Kra–Dai → Tai → Bouyei
|
Guizhou (China)
|
Giáy
|
Moism
|
Bozo
|
Niger–Congo → Mande → Bozo
|
Mali
|
|
Islam
|
Brahuis
|
Dravidian → Brahui
|
Balochistan (Pakistan)
|
Raisani, Jhalawan, Sarawan, Mengal (including Zagar and Zakria Zae), Sasoli
|
Islam → Sunni Islam → Hanafi
|
Bretons
|
Indo-European → Celtic → Breton[note 19]
|
Brittany (France)
|
Significant populations in Canada and the United States
|
Christianity → Catholicism
|
Bribri
|
Chibchan → Talamanca → Bribri, Bribri Sign
|
Cordillera de Talamanca (Costa Rica)
|
|
Talamancan mythology
|
Bru
|
Austroasiatic → Katuic → Bru
|
Savannakhet province (Laos), Vietnam (Quảng Bình and Quảng Trị provinces)
|
|
Animism
|
Bubi
|
Niger–Congo → Bantu → Bube
|
Bioko (Equatorial Guinea)
|
|
Christianity → Catholicism
|
Budu
|
Niger–Congo → Bantu → Budu
|
Wamba Territory (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
|
|
Christianity
|
Buduma
|
Afro-Asiatic → Chadic → Yedina
|
Lake Chad (Chad, Nigeria, Cameroon)
|
|
Islam
|
Buginese
|
Austronesian → South Sulawesi → Buginese
|
South Sulawesi (Indonesia)
|
|
Islam
|
Bulgarians
|
Indo-European → Slavic → Bulgarian, Francosign → Bulgarian Sign
|
Bulgaria
|
Pomaks, Paulicians, Macedonian Bulgarians, Bessarabian Bulgarians, Dobrujan Bulgarians, Thracian Bulgarians, along with significant populations in Turkey, Ukraine and Moldova, Romania and Serbia, Croatia, Germany, Spain, and the United States
|
Christianity → Eastern Orthodoxy
|
Burghers
|
Indo-European → Indo-Aryan → Sinhala, Indo-European → Germanic → English, Indo-European → Romance → Portuguese → Sri Lankan Portuguese Creole
|
Sri Lanka
|
Dutch Burghers, Portuguese Burghers
|
Christianity
|
Burushos
|
Burushaski
|
Pakistan (Gilgit-Baltistan)
|
|
Islam → Shia Islam → Isma'ilism
|
Butonese
|
Austronesian → Celebic → Butonese[note 1]
|
Indonesia (Buton)
|
|
Islam
|
Bwa
|
Niger–Congo → Gur → Bwa[note 1]
|
Burkina Faso, Mali
|
|
Traditional African religions
|
Bwatiye
|
Afroasiatic → Chadic → Bacama
|
Nigeria (Adamawa State)
|
|
|
Camminanti
|
Indo-European → Romance → Sicilian → Baccagghiu
|
Italy (Sicily)
|
|
Christianity → Catholicism
|
Canary Islanders
|
Indo-European → Romance → Spanish → Canarian Spanish, Silbo Gomero
|
Spain (Canary Islands)
|
Isleños
|
Christianity → Catholicism
|
Cape Coloureds
|
Indo-European → Germanic → Afrikaans, English
|
Western Cape (South Africa)
|
|
Christianity
|
Cape Verdeans
|
Indo-European → Romance → Portuguese → Cape Verdean Creole
|
Cabo Verde
|
|
Christianity → Catholicism
|
Carolinians
|
Austronesian → Malayo-Polynesian → Oceanic → Micronesian → Carolinian
|
Northern Mariana Islands (United States)
|
|
Christianity → Catholicism
|
Catalans
|
Indo-European → Romance → Catalan, Catalan Sign[note 1]
|
Catalan Countries (Spain, France, Andorra)
|
Valencians, Balearics, Algherese, Andorrans, with significant populations in the United States
|
Christianity → Catholicism
|
Cayuga
|
Iroquoian → Northern Iroquoian → Cayuga
|
Ontario (Canada), New York, Oklahoma (United States)
|
|
|
Chaga
|
Niger–Congo → Bantu → Chaga[note 1]
|
Tanzania
|
|
Christianity, Islam, Traditional African religions
|
Chagossians
|
Indo-European → Bourbonnais Creole → Chagossian Creole
|
Chagos Archipelago[note 20]
|
|
|
Chaharmahali Turks
|
Turkic → Oghuz → Chaharmahali Turkic
|
Chaharmahal (Iran)
|
|
|
Chakmas
|
Indo-European → Indo-Aryan → Chakma
|
Chittagong Hill Tracts (Bangladesh)
|
|
Buddhism → Theravada Buddhism
|
Chamorro
|
Austronesian → Chamorro
|
Mariana Islands (United States)
|
|
Christianity → Catholicism
|
Chams
|
Austronesian → Chamic → Cham[note 1]
|
Champa (Cambodia, Vietnam), Hainan (China)
|
Churu, Jarai, Rade, Raglai, Utsul
|
Islam → Sunni Islam
|
Chechens
|
Northeast Caucasian → Nakh → Chechen
|
Chechnya (Russia)
|
Kists, Chechen Kurds, with significant populations in Austria, France, Jordan, Syria, Turkey, and the United States
|
Islam → Sunni Islam
|
Chelkans
|
Turkic → Siberian Turkic → Northern Altai → Chelkan
|
Russia (Altai Republic, Kemerovo Oblast)
|
|
Christianity → Eastern Orthodoxy, Burkhanism, Shamanism
|
Cherokee
|
Iroquoian → Southern Iroquoian → Cherokee[note 21]
|
United States (North Carolina, Tennessee)[note 22]
|
Cherokee Nation, Eastern Band, United Keetoowah Band, Cherokee Freedmen
|
Christianity
|
Chewa
|
Niger–Congo → Bantu → Chewa
|
Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Mozambique
|
|
Christianity
|
Cheyennes
|
Algic → Algonquian → Cheyenne, Plains Indian Sign Language
|
United States (Montana, Oklahoma)
|
|
Native American religion, Native American Church, Christianity
|
Choctaw
|
Muskogean → Choctaw[note 21]
|
United States (Alabama, Florida, Mississippi, Louisiana)[note 22]
|
|
Christianity
|
Chileans
|
Indo-European → Romance → Spanish → Chilean Spanish
|
Chile
|
significant populations in United States, Argentina, Sweden, Australia, and Mexico
|
Christianity → Catholicism
|
Chokwe
|
Niger–Congo → Bantu → Chokwe
|
Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Zambia
|
|
Christianity
|
Chukchis
|
Chukotko-Kamchatkan → Chukotkan → Chukchi
|
Chukchia
|
|
Christianity → Eastern Orthodoxy → Russian Orthodoxy
|
Chulyms
|
Turkic → Siberian Turkic → Chulym
|
Russia (Tomsk Oblast, Krasnoyarsk Krai)
|
|
|
Chumash
|
Chumashan languages[note 1][note 23]
|
California (United States)
|
|
Christianity
|
Chutiya
|
Sino-Tibetan → Sal → Deori[note 4]
|
India (Assam)
|
Deori
|
Hinduism
|
Chuukese
|
Austronesian → Micronesian → Chuukese
|
Chuuk Lagoon (Federated States of Micronesia)
|
|
Christianity → Catholicism
|
Chuvans
|
Indo-European → Slavic → Russian, Chukotko-Kamchatkan → Chukotkan → Chukchi, formerly Yukaghir → Chuvan
|
Russia (Chukotka)
|
|
|
Chuvash
|
Turkic → Oghur → Chuvash
|
Russia (Chuvashia)
|
Virjal, Anatri
|
Christianity → Eastern Orthodoxy
|
Cinta Larga
|
Tupian → Monde → Cinta Larga
|
Brazil (Amazon rainforest)
|
|
Indigenous religion
|
Circassians
|
Northwest Caucasian → Circassian[note 1]
|
Russia (Circassia)[note 2]
|
Abzakhs, Adygeans, Besleneys, Bzhedugs, Chemirgoys, Cherkess, Kabardians, Natukhajs, Shapsugs, Ubykhs, Hatuqways
|
Islam → Sunni Islam
|
Cofán
|
Cofán language
|
Sucumbios (Ecuador), Putumayo (Colombia)
|
|
Animism
|
Comanche
|
Uto-Aztecan → Numic → Comanche, Indo-European → Germanic → English
|
Comancheria (United States)
|
|
Native American Church, Christianity
|
Confederados
|
Indo-European → Germanic → English → American English
|
Santa Bárbara d'Oeste, Americana (Brazil)
|
|
Christianity → Protestantism
|
Copts
|
Afro-Asiatic → Coptic,[note 24] Egyptian Sign
|
Egypt
|
Sudan and Libya along with the Coptic diaspora
|
Christianity → Coptic Orthodoxy
|
Cornish
|
Indo-European → Celtic → Cornish,[note 25] BANZSL → British Sign
|
Cornwall (United Kingdom)
|
Significant populations in the United States and Australia
|
Christianity
|
Corsicans
|
Indo-European → Romance → Corsican[note 19]
|
Corsica (France)
|
Corsican Americans (including Corsican Puerto Ricans}
|
Christianity → Catholicism
|
Cree
|
Algic → Algonquian → Cree[note 1][note 26]
|
Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec, Newfoundland and Labrador (Canada)
|
James Bay Cree, Moose Cree, Swampy Cree, Woodland Cree, Papaschase
|
Christianity
|
Croats
|
Indo-European → Slavic → Serbo-Croatian,[note 1][note 27] Francosign → Austro-Hungarian Sign → Yugoslav Sign[note 1]
|
Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina (Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina)
|
Bunjevci, Krashovani, Janjevci, Šokci, Bosnian Croats, Croat Muslims, along with significant populations in Italy (including Molise Croats), Austria, United States, Chile, Argentina, Germany, Australia and Canada
|
Christianity → Catholicism
|
Crow
|
Siouan → Western Siouan → Crow
|
Montana (United States)
|
|
Christianity, Crow religion
|
Cubans
|
Indo-European → Romance → Spanish → Cuban Spanish
|
Cuba
|
significant populations in United States
|
Christianity → Catholicism
|
Czechs
|
Indo-European → Slavic → Czech
|
Czech Republic
|
Bohemians, along with significant populations in United States and Canada
|
Christianity → Catholicism[note 28]
|
Dagaaba
|
Niger–Congo → Gur → Dagaare
|
Ghana, Burkina Faso
|
|
Christianity
|
Dagombas
|
Niger–Congo → Gur → Dagbani
|
Kingdom of Dagbon (Ghana)
|
|
Islam → Sunni Islam
|
Damara
|
Khoe → Khoekhoe
|
Damaraland (Namibia)
|
|
Christianity
|
Damia
|
Indo-European → Indo-Aryan → Dameli
|
Chitral District (Pakistan)
|
|
|
Danes
|
Indo-European → Germanic → Danish, Indo-European → Germanic → East Danish, Indo-European → Germanic → Jutish, Francosign → DTSic → Danish Sign
|
Denmark
|
Significant populations in the United States, Canada, Greenland, and Germany.
|
Christianity → Protestantism → Lutheranism
|
Dargins
|
Northeast Caucasian → Dargwa
|
Dagestan (Russia)
|
Kaitag, Kubachi, Itsari, Chirag
|
Islam
|
Dawoodi Bohra
|
Indo-European → Indo-Aryan → Lisan ud-Dawat
|
India, Pakistan
|
|
Islam → Shia → Isma'ilism
|
Deccani
|
Indo-European → Indo-Aryan → Hindustani → Deccani
|
Deccan (South-Central India)
|
Hyderabadi
|
Islam
|
Dinka
|
Nilo-Saharan → Nilotic → Dinka
|
South Sudan
|
|
Christianity
|
Dogon
|
Niger–Congo → Dogon,[note 1] Bangime, Tebul Sign
|
Mali (Bandiagara Escarpment)
|
Ampari Dogon (including Nyamboli), Tebul U, Mombo Dogon, Escarpment Dogon (including Tommo So), Jamsai Dogon, Nanga Dogon, Yanda Bɔlɔm, Walo, Beente, Duleri Dogon, Pinia, Bondum Dogon, Dogul Dogon, Budu, Western Plains Dogon, Toro-tegu Dogon, Bangande
|
Traditional African religions
|
Dogras
|
Indo-European → Indo-Aryan → Dogri
|
India (Jammu Division)
|
|
Hinduism
|
Dolgans
|
Turkic → Siberian Turkic → Dolgan
|
Russia (Krasnoyarsk Krai)
|
|
|
Doms
|
Indo-European → Indo-Aryan → Domari, Indo-European → Indo-Aryan → Garachi
|
Azerbaijan, Middle East, North Africa
|
Garachi, with significant populations in Egypt, Israel, Libya, Sudan, Syria, and Tunisia
|
Doukhobors
|
Indo-European → Slavic → Russian
|
Russia
|
|
Christianity → Spiritual Christianity
|
Druze
|
Afro-Asiatic → Arabic → Levantine Arabic, DGSic → Israeli Sign
|
Levant (Syria, Lebanon, Israel)
|
Lebanese Druze, Syrian Druze, Israeli Druze, Jordanian Druze
|
Druzism[4][5]
|
Dubla
|
Indo-European → Indo-Aryan → Bhil → Dubli[note 29]
|
Gujarat (India)
|
|
Hinduism
|
Dutch
|
Indo-European → Germanic → Dutch, Indo-European → Germanic → Zeelandic, Indo-European → Germanic → Afrikaans, Indo-European → Germanic → Gronings, Indo-European → Germanic → Limburgish, Indo-European → Germanic → Plautdietsch, Francosign → Dutch Sign
|
Netherlands
|
Groningers, Zeeuws, Limburgers, and numerous colonial descendants such as Arubans, Bonairians, Curaçaoans, Sabans, St. Maarteners, St. Eustatians, Indos, Cape Coloureds, along with significant populations in the United States, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand
|
Christianity[note 28]
|
Dwe'e
|
Niger–Congo → Bantu → Nzime
|
Cameroon
|
|
Christianity
|
Dyula
|
Niger–Congo → Mande → Manding → Dyula
|
Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Mali
|
|
Islam → Sunni Islam
|
East Indian Catholics
|
Indo-European → Indo-Aryan → East Indian Mahratti
|
India (Seven Islands of Bombay)
|
|
Christianity → Catholicism
|
Ebira
|
Niger–Congo → Nupoid → Ebira
|
Kogi State (Nigeria)
|
|
Islam
|
Edo
|
Niger–Congo → Edoid → Edo
|
Edo State (Nigeria)
|
Ika, Emai
|
Christianity
|
Efik
|
Niger–Congo → Cross River → Ibibio-Efik → Efik
|
Cross River State (Nigeria)
|
|
Christianity
|
Egyptians
|
Afro-Asiatic → Semitic → Arabic → Egyptian Arabic, Afro-Asiatic → Semitic → Arabic → Sa'idi Arabic, Egyptian Sign
|
Egypt
|
Sa'idi
|
Islam → Sunni Islam
|
Ekari
|
Trans-New Guinea → Ekari
|
Indonesia (Wissel Lakes)
|
Ekoi
|
Niger–Congo → Bantoid → Jagham
|
Nigeria, Cameroon
|
|
Christianity
|
Emberá
|
Choco → Emberá[note 1]
|
Colombia (Chocó Department), Panama (Darién, Emberá)
|
|
Shamanism
|
Enets
|
Uralic → Samoyedic → Enets[note 1]
|
Russia (Krasnoyarsk Krai)
|
|
|
English
|
Indo-European → Germanic → English, BANZSL → British Sign
|
England (United Kingdom)[note 30]
|
Numerous colonial descendants include Americans, Canadians, Australians, New Zealanders, English South Africans, and significant populations in Commonwealth Caribbean, Saint Helena, Botswana, Kenya, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Namibia, Pakistan, Myanmar, India, Sri Lanka, Hong Kong, and Singapore.
|
Christianity → Protestantism → Anglicanism
|
Esan
|
Niger–Congo → Edoid → Esan
|
Esanland (Nigeria)
|
|
Christianity
|
Estonians
|
Uralic → Finnic → Estonian, Uralic → Finnic → South Estonian, Francosign → RSLic → Estonian Sign
|
Estonia, Setomaa (Estonia and Russia)
|
Setos, Voros, Hiiumaans, Saaremaans
|
Christianity → Protestantism → Lutheranism[note 28]
|
Evenks
|
Tungusic → Northern Tungusic → Evenki, Tungusic → Northern Tungusic → Negidal
|
Russia, China
|
Negidals
|
Shamanism
|
Evens
|
Tungusic → Northern Tungusic → Even, Turkic → Siberian Turkic → Yakut
|
Russia (Kamchatka Krai, Magadan Oblast, Sakha)
|
|
Shamanism
|
Ewe
|
Niger–Congo → Kwa → Gbe → Ewe
|
Togo, Ghana
|
Anlo Ewe, Waci
|
Christianity, West African Vodun
|
Falkland Islanders
|
Indo-European → Germanic → English → Falkland Islands English
|
British Overseas Territories (Falkland Islands)
|
|
Christianity
|
Fang
|
Niger–Congo → Bantu → Beti → Fang
|
Río Muni (Equatorial Guinea), Gabon
|
|
Christianity
|
Faroese
|
Indo-European → Germanic → Faroese
|
Faroe Islands
|
|
Christianity → Protestantism → Lutheranism
|
Fijians
|
Austronesian → Malayo-Polynesian → Fijian
|
Fiji
|
Fijian Americans, Fijian Australians, Fijian British
|
Christianity → Protestantism → Methodism
|
Finns
|
Uralic → Finnic → Nuclear Finnish,[note 1][6] Indo-European → Germanic → Finland Swedish, SSLic → FSLic[note 1]
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Finland
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Kvens, Forest Finns, Tornedalians, Ingrian Finns (including Siberian Finns), Savonians, Tavastians, Finns proper, Ostrobothnians, Finnish Karelians, Finland Swedes, Kainuu, and Murmansk Finns, along with significant populations in Sweden, Switzerland, Australia, United States (including Findians), Argentina, and Canada (including Findians).
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Christianity → Protestantism → Lutheranism
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Fipa
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Niger–Congo → Bantu (Zone M) → Fipa, Niger–Congo → Bantu → Mambwe-Lungu
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Rukwa Region, Tanzania (Sumbawanga Rural District, Nkasi District)
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Christianity → Catholicism
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Flemings
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Indo-European → Germanic → Dutch → Flemish, Indo-European → Germanic → West Flemish, Indo-European → Germanic → Zeelandic, Francosign → Belgian Sign → Flemish Sign
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Belgium (Flanders, Brussels), France (French Flanders), Netherlands (Zeelandic Flanders)
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Christianity → Catholicism
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Fon
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Niger–Congo → Kwa → Gbe → Fon
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Dahomey (Benin)
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Christianity → Catholicism, West African Vodun
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French
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Indo-European → Romance → Langues d'oïl,[note 1] Indo-European → Romance → Arpitan, Indo-European → Romance → Faetar, Francosign → French Sign, Francosign → Swiss-French Sign, Francosign → Belgian Sign → French Belgian Sign
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France, Romandy (Switzerland), Aosta Valley (Italy)
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Arpitans (including Savoyards, Faetani, and Cellese), Burgundians, Champenois, Comtois, Gallo, Lorrainers, Normans (including Channel Islanders such as Jèrriais, Guernésiais, and Sercquiais), Picards, Mayennais, Poitevins (including Saintongeais), Barthélemoise, Saint-Martinois, French Guianese, Caldoche, Réunionese (including Zoreilles), Huguenots (including Huguenots in South Africa, Huguenot Australians, and North America), Saint-Pierrais, along with numerous colonial descendants such as Pied-Noirs, French Haitians, French Malagasy, Franco-Mauritians, Franco-Seychellois, French Americans (including French Puerto Ricans), French Senegalese, French Ivorians, French Hongkongers, French Japanese, French Koreans, French Pakistanis, French Lebanese, French Emiratis, French Hungarians, French Britons, French Cubans, French Guatemalans, French Mexicans, French Australians, French New Zealanders, French Argentines, French Brazilians, French Chileans, French Colombians, French Peruvians, French Uruguayans,
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Christianity → Catholicism
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French Canadians
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Indo-European → Romance → Langues d'oïl → French → Canadian French
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Canada (Quebec)
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Québécois, Acadian, Terreneuvians, Ontarien, Manitobain, Saskois, Albertain, Franco-Colombien, Yukonnais, Ténois, Nunavois, Franco-Métis, Brayon, Muskrat French, French-Canadian Americans
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Christianity → Catholicism
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Frisians
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Indo-European → Germanic → Frisian,[note 1] Indo-European → Germanic → East Frisian Low Saxon, Indo-European → Germanic → Dutch → West Frisian Dutch
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Frisia (Netherlands, Germany, historically Denmark)
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Westlauwers Frisians (including Terschelling Frisians, Schiermonnikoog Frisians, and Hindeloopen Frisians), East Frisians, North Frisians, Saterland Frisians, with significant populations in the United States
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Christianity → Protestantism → Calvinism, Christianity → Protestantism → Lutheranism
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Friulians
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Indo-European → Romance → Friulian
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Friuli (Italy)
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Christianity → Catholicism
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Fula
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Niger–Congo → West Atlantic → Senegambian → Fula
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West Africa (Guinea, Senegal, Mali, Mauritania, Nigeria, Cameroon, Niger, Burkina Faso, Benin, Chad)[note 31]
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Wodaabe, Haratin, Fula Jalon, Fulakunda, Maasina Fulfulde
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Islam
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Fur
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Nilo-Saharan → Fur
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Darfur (Sudan)
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Islam → Sunni Islam
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Fuyu Kyrgyz
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Turkic → Siberian Turkic → Fuyu Kyrgyz
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Fuyu County (Qiqihar, Heilongjiang, China)
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Ga-Adangbe
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Niger–Congo → Kwa → Ga–Dangme[note 1]
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Greater Accra (Ghana)
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Ga, Adangbe
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Christianity
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Gabrieleños
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Indo-European → Germanic → English, Indo-European → Romance → Spanish, Uto-Aztecan → Takic → Gabrieleño[note 32]
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Native American religion, Christianity
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Gade
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Niger–Congo → Nupoid → Gade
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Nigeria (Niger State)
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Gagauz
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Turkic → Oghuz → Gagauz
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Gagauzia (Moldova), Budjak (Ukraine)
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Christianity → Eastern Orthodoxy
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Galicians
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Indo-European → Romance → Galician
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Galicia (Spain)
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Couto Mistans
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Christianity → Catholicism
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Gamilaraay
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Pama-Nyungan → Wiradhuric → Gamilaraay
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New South Wales, Queensland (Australia)
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Alcheringa
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Ganda
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Niger–Congo → Bantu → Great Lakes → Luganda
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Buganda (Uganda)
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Abayudaya
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Christianity
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Garhwalis
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Indo-European → Indo-Aryan → Garhwali
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Uttarakhand (India)
|
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Hinduism
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Garifunas
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Arawakan → Ta-Arawakan → Garifuna[note 33]
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Saint Vincent and the Grenadines[note 34]
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Significant populations in the United States
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Christianity → Catholicism
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Garos
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Sino-Tibetan → Sal → Garo
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Garo Hills (India)
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Christianity
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Gavião (Jê)
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Macro-Jê → Jê → Pará Gavião → Parkatêjê, Macro-Jê → Jê → Pará Gavião → Pykobjê
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Brazil (Pará, Maranhão)
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Parkatêjê, Pykobjê
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Gavião (Rondônia)
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Tupian → Monde → Gavião of Jiparaná
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Brazil (Rondônia)
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Gayonese
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Austronesian → Northwest Sumatra–Barrier Islands → Gayo
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Indonesia (Bener Meriah, Central Aceh, and Gayo Lues Regencies)
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Islam
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Gbagyi
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Niger–Congo → Nupoid → Gwari
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Nigeria
|
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Traditional African religions
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Gbaya
|
Niger–Congo → Ubangian → Gbaya[note 1]
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Central African Republic, Cameroon
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Bokoto, Kàrà, Buli (including Toongo), Ali, Mandja, Gbaya-Bossangoa, Bozom, Mbodomo, Gbanu, Bangandu
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Islam
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Gedeo
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Afro-Asiatic → Cushitic → Gedeo
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Gedeo Zone (Ethiopia)
|
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Christianity → Protestantism → P'ent'ay
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Gelao
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Kra–Dai → Kra → Gelao[note 1][note 35]
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Guizhou (China)
|
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Taoism, Buddhism
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Georgians
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Kartvelian languages,[note 1] Northeast Caucasian → Nakh → Bats, Georgian Sign
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Georgia, Azerbaijan (Saingilo)
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Adjarians, Mingrelians, Svans, Tushetians, Meskhetians, Imerkhevians, Ingiloys, Bats,[note 36] with significant populations in Turkey (including Chveneburi, France, Belgium, Poland, Russia, Spain, Ukraine, the United States, and Iran
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Christianity → Eastern Orthodoxy
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Germans
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Indo-European → Germanic → High German,[note 1] Indo-European → Germanic → Low German,[note 1] DGSic → German Sign, Swiss-German Sign
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Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Liechtenstein, Eastern Belgium, South Tyrol
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Bavarians, Franconians, Hessians, Hunsriks, Upper Saxons, Lower Saxons, Swabians (including Danube Swabians (including Banat Swabians)), Rhinelanders (including Colognians), Alsatians, Deutschschweizer, Liechtensteiners, Pomeranians, Black Sea Germans, Volga Germans, Baltic Germans, Silesian Germans, Caucasus Germans, Carpathian Germans, North Schleswig Germans, Eastern Belgians, Transylvanian Saxons, Walsers, Bukovina Germans, Halcnovians, and Nordschleswiger, along with significant populations in the United States (including German Texans), Brazil, Mexico, Argentina, Venezuela (including Colonia Tovar Germans) Canada, Chile, Kazakhstan, Australia, Poland, Denmark, and New Zealand.
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Christianity
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Ghorbati
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Indo-European → Iranian → Persian, Ghorbati[note 1]
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Central Asia
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Muğat
|
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Gibraltarians
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Indo-European → Romance → Spanish → Llanito, Indo-European → Germanic → English → Gibraltarian English, BANZSL → British Sign[7]
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British Overseas Territories (Gibraltar)
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Significant populations in the United Kingdom
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Christianity → Catholicism
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Gilaks
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Indo-European → Iranian → Gilaki
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Gilan (Iran)
|
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Islam → Twelver Shi’ism
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Gitxsan
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Tsimshianic → Gitxsan
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Canada (Skeena Country)
|
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Native American religion
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Goan Catholics
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Indo-European → Indo-Aryan → Konkani → Goan Konkani
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India (Goa)
|
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Christianity → Roman Catholicism
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Gogo
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Niger–Congo → Bantu → Gogo
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Dodoma Region, Tanzania
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|
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Gola
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Niger–Congo → Gola
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Liberia, Sierra Leone
|
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Islam
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Gonds
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Dravidian → Gondi[note 1][note 37]
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India (Gondwana)
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Godha, Madia Gonds, Muria, Koya
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Hinduism
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Gorani
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Indo-European → Slavic → Torlakian → Gorani
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Gora (Kosovo, Albania, North Macedonia)
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Islam → Sunni Islam
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Gorals
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Indo-European → Slavic → Lechitic → Górolski[note 38]
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Southern Poland, northern Slovakia, Cieszyn Silesia (Poland, Czech Republic)
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Silesian Gorals
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Christianity → Catholicism, Christianity → Protestantism → Lutheranism
|
Gorontalo
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Austronesian → Philippine → Gorontaloan
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Gorontalo (Indonesia)
|
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Islam → Sunni Islam
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Great Andamanese
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Great Andamanese[note 1]
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Great Andaman (India)
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Animism
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Greeks
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Indo-European → Hellenic,[note 1] Turkic → Kipchak → Urum, Indo-European → Romance → Aromanian, Indo-European → Romance → Megleno-Romanian, Indo-European → Albanian → Arvanitika, Francosign → French Sign and American Sign → Greek Sign, Cypriot Sign
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Greece, Cyprus
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Greek Cypriots, Pontic Greeks, Cappadocian Greeks, Sarakatsani, Urums, Grikos, Macedonian Greeks, Anatolian Greeks, Tsakonians, Maniots, Antiochian Greeks, Caucasus Greeks, Cretan Muslims, Rand also sizeable populations of Arvanites, Aromanians and Megleno-Romanians who identify as ethnic Greeks, along with significant populations in Albania (including Northern Epirotes), Turkey, Ukraine, Georgia, the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, Australia, France, Italy (including Grikos), Malta, and Canada
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Christianity → Eastern Orthodoxy
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Gros Ventre
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Algic → Algonquian → Gros Ventre
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Montana (United States)
|
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Guajajara
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Tupian → Tenetehara
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Maranhao (Brazil)
|
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Shamanism
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Guan
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Niger–Congo → Kwa → Guang[note 1]
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Ghana (Brong-Ahafo and Volta Regions)
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Gonja, Kyode, Cherepon, Efutu, Anyanga, Larteh, Chumburung, Krache, Anum-Boso
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Christianity
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Guaraní
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Tupian → Guarani
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Paraguay, Misiones (Argentina), Bolivia
|
Chiriguanos, along with Mestizos such as Paraguayans
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Christianity → Catholicism
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Gujarati
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Indo-European → Indo-Aryan → Gujarati
|
Gujarat (India)
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Koli, Bharwad, Khoja, Patidar, Sunni Bohra, Lohana, Vagri, Kharva, Charan, Baria, Momna, Ghanchi, Shenva, Bhambi Khalpa, Zarabes, Bhoi, Luso-Indians, Gujarati Americans
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Hinduism, Islam, Jainism
|
Gujjar / Gurjar
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Indo-European → Indo-Aryan → Gujari
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Primarily Pakistan & India, also Afghanistan at smaller numbers
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Khatana, Solanki, Parihar, Tanwar, Parmar, chandel, Chauhan, Bhadana, Bhatti, Kohli, Tomar, Panwar, Pawar, Bainsla, Bagri, Hans, etc.
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Islam, Hinduism
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Gumuz
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Nilo-Saharan → Gumuz
|
Benishangul-Gumuz Region (Ethiopia)
|
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Traditional African religion
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Guna
|
Chibchan → Kuna
|
Guna Yala (Panama)
|
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Native American religion
|
Gurage
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Afro-Asiatic → Semitic → Ethiopic → Gurage[note 1]
|
Guragia (Ethiopia)
|
Kistane, Zay, Inor, Mesqan, Sebat Bet (including Chaha and Muher)
|
Christianity
|
Gurma
|
Niger–Congo → Gur → Gourmanché
|
Gurmaland (Burkina Faso, Ghana)
|
Ntcham, Bimoba
|
Islam
|
Gurungs
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Sino-Tibetan → Gurung
|
Nepal, Sikkim (India), West Bengal (India)
|
Ghale, Gurung
|
Hinduism, Buddhism
|
Gurunsi
|
Niger–Congo → Gur → Gurunsi[note 1]
|
Burkina Faso, Ghana, Togo
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Lukpa, Kabye, Tem, Lamba, Delo, Bago-Kusuntu, Chala, Lyélé, Nuna, Kalamsé, Pana, Kassena, Winye, Deg, Puguli, Paasaal, Sisaala, Chakali, Siti, Tamprusi, Vagla
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Traditional African religions
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Gwich'in
|
Na-Dene → Athabaskan → Gwich'in
|
Yukon Territory, Northwest Territories (Canada), Alaska (United States)
|
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Native American religion
|
Ha
|
Niger–Congo → Bantu → Ha
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Kigoma Region (Tanzania)
|
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Animism
|
Hadiya
|
Afro-Asiatic → Cushitic → Hadiyya
|
Hadiya (Ethiopia)
|
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Islam
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Hadza
|
Hadza language
|
Karatu District (Tanzania)
|
|
Hadza mythology
|
Haida
|
Haida
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Haida Gwaii (Canada)
|
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Haida Traditional Faith
|
Haisla
|
Wakashan → Haisla
|
British Columbia (Canada)
|
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Native American religion
|
Hän
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Na-Dene → Athabaskan → Hän
|
Yukon Territory (Canada, Alaska (United States)
|
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Native American religion
|
Han Chinese
|
Sino-Tibetan → Sinitic → Chinese,[note 1] CSLic,[note 1] JSLic → Taiwan Sign, Indo-European → Germanic → English → Manglish, Austronesian → Malayic → Malay → Bazaar Malay → Baba Malay
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Mainland China, Macau (China), Hong Kong (China), Taiwan, Singapore, Kokang (Myanmar)
|
Subei, Cantonese (including Punti, Taishanese (including Taishanese Hongkongers), Hongkongers (including Hong Kong Americans, Hong Kong Canadians, Hong Kong Britons, Hong Kong Australians, and Hongkongers in the Netherlands), Macau, Namshun, Cantonese Cambodians, and Chuanqing), Tankas (including Dan and Fuzhou Tanka), Hui, Fujianese (including Fuzhounese (including Fuzhounese Americans), Hoklo (including Hoklo Taiwanese, Hoklo Cambodians, and Hoklo Americans), Hui'an maidens, Putianese, Fujianese Hongkongers, Fokien, and Teochew (including Teochew Cambodians)), Gaoshan Han, Gan, Tunbao, Pinghua (including Northern Pinghua and Southern Pinghua), Hakka (including Ngái (including Dan), Hakka Mauritians, Hakka Cambodians, and Hakka Americans), Hainanese (including Hainanese Cambodians), Hebei, Hunanese, Jianghuai, Shandong, Sichuanese, Wu (including Shanghainese, Ningbonese, and Wenzhounese (including Wenzhounese French)), Kokang Chinese, Han Taiwanese (including Hoklo Taiwanese), Sino-Singaporeans (including Straits Chinese), along with significant populations in the United States (including Hoklo Americans, Hong Kong Americans, Fuzhounese Americans, and Hakka Americans), Mongolia, Malaysia (including Penangite Chinese, Straits Chinese, and Peranakans (including Baba-Nyonya and Kiau–Seng)), Thailand, Indonesia (including Benteng), Myanmar, Canada (including Hong Kong Canadians), the Philippines (including Sangleys), Peru, Australia (including Hong Kong Australians), Vietnam (including Chinese Nùng and Ngái (including Dan)), Japan, Russia, France (including Chinois and Wenzhounese French), the United Kingdom (including Hong Kong Britons), South Africa, Italy, Bulgaria, Germany, Korea (including North Korea and South Korea), Fiji, Finland, Spain, India, Laos, Brazil, the Netherlands (including Hongkongers in the Netherlands), Argentina, Panama, Madagascar, Mauritius (including Namshun, Fokien, Hakka Mauritians, and Sino-creoles), Seychelles, Venezuela, Cambodia (including Teochew Cambodians, Cantonese Cambodians, Hainanese Cambodians, Hoklo Cambodians, and Hakka Cambodians), Belgium, Denmark, Iran, Ireland, Israel, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, the Czech Republic, Chinese Bangladeshis, the Caribbean (including Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Trinidad and Tobago, Belize, Suriname, and Guyana), Chile, Costa Rica, Brazil, Nicaragua, Pakistan, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Portugal, Mozambique, Romania, Samoa, Serbia, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Turkey, the United Arab Emirates, Uruguay, Algeria, Angola, Botswana, Cameroon, Cape Verde, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Egypt, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, Libya, Malawi, Mali, Morocco, Namibia, Nigeria, the Republic of Congo, Senegal, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe, and New Zealand
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Chinese folk religion, Buddhism, Taoism, no religion (see also Religion in China and Religion in Taiwan)
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Hangaza
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Niger–Congo → Bantu → Hangaza
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Kagera Region, Tanzania
|
|
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Hani
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Sino-Tibetan → Loloish → Hani
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Yunnan (China)
|
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Animism
|
Harari
|
Afro-Asiatic → Semitic → Ethiopic → Harari
|
Hararia (Ethiopia)
|
|
Islam → Sunni Islam
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Haratin
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Afro-Asiatic → Semitic → Arabic → Maghrebi Arabic
|
Mauritania
|
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Islam → Sunni Islam
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Hausa
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Afro-Asiatic → Chadic → Hausa
|
Hausaland (Niger, Nigeria, Ghana)
|
|
Islam → Sunni Islam
|
Hawaiians
|
Austronesian → Polynesian → Hawaiian,[note 39] Indo-European → Germanic → English Creole → Hawaiian Pidgin, Hawaiʻi Sign, Hawaiʻi Sign and American Sign → Creole Hawaiʻi Sign
|
Hawaii (United States)
|
|
Christianity
|
Haya
|
Niger–Congo → Bantu → Haya
|
Kagera Region, Tanzania
|
|
Christianity, Ruhanga
|
Hazaras
|
Indo-European → Iranian → Persian → Hazaragi
|
Hazarajat (Afghanistan)
|
Aimaq Hazaras, Tatar Hazaras, Muhammad Khwaja, Attarwala, with significant populations in Australia, India, Indonesia, and Europe
|
Islam → Twelver Shi’ism
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Hehe
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Niger–Congo → Bantu → Hehe
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Iringa Region, Tanzania
|
|
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Heiltsuk
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Wakashan → Northern Wakashan → Heiltsuk-Oowekyala → Heiltsuk
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Central Coast Regional District (Canada)
|
|
Native American religion
|
Herero
|
Niger–Congo → Bantu → Herero
|
Hereroland (Namibia), Angola
|
OvaHimba, Ovambanderu
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Christianity
|
Highland Travellers
|
Indo-European → Celtic → Scottish Gaelic → Beurla Reagaird
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Scottish Highlands (Scotland)
|
|
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Hinukh
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Northeast Caucasian → Tsezic → Hinuq
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Tsuntinsky District (Russia)
|
|
Islam → Sunni Islam
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Hmong
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Hmong–Mien → Hmongic[note 1]
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Guizhou (China)[note 40]
|
A-Hmao, Gha-Mu, Xong, Pa-Hng, Hmong Americans
|
Hmong folk religion
|
Hopi
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Uto-Aztecan → Hopi
|
Hopi Reservation (United States)
|
|
Christianity, Native American Church
|
Huli
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Trans–New Guinea → Engan → Huli
|
Southern Highlands Province (Papua New Guinea)
|
|
Christianity
|
Hungarians
|
Uralic → Ugric → Hungarian, Francosign → Austro-Hungarian Sign → Hungarian Sign
|
Hungary, Székely Land (Romania), Felvidék (Slovakia)
|
Palóc, Matyó, Magyarabs, Hungarian Cumans, along with significant populations in Romania (including Székelys (including Bukovina Székelys) and Csángós), Slovakia, Serbia, Ukraine, Croatia, Slovenia, Germany, the United States, and Canada
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Christianity → Catholicism
|
Hunzibs
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Northeast Caucasian → Tsezic → Hunzib
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Tsuntinsky District (Russia)
|
|
Islam → Sunni Islam
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Hutterites
|
Indo-European → Germanic → Hutterite German
|
Great Plains
|
|
Christianity → Anabaptism
|
Hutu
|
Niger–Congo → Bantu → Great Lakes → Rwanda-Rundi[note 41]
|
Rwanda, Burundi, Kivu (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
|
|
Christianity
|
Iban
|
Austronesian → Malayic → Iban
|
Malaysia (Sarawak)
|
Mualang
|
Christianity
|
Ibanag
|
Austronesian → Philippine → Cordilleran → Ibanag
|
Philippines (Isabela, Cagayan)
|
|
Christianity → Catholicism
|
Ibibio
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Niger–Congo → Cross River → Ibibio, Niger–Congo → Cross River → Anaang, Niger–Congo → Cross River → Eket,
|
Nigeria (Akwa Ibom State)
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Eket, Anaang, Oron
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Christianity
|
Icelanders
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Indo-European → Germanic → Icelandic
|
Iceland
|
|
Christianity → Protestantism → Lutheranism
|
Idoma
|
Niger–Congo → Idomoid → Idoma
|
Benue State (Nigeria)
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Agatu, Alago, Yala
|
Christianity
|
Igbo
|
Niger–Congo → Igbo
|
Nigeria (Igboland)
|
Anioma, Aro, Edda, Ekpeye, Etche, Ezaa, Ika, Ikwerre, Ikwo, Isu, Izzi, Mbaise, Mgbo, Ngwa, Nri-Igbo, Ogba, Ohafia, Ohuhu, Onitsha-Ado, Ukwuani, Waawa, Igbo Jews
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Christianity
|
Igede
|
Niger–Congo → Idomoid → Igede
|
Nigeria (Benue State)
|
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Christianity
|
Igorot
|
Austronesian → Philippine → Cordilleran[note 1]
|
Cordillera Administrative Region (Philippines)
|
Balangao, Bontoc, Ibaloi, Ifugao (including Kalanguya), Isnag, Kalinga, Kankanaey
|
Anitism
|
Ijaw
|
Niger–Congo → Ijaw[note 1]
|
Nigeria (Rivers, Bayelsa, and Delta States)
|
Bille, Engenni, Ibani, Kalabari, Kula, Nkoro, Nkoroo, Obolo
|
Christianity
|
Ili Turks
|
Turkic → Karluk → Ili Turki
|
Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture (China), Kazakhstan
|
|
Islam → Sunni Islam
|
Ilocano
|
Austronesian → Philippine → Cordilleran → Ilocano
|
Ilocos Region (Philippines)
|
|
Christianity → Catholicism
|
Indo-Caribbean
|
Indo-European → Germanic → English → English Creole, Indo-European → Romance → Spanish → Caribbean Spanish, Indo-European → Romance → French → French Creole, Indo-European → Germanic → Dutch → Surinamese Dutch, Indo-European → Romance → Portuguese → Papiamento, Indo-European → Indo-Aryan → Hindustani → Caribbean Hindustani, Dravidian → Tamil–Kannada → Tamil
|
Caribbean
|
Indo-Barbadian, Indo-Dominican, Indo-Grenadians, Indo-Guadeloupeans, Indo-Haitians, Indo-Jamaicans, Indo-Martiniquais, Indo-Kittitians and Indo-Nevisians, Indo-Saint Lucian, Indo-Trinidadian and Tobagonian, Indo-Vincentian, Indo-Belizeans, Indo-Guyanese, Indo-Surinamese
|
Hinduism, Christianity, Islam, Sikhism, Jainism, Buddhism, Zoroastrianism, Baháʼí
|
Indo-Fijians
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Indo-European → Indo-Aryan → Hindustani → Fiji Hindi, Indo-European → Germanic → English, Dravidian → Tamil–Kannada → Tamil, Austronesian → Malayo-Polynesian → Oceanic → Fijian
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Fiji
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significant populations in Australia, New Zealand, United States, Canada, and United Kingdom
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Hinduism, Islam, Christianity, Sikhism
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Indo-Mauritians
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Indo-European → Romance → French → Mauritian Creole, Indo-European → Indo-Aryan → Bhojpuri, Dravidian → Tamil
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Mauritius
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Hinduism, Islam
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Indus Kohistanis
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Indo-European → Dardic → Indus Kohistani
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Kohistan (Pakistan)
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Ingush
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Northeast Caucasian → Nakh → Ingush
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Ingushetia (Russia)
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Islam → Sunni Islam
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Innu
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Algic → Algonquian → Innu-aimun, Algic → Algonquian → Naskapi
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Canada (Labrador, Quebec)
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Naskapi
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Inuit
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Eskaleut → Inuit,[note 1] Inuit Sign
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Denmark (Greenland), Canada (Nunavut, Nunatsiavut, Nunavik, NunatuKavut), United States (Alaska)
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Greenlandics (including Kalaallit, Tunumiit, Inughuit and Greenlandic Danes), Iñupiat (including Nunamiut_, Inuktitut, Inuvialuit, Iglulik Inuit (including Aivilingmiut)
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Christianity
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Iranun
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Austronesian → Philippine → Iranun
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Mindanao (Philippines)
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Islam → Sunni Islam
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Iraqw
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Afro-Asiatic → Cushitic → Iraqw
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Tanzania
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Christianity
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Irish
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Indo-European → Celtic → Irish,[note 25] Francosign → Irish Sign, BANZSL → British Sign → Northern Ireland Sign
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Ireland (Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom)[note 42]
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Ulster Irish, Irish Catholics, Irish-Scots, along with significant populations in the United States, Australia, Canada, Argentina, Mexico, Great Britain, Russia, and New Zealand
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Christianity → Catholicism
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Irish Travellers
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Indo-European → Shelta
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Ireland
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Significant populations in the United Kingdom, and the United States
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Christianity → Catholicism
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Isan
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Kra–Dai → Tai → Lao → Isan
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Thailand (Isan)
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Buddhism → Theravada Buddhism
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Isoko
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Niger–Congo → Edoid → Isoko
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Nigeria (Isoko region)
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Christianity
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Istro-Romanians
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Indo-European → Romance → Istro-Romanian
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Croatia (Istria)
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Christianity → Catholicism
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Italians
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Indo-European → Romance → Italo-Dalmatian,[note 1] Indo-European → Romance → Gallo-Italic,[note 1] Indo-European → Slavic → Slavomolisano, Francosign → LISic → Italian Sign, Francosign → LISic → Swiss-Italian Sign
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Italy, Switzerland (Ticino)
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Waldensians, Lazians, Marchigianos, Tuscans, Umbrians, Emilians, Romagnol (including Sammarinese (including Sammarinese Americans)), Trentinis, Ligurians (including Niçard Italians, Monégasques (including Monégasque Americans)), Lombards (including Lombards of Sicily), Piedmontese, Apulians, Calabrians, Neapolitans (including Abruzzans, Molisans (including Molise Croats), Lucanians, and Campanians), Venetians (including Talians and Chipileños), Vastese, Istrian Italians (including Istriots), Dalmatian Italians, along with significant populations in Argentina, Brazil, the United States (including Sammarinese and Monégasques), Venezuela, Canada, France, Peru, Uruguay, Australia, Germany, Sweden, Switzerland, Croatia, Crimea, Romania, Chile and the United Kingdom
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Christianity → Catholicism
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Itawes
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Austronesian → Philippine → Cordilleran → Itawis
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Philippines (Cagayan Valley)
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Christianity → Catholicism
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Itelmens
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Chukotko-Kamchatkan → Kamchatkan → Itelmen
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Russia (Kamchatka Peninsula)
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Shamanism
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Izhorians
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Uralic → Finnic → Ingrian
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Russia (Ingria)
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Christianity → Eastern Orthodoxy
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Jamaican Maroons
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Indo-European → Germanic → English → Jamaican Patois, Jamaican Maroon Creole
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Jamaica
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Kumfu
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Japanese
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Japonic → Japanesic,[note 1][note 44] Japonic → Hachijō, JSLic → Japanese Sign, Miyakubo Sign
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Japan
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Kantō, Kansai, Hokkaido, Tōhoku, Hōnichi, Satsugū, Chūgoku, Echigo, Tōkai, Shinshuu, Hokuriku, Hachijō, Miyakubo, Tsugaru, and Nikkei Brazilians in Japan, along with significant populations in Brazil, the United States (including Hawaii), Canada, the Caribbean (including Cuba, the Dominican Republic, and Jamaica), Mexico, Argentina, Uruguay, Venezuela, France, Germany, Russia, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, China (including Hong Kong), Belgium (including Brussels), Spain, Turkey, Bolivia, Colombia, Paraguay, Peru, Chile, Egypt, India, Indonesia, North Korea, South Korea, Malaysia, Nepal, New Zealand, Australia, Pakistan, the Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka, Vietnam, South Africa, Singapore, the Federated States of Micronesia, Kiribati, the Marshall Islands, Palau, Thailand, Papua New Guinea, the United Arab Emirates, and the Philippines.
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Shinto, Tenrikyo, Buddhism[note 45]
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Jarai
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Austronesian → Chamic → Jarai
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Vietnam (Central Highlands)
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Animism
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Jarawas
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Ongan → Jarawa
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India (South Andaman, Middle Andaman)
|
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Animism
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Javanese
|
Austronesian → Javanesic[note 1]
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Indonesia (Java)
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Cirebonese, Osing, Tenggerese, Boyanese, Banyumasan, along with significant populations in Malaysia, Suriname, China, Sri Lanka, French Guiana, New Caledonia, and Saudi Arabia
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Islam → Sunni Islam
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Jews
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Afro-Asiatic → Semitic → Hebrew,[note 46] Jewish languages,[note 1][note 47] DGSic → Israeli Sign
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Israel[note 48]
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Ashkenazim (including Galitzianers, Yekke, Litvaks, Udmurt and Tatar Jews), Sephardim (including Eastern Sephardim, Moroccan Jews, Algerian Jews, Tunisian Jews, Libyan Jews, Amazonian Jews, Iberian Jews, Sephardic Bnei Anusim, and Toshavim), Mizrahim (including Bukharim, Juhurim, Syrian Jews, Afghan Jews, Baghdadi Jews, Teimanim, Sharʿabi Jews, Habbanim, Banu al-Harith, Adeni Jews, Persian Jews, Mashhadi Jews, and Kaifeng Jews), Beta Israel (including Beta Abraham), Italkim (including San Nicandro Jews), Rusape Jews, Romaniotes, Constantinopolitan Karaites, Crimean Karaites, Krymchaks, Gruzim, Benei Sión, Bene Israel, Kochinim, Paradesi, Lishanid Noshan, Israeli Jews (including Turkish Jews in Israel), B'nai Moshe, Xuetes, Bnei Menashe, Urfalim, Meshuchrarim, Abayudaya, Shaposhniki, Karaimites, African-American Jews, and Bene Ephraim, along with significant populations in the United States (including Puerto Rico), Canada, Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay, Russia, Belarus, Czechia, Ukraine, Moldova, Romania, Bulgaria, Poland, Turkey, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Austria, Italy, Greece, Switzerland, Belgium, Denmark, the Netherlands, France, Monaco, the United Kingdom, South Africa, Australia, and New Zealand.
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Judaism
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Jingpo
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Sino-Tibetan → Sal → Jingpho
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China (Yunnan), India (Northeast India), Myanmar (Kachin State)
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Animism
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Jita
|
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Tanzania (Mara Region)
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Jola
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Niger–Congo → West Atlantic → Senegambian → Jola[note 1]
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Senegal (Jolaland)
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Banjaal, Bayot, Gusilay, Fogni, Karon, Kasa, Kuwaataay, Mlomp
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Traditional African religions
|
Jukun
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Niger–Congo → Jukun Takum[note 49]
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Nigeria (Wukari)
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Wannu
|
Traditional African religions
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Kadazan-Dusun
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Austronesian → Malayo-Polynesian → Dusunic[note 1]
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Malaysia (Sabah)
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Kadazan, Dusun, Dumpas, Ida'an, Kwijau, Lotud, Mangka'ak, Maragang, Minokok, Orang Sungai, Rumanau, Rungus, Tambanuo
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Christianity
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Kafwe Twa
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Niger-Congo → Bantu → Tonga
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Zambia (Kafue Flats)
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Traditional African Religion
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Kaguru
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Niger–Congo → Bantu → Kagulu
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Tanzania (Ukaguru Mountains)
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Kaingang
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Macro-Jê → Je → Kaingang[note 1]
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Brazil (Parana, Santa Catarina, Rio Grande do Sul, Sao Paulo)
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Shamanism
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Kalanga
|
Niger–Congo → Bantu → Shona → Kalanga
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Zimbabwe, Botswana
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Nambya
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Christianity
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Kalash
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Indo-European → Indo-Aryan → Kalasha
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Pakistan (Chitral District)
|
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Hinduism
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Kalenjin
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Nilo-Saharan → Nilotic → Kalenjin[note 1]
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Kenya (Rift Valley Province)
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Keiyo, Tugen, Marakwet, Nandi, Kipsigis, Sabaot, Pökoot, Okiek, Terik
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Christianity
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Kalinago
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Indo-European → Germanic → English,[note 50] Arawakan → Ta-Arawakan → Kalinago → Garifuna, Vincentian Creole
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Lesser Antilles
|
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Christianity → Catholicism
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Kamba
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Niger–Congo → Bantu → Kamba
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Kenya (Ukambani)
|
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Christianity
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Kamëntsá
|
Camsá language
|
Colombia (Putumayo)
|
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Christianity
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Kanaks
|
Austronesian → Kanak[note 1]
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France (Kanakia)
|
Haveke, Ajië, Arhâ, Xârâgurè, Haeke
|
Christianity → Catholicism
|
Kannadigas
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Dravidian → Tamil–Kannada → Kannada
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IndiaKarnataka)
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Vokkaliga
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Hinduism, Jainism
|
Kanuri
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Nilo-Saharan → Saharan → Kanuri
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Kanuriland (Nigeria, Niger, Chad, Cameroon)
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Kanembu, Yerwa Kanuri
|
Islam
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Kapampangans
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Austronesian → Philippine → Kapampangan
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Pampanga (Philippines)
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Christianity → Catholicism
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Kapsiki
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Afro-Asiatic → Chadic → Kapsiki
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Mandara Mountains (Nigeria, Cameroon)
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Islam
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Karamanlides
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Turkic → Oghuz → Turkish → Karamanli Turkish
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Turkey (Karaman Province, Cappadocia)[14]
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Christianity → Eastern Orthodoxy → Greek Orthodoxy
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Karachays
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Turkic → Kipchak → Karachay
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Russia (Karachay-Cherkessia)
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Islam → Sunni Islam
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Karakalpaks
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Turkic → Kipchak → Karakalpak
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Uzbekistan (Karakalpakstan)
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Islam → Sunni Islam
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Karategin Uzbeks
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Turkic → Karluk → Southern Uzbek
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Afghanistan
|
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Islam → Sunni Islam
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Karbi
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Sino-Tibetan → Kuki-Chin–Naga → Karbic[note 1]
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India (Karbi Anglong district)
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Amri
|
Hinduism
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Karelians
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Uralic → Finnic → Karelian, Uralic → Finnic → Ludic, Uralic → Finnic → Livvi-Karelian
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Karelia (Finland, Russia)
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Tver Karelians, Olonets Karelians
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Christianity → Eastern Orthodoxy
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Karen
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Sino-Tibetan → Karenic[note 1]
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Myanmar (Karen State, Kayah State, Pa'O Self-Administered Zone), Thailand
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S'gaw Karen, Pwo Karen, Karenni (including Kayan), Pa'O
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Buddhism → Theravada Buddhism
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Karuk
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Karuk language
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United States (California)
|
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Christianity
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Kashmiris
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Indo-European → Indo-Aryan → Dardic → Kashmiri
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Kashmir (India, Pakistan)
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Kashmiri Pandits, Kashmiris in Punjab
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Islam → Sunni Islam, Hinduism, Sikhism
|
Kashubians
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Indo-European → Slavic → Kashubian
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Kashubia (Poland)
|
Krubans, Slovincians, and Gochans, along with significant populations in the United States
|
Christianity → Catholicism
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Kaska Dena
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Na-Dene → Athabaskan → Kaska
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British Columbia, Yukon Territory (Canada)
|
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Native American religion
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Kawesqar
|
Alacalufan → Kawesqar
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Chile (Chilean Patagonia, Wellington Island)
|
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Christianity → Protestantism
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Kayapo
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Macro-Jê → Jê → Kayapo
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Brazil (Pará, Mato Grosso)
|
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Kazakhs
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Turkic → Kipchak → Kazakh
|
Kazakhstan
|
Argyn, Kerei, with significant populations in China, Iran, Canada, the United States, and Russia
|
Islam → Sunni Islam
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Kereks
|
Chukotko-Kamchatkan → Chukotkan → Kerek
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Russia (Chukotka)
|
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Shamanism
|
Keres
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Keresan languages,[note 1] Keresan Sign Language
|
United States (Sandoval County and Cibola County, New Mexico)
|
|
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Kerewe
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Niger–Congo → Bantu → Kerewe
|
Ukerewe Island (Tanzania)
|
|
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Kerinci
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Austronesian → Malayic → Kerinci
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Kerinci Regency (Indonesia)
|
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Ket
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Dene-Yeniseian → Yeniseian → Ket
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Krasnoyarsk Krai (Russia)
|
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Shamanism
|
Khakas
|
Turkic → Siberian Turkic → Khakas
|
Khakassia (Russia)
|
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Christianity → Eastern Orthodoxy → Russian Orthodoxy, Shamanism → Tengrism
|
Khalaj
|
Turkic → Common Turkic → Khalaj
|
Iran
|
|
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Khanty
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Uralic → Ugric → Khanty[note 1]
|
Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug (Russia)
|
|
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Khas
|
Indo-European → Indo-Aryan → Nepali
|
Nepal, India (Uttarakhand, Sikkim, Assam, West Bengal)
|
Chhetri, Thakuri, Rana, Vaisya, Kami, Damai, Sarki, Sunar, Gandarbha
|
Hinduism
|
Khinalugs
|
Northeast Caucasian → Khinalug
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Khinalug (Azerbaijan)
|
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Islam → Sunni Islam
|
Khmer
|
Austroasiatic → Khmer
|
Cambodia, Mekong Delta, Isan
|
Northern Khmer people, Khmer Krom and Significant populations in the United States
|
Buddhism → Theravada Buddhism
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Khoja
|
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significant population in East Africa
|
Islam → Shia Islam → Ismaili'sm → Nizari Isma'ilism
|
Khonds
|
Dravidian → Kui
|
Kandhamal (India)
|
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Hinduism
|
Khorasani Turks
|
Turkic → Oghuz → Khorasani Turkic
|
Khorasan (Iran)
|
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Islam → Shia Islam
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Khwarshi
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Northeast Caucasian → Tsezic → Khwarshi
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Tsumadinsky District (Russia)
|
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Islam → Sunni Islam
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Kiga
|
Niger–Congo → Bantu → Nkore-Kiga → Kiga
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Uganda, Rwanda
|
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Christianity → Catholicism, Christianity → Protestantism
|
Kikuyu
|
Niger–Congo → Bantu → Kikuyu
|
Central Province (Kenya)
|
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Christianity
|
Kilba
|
Afro-Asiatic → Chadic → Huba
|
Hong (Nigeria)
|
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Christianity
|
Kinga
|
Niger–Congo → Bantu → Kinga
|
Kipengere Range (Njombe Region, Tanzania)
|
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Christianity, Traditional African religion
|
Kiowa
|
Tanoan → Kiowa
|
Oklahoma (United States)
|
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Christianity, Native American Church
|
Kirantis
|
Sino-Tibetan → Kiranti[note 1]
|
Eastern Region (Nepal)
|
Limbu, Sunuwar, Yakkha (including Athpare), Rai (including Kulung, Bantawa, and Bahing)
|
Kirat Mundhum
|
Kiribati
|
Austronesian → Malayo-Polynesian → Oceanic → Micronesian → Gilbertese
|
Gilbert Islands (Kiribati)
|
|
Christianity, Baha'i Faith
|
Kissi
|
Niger–Congo → West Atlantic → Mel → Kissi
|
Guinea, Sierra Leone
|
|
Christianity
|
Kofyar
|
Afro-Asiatic → Chadic → Kofyar
|
Plateau State (Nigeria)
|
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Traditional African religions
|
Komi
|
Uralic → Permic → Komi
|
Russia (Komi Republic, Permyakia)
|
Komi-Zyrians, Komi-Permyaks, Izhma Komi
|
Christianity → Eastern Orthodoxy
|
Kongo
|
Niger–Congo → Bantu → Kongo
|
Kongoland (Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Angola)
|
Lari, Vili, Yombe, Suundi, Dondo, Hangala, Kugni, Manyanga, Beembe
|
Christianity
|
Konjo
|
Niger–Congo → Bantu → Konjo
|
Rwenzori Mountains (Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda)
|
Nande
|
Christianity
|
Konkani
|
Indo-European → Indo-Aryan → Konkani
|
Konkan (India)
|
Luso-Indians
|
Hinduism
|
Konso
|
Afro-Asiatic → Cushitic → Konso
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Konso (Ethiopia)
|
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Traditional African religions
|
Koreans
|
Koreanic languages,[note 1] JSLic → Korean Sign
|
Korea (North Korea, South Korea)
|
North Koreans (including North Koreans in South Korea), South Koreans, Jeju Islanders, Koryo-saram, Sakhalin Koreans, Zainichi Koreans, along with significant populations in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Cuba, Guatemala, Russia (including North Koreans, Koryo-saram, and Sakhalin Koreans), China, Japan (including Zainichi Koreans), Vietnam, Thailand, Singapore, the Philippines, Indonesia, Mongolia, Iran, Nepal, Taiwan, Sri Lanka, India, the Arab world, Africa (including South Africa), Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Venezuela, Australia, New Zealand, Micronesia, Peru, Chile, Uruguay, Germany, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, and the Czech Republic
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Christianity[note 28] → Protestantism and Catholicism, Buddhism → Mahayana Buddhism → Korean Buddhism, Korean shamanism, Cheondoism, Unification Church, Juche
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Koryaks
|
Chukotko-Kamchatkan → Chukotkan → Koryak
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Russia (Koryak Okrug)
|
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Christianity → Orthodox Christianity, Shamanism
|
Kosraeans
|
Austronesian → Malayo-Polynesian → Oceanic → Micronesian → Kosraean
|
Kosrae (Federated States of Micronesia)
|
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Christianity
|
Kpelle
|
Niger–Congo → Mande → Kpelle
|
Liberia, Guinea
|
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Traditional African religions
|
Kposo
|
Niger–Congo → Kwa → Ghana–Togo Mountain → Kposo
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Plateaux (Togo), Ghana
|
|
Christianity → Catholicism
|
Krahô
|
Macro-Jê → Jê → Krahô
|
Brazil (Terra Indígena Kraolândia)
|
|
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Kristang
|
Indo-European → Romance → Portuguese → Kristang
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Malaysia, Singapore
|
|
Christianity → Catholicism
|
Kru
|
Niger–Congo → Kru[note 1]
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Liberia (Grand Kru and Maryland Counties)
|
Aizi, Bété, Bakwé, Grebo, Krahn (including Sapo), Kuwaa
|
Christianity
|
Kulin
|
Pama-Nyungan → Kulinic → Kulin
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Victoria (Australia)
|
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Alcheringa
|
Kumandins
|
Turkic → Siberian Turkic → Northern Altai → Kumandy
|
Russia (Altai Krai, Altai Republic)
|
|
Christianity → Eastern Orthodoxy → Russian Orthodoxy
|
Kumyks
|
Turkic → Kipchak → Kumyk
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Dagestan (Russia)
|
|
Islam → Sunni Islam
|
Kumzari
|
Indo-European → Indo-Iranian → Iranian → Western Iranian → Southwestern
|
Kumzar (Oman)
|
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Islam → Ibadi Islam, Sunni Islam
|
Kunama
|
Nilo-Saharan → Kunama
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Eritrea, Ethiopia
|
|
Christianity → Oriental Orthodoxy
|
Kurds
|
Indo-European → Iranian → Kurdish,[note 1] Indo-European → Indo-Iranian → Zaza–Gorani,[note 1] Kurdish Sign
|
Kurdistan (Iraq, Iran, Syria, Turkey, Armenia)
|
Bajalan, Zazas, Feylis, Iranian Laks, Yazidis, Shabak, Sheylanli, Muzuri, along with significant populations in France and Germany
|
Islam → Sunni Islam
|
Kuria
|
Niger–Congo → Bantu → Kuria
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Kenya, Tanzania
|
|
Traditional African religions, Christianity
|
Kurukh
|
Dravidian → Kurukh
|
Chota Nagpur Plateau (India)
|
Kisan
|
Sarnaism, Christianity, Hinduism, Animism
|
Kuteb
|
Niger–Congo → Jukunoid → Kuteb
|
Taraba State (Nigeria)
|
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Christianity
|
Kwakwaka'wakw
|
Wakashan → Northern Wakashan → Kwak'wala
|
British Columbia (Canada)
|
|
Native American religion
|
Kwaya
|
Niger–Congo → Bantu → Kwaya
|
Mara Region (Tanzania)
|
|
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Kwere
|
Niger–Congo → Bantu → Kwere
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Bagamoyo District (Pwani Region, Tanzania)
|
|
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Kwinti
|
Indo-European → Germanic → English → Kwinti
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Suriname
|
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Christianity → Moravian Church
|
Kyrgyz
|
Turkic → Kipchak → Kyrgyz
|
Kyrgyzstan
|
Significant populations in Turkey
|
Islam → Sunni Islam → Hanafi
|
Ladins
|
Indo-European → Romance → Ladin
|
Italy (Ladinia)
|
|
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Laks
|
Northeast Caucasian → Lak
|
Russia (Lakia)
|
|
Islam → Sunni Islam
|
Lamaholot
|
Austronesian → Flores–Lembata → Lamaholot
|
Indonesia (Solor)
|
|
Christianity → Catholicism
|
Lampungs
|
Austronesian → Lampung
|
Lampung (Indonesia)
|
|
Islam
|
Lani
|
Trans-New Guinea → Western Dani
|
Indonesia (Central Papua, Highland Papua)
|
|
Christianity, Animism
|
Lao
|
Kra–Dai → Tai → Lao
|
Laos
|
|
Buddhism → Theravada Buddhism
|
Larrakia
|
Larrakia
|
Northern Territory (Australia)
|
|
Alcheringa
|
Latvians
|
Indo-European → Baltic → Latvian
|
Latvia
|
Latgalians, Kursenieki, Selonians
|
Christianity → Protestantism → Lutheranism
|
Laz
|
Kartvelian → Laz[note 51]
|
Lazistan (Turkey, Georgia)
|
Turkish Laz, Georgian Laz
|
Islam → Sunni Islam
|
Lega
|
Niger–Congo → Bantu → Lega
|
Democratic Republic of the Congo
|
|
Traditional African religions
|
Lemba
|
Niger–Congo → Bantu → Venda, Niger–Congo → Bantu → Shona
|
Zimbabwe, South Africa, Malawi, Mozambique
|
|
Christianity, Islam, Judaism
|
Lenape
|
Algonquin → Munsee, Unami
|
United States
|
|
traditional Lenape religion
|
Lezgins
|
Northeast Caucasian → Lezgic → Lezgian
|
Lezgistan (Russia, Azerbaijan)
|
Aghuls, Archin, Budukhs, Jeks, Kryts, Rutuls, Tabasarans, Tsakhurs
|
Islam → Sunni Islam
|
Lhoba
|
Adi, Bokar, Idu Mishmi[note 52]
|
Tibet (Arunachal Pradesh)
|
Nishi, Na, Galo, Mishmi people, Tagin, Adi
|
Animism, Buddhism
|
Li
|
Kra–Dai → Hlai[note 1]
|
Hainan (China)
|
|
Islam → Sunni Islam
|
Limba
|
Niger–Congo → Limba
|
Sierra Leone (Bombali and Koinadugu Districts)
|
|
Christianity
|
Lisu
|
Sino-Tibetan → Loloish → Lisu
|
China, Myanmar
|
Lipo
|
Christianity → Protestantism → Lisu Christianity
|
Lithuanians
|
Indo-European → Baltic → Lithuanian, Lithuanian Sign
|
Lithuania
|
Samogitians, Aukstaitians, Lietuvninkai, along with significant populations in the United States, Canada, Brazil, Poland and the United Kingdom
|
Christianity → Catholicism
|
Livonians
|
Uralic → Finnic → Livonian
|
Latvia, Estonia
|
|
Christianity → Protestantism → Lutheranism
|
Lom
|
Indo-European → Armenian and Indo-Aryan → Lomavren, Indo-European → Armenian
|
Armenia, Georgia, Turkey
|
|
|
Lori
|
|
Balochistan
|
|
|
Louisiana Creoles
|
Indo-European → Romance → French → Louisiana Creole, Indo-European → Romance → Louisiana French, Indo-European → Germanic → English
|
Louisiana (United States)
|
Cajuns, Creoles of color, Alabama Creoles
|
Christianity → Catholicism, Louisiana Voodoo
|
Luba
|
Niger–Congo → Bantu → Luban[note 1]
|
Lubaland (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
|
Luba-Kasai, Luba-Katanga, Hemba (including Bangubangu), Songe, Lulua
|
Christianity
|
Lubu
|
Austronesian → Malayic → Lubu
|
Indonesia (Sumatra)
|
|
|
Luhya
|
Niger–Congo → Bantu → Luhya
|
Western Province (Kenya)
|
Bukusu, Idakho, Isukha, Kabras, Khayo, Kisa, Marachi, Maragoli, Marama, Nyole, Samia, Tachoni, Tiriki, Tsotso, Wanga,
|
Christianity
|
Luo
|
Nilo-Saharan → Nilotic → Luo → Dholuo
|
Kenya
|
|
Christianity
|
Lurs
|
Indo-European → Iranian → Luri
|
Iran (Lorestan, Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad, Khuzestan, Bushehr, and Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Provinces)
|
Bakhtiari, Iranian Laks
|
Islam → Shia Islam
|
Luritja
|
Pama-Nyungan → Wati → Luritja
|
Northern Territory (Australia)
|
|
Alcheringa
|
Luxembourgers
|
Indo-European → Germanic → Moselle Franconian → Luxembourgish
|
Luxembourg, Arelerland (Belgium)
|
Significant populations in Brazil and the United States
|
Christianity → Catholicism
|
Maasai
|
Nilo-Saharan → Nilotic → Maasai
|
Maasailand (Tanzania, Kenya)
|
Samburu, Arusha, Kwavi
|
Traditional African religions
|
Macanese
|
Indo-European → Romance → Portuguese → Macanese Patois, Sino-Tibetan → Sinitic → Cantonese
|
Macau (China)
|
|
Christianity → Catholicism
|
Macedonians
|
Indo-European → Slavic → Macedonian
|
North Macedonia
|
Torbesh, Mijaks, along with significant populations in Australia, Germany, Italy, Switzerland and Greece
|
Christianity → Eastern Orthodoxy
|
Macushi
|
Cariban → Macushi
|
Rupununi (Guyana), Roraima (Brazil)
|
|
Shamanism
|
Madi
|
Nilo-Saharan → Central Sudanic → Ma'di
|
Democratic Republic of the Congo, South Sudan, Uganda
|
|
Christianity
|
Madurese
|
Austronesian → Madurese
|
Madura (Indonesia)[note 53]
|
Boyanese
|
Islam → Sunni Islam → Shafi'i
|
Mafa
|
Afro-Asiatic → Chadic → Mafa
|
Cameroon
|
|
Christianity
|
Magahi
|
Indo-European → Indo-Aryan → Bihari → Magahi
|
Magadha (India)
|
|
Hinduism
|
Magars
|
Sino-Tibetan → Magar[note 54]
|
Nepal
|
Ale, Gharti, Chantayal, Saru, Pun
|
Hinduism, Buddhism
|
Maguindanao
|
Austronesian → Philippine → Maguindanao
|
Maguindanao (Philippines)
|
|
Islam
|
Maithils
|
Indo-European → Indo-Aryan → Bihari → Maithili
|
Mithila (India, Nepal)
|
Karan Kayastha, Brahmin, Chhetri, Vaisya
|
Hinduism
|
Makah
|
Wakashan → Makah
|
Washington (United States)
|
|
Native American religion
|
Makassarese
|
Austronesian → South Sulawesi → Makassarese
|
South Sulawesi (Indonesia)
|
|
Islam → Sunni Islam
|
Makonde
|
Niger–Congo → Bantu → Makonde
|
Tanzania, Mueda Plateau (Mozambique)
|
Machinga
|
Islam
|
Makua
|
Niger–Congo → Bantu → Makhuwa
|
Mozambique
|
Lomwe, Chuwabu, Moniga, Koti, Nathembo
|
Traditional African religions
|
Malagasy
|
Austronesian → Malagasy
|
Madagascar, Comoros, Mayotte, Réunion, Mauritius
|
Merina, Sihanaka, Betsileo, Zafimaniry, Antaifasy, Antemoro, Antaisaka, Antambahoaka, Tandroy, Antankarana, Antanosy, Bara, Betsimisaraka, Bezanozano, Mahafaly, Makoa, Mikea, Sakalava, Tanala, Tsimihety, Vezo
|
Christianity
|
Malayali
|
Dravidian → Malayalamoid → Malayalam
|
Kerala (India)
|
Ambalavasi, Dheevara, Nair, Paravar, Mappilas, Ezhava, Latheen Mappilas, St. Thomas Christians along with significant populations in the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Qatar, Kuwait and Bahrain
|
Hinduism, Islam, Christianity
|
Malays
|
Austronesian → Malayic → Malay, Austronesian → Malayic → Brunei Malay Austronesian → Malayic → Jambi Malay, Austronesian → Malayic → Pahang Malay, Austronesian → Malayic → Terengganu Malay, Austronesian → Malayic → Kelantan-Pattani Malay, Austronesian → Malayic → Kedah Malay, Austronesian → Malayic → Reman Malay, Francosign → ASLic → Malaysian Sign, Austronesian → Malayic → Malay → Sri Lanka Malay
|
Malay world (Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Brunei)
|
Bruneians, Kedahans, Pattani, Pahang, Pontianaks, Terengganuarians, Kelantanese, Perakians, Berau, Loloan Malays, Batin, Proto-Malay (including Orang Kuala, Jakun, Orang Rimba, Orang Seletar, and Temuan) Cape Malays, Cocos Malays, Bangka Malays, Thai Malays, Burmese Malays, Sri Lankan Malays
|
Islam → Sunni Islam
|
Maldivians
|
Indo-European → Indo-Aryan → Maldivian
|
Maldives, Minicoy
|
Mahls
|
Islam → Sunni Islam
|
Maltese
|
Afro-Asiatic → Semitic → Arabic → Maltese
|
Malta
|
Gozitans
|
Christianity → Catholicism
|
Mambai
|
Austronesian → Timoric → Mambai
|
Dili District (East Timor)
|
|
Christianity → Catholicism
|
Mambila
|
Niger–Congo → Mambila
|
Mambilla Plateau (Nigeria, Cameroon)
|
Somyev
|
Traditional African religions
|
Manchus
|
Tungusic → Southern Tungusic → Manchu[note 55]
|
Manchuria
|
Significant populations in Taiwan
|
Shamanism
|
Mandaeans
|
Afro-Asiatic → Semitic → Aramaic → Mandaic
|
Southern Mesopotamia
|
Iraq, Iran
|
Mandaeism
|
Mandarese
|
Austronesian → South Sulawesi → Mandar
|
West Sulawesi (Indonesia)
|
|
Islam
|
Mandinka
|
Niger–Congo → Mande → Manding[note 1]
|
Mali, The Gambia, Guinea, Senegal
|
Bolon
|
Islam
|
Mangalorean Catholics
|
Indo-European languges → Indo-Aryan → Konkani
|
Karnataka (India)
|
|
Christianity → Roman Catholicism
|
Manggarai
|
Austronesian → Sumba–Flores → Manggarai
|
Manggarai (Indonesia)
|
|
Christianity
|
Manjak
|
Niger–Congo → West Atlantic → Senegambian → Manjak
|
Guinea-Bissau, Senegal
|
|
Traditional African religions
|
Manx
|
Indo-European → Celtic → Manx
|
Isle of Man (Crown Dependency)
|
Significant populations in the United States
|
Christianity → Protestantism
|
Māori
|
Austronesian → Polynesian → New Zealand Māori,[note 56] Austronesian → Polynesian → Cook Islands Māori, Austronesian → Polynesian → Penrhyn, Austronesian → Polynesian → Rakahanga-Manihiki, Austronesian → Polynesian → Pukapukan
|
New Zealand
|
Cook Islanders, Māori Indians, with significant populations in the United Kingdom, Australia, and the United States
|
Christianity
|
Mapuche
|
Araucanian languages[note 1][note 57]
|
Chile (Araucanía), Argentina
|
Huilliche, Moluche, Pehuenche, along with Mestizos such as Chileans
|
Christianity
|
Maranao
|
Austronesian → Philippine → Maranao
|
Philippines (Lanao)
|
|
Islam
|
Marathi
|
Indo-European → Indo-Aryan → Marathi
|
India (Maharashtra)
|
Mahar, Maratha, Kunbi, Dhangar, Bhoi
|
Hinduism, Jainism
|
Maris
|
Uralic → Mari[note 1]
|
Russia (Mari El)
|
Meadow Mari, Hill Mari, Northwestern Mari, Eastern Mari, Mountain Mari
|
Christianity → Eastern Orthodoxy, Mari Native Religion
|
Maronites
|
Afro-Asiatic → Semitic → Western Aramaic[note 1][note 58]
|
Lebanon
|
Significant populations in Syria, Cyprus and Israel along with the greater Lebanese diaspora
|
Christianity → Maronite Catholicism
|
Marquesas Islanders
|
Austronesian → Malayo-Polynesian languages|Malayo-Polynesians → Polynesian → Marquesan
|
France (Marquesas Islands)
|
|
Christianity
|
Marshallese
|
Austronesian → Malayo-Polynesian → Oceanic → Micronesian → Marshallese
|
Marshall Islands
|
|
Christianity → Protestantism
|
Masa
|
Afro-Asiatic → Chadic → Masana
|
Cameroon, Chad
|
|
Christianity, Islam[citation needed]
|
Masalit
|
Nilo-Saharan → Masalit
|
Sudan, Chad
|
|
Islam → Sunni Islam
|
Matagi
|
|
Ani, Shirakami-Sanchi (Japan)
|
|
|
Matawai
|
Indo-European → Germanic → English → Saramaccan
|
Suriname
|
|
Christianity → Moravian Church
|
Mauritian Creoles
|
Indo-European → Romance → French → Mauritian Creole
|
Mauritius
|
|
Christianity → Catholicism, Rastafari
|
Maya
|
Mayan,[note 1] Mayan Sign
|
Guatemala, Belize, Mexico (Yucatán, Campeche, Quintana Roo, Tabasco, Chiapas)
|
Maya, Achi, Chuj, Chʼortiʼ, Itza, Kʼicheʼ, Qʼeqchiʼ, Xinca, Tektitek, Huastecan, Mopan, Lacandon, Chontal, Akatek, Jakaltek, Qʼanjobʼal, Tzeltal, Mochoʼ, Tojolab'al, Mam, Ixil, Tzotzil, Poqomam, Yucatecan Maya, Motozintlecos, Awakatek, Kaqchikel, Sakapultek, Sipakapense, Uspantek, Ch'ol, Tzʼutujil, along with Mestizos such as Guatemalans (including Hispanic Belizeans) and Mexicans
|
Christianity → Catholicism
|
Mazahua
|
Oto-Manguean → Oto-Pamean → Mazahua
|
State of Mexico (Mexico)
|
|
Christianity → Catholicism
|
Mazandaranis
|
Indo-European → Iranian → Western Iranian → Mazanderani
|
Mazandaran, Iran
|
|
Islam → Shia Islam
|
Mazatec
|
Oto-Manguean → Popolocan → Mazatecan[note 1]
|
Mexico (Oaxaca)
|
Ayautla
|
Christianity → Catholicism
|
Mbaka
|
Niger–Congo → Ubangian → Mbaka
|
Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo
|
|
Christianity → Catholicism
|
Megleno-Romanians
|
Indo-European → Romance → Megleno-Romanian
|
Greece (Almopia)
|
|
Christianity → Eastern Orthodoxy, Islam → Sunni Islam
|
Mehri
|
Afro-Asiatic → Semitic → Mehri
|
Oman (Dhofar Governorate), Yemen (Al Mahrah Governorate, Socotra)
|
|
Islam
|
Meitei
|
Sino-Tibetan → Kuki-Chin–Naga → Meitei
|
India (Manipur)
|
Loi
|
Hinduism → Vaishnavism
|
Melanau
|
Austronesian → Malayo-Polynesian → Melanau
|
Malaysia (Sarawak)
|
|
Islam
|
Mende
|
Niger–Congo → Mande → Mende
|
Sierra Leone (Southern and Eastern Provinces)
|
|
Islam
|
Mennonites
|
|
|
Russian Mennonites, Old Order Mennonites, Old Colony Mennonites
|
Christianity → Anabaptism
|
Métis
|
Indo-European and Algic → Romance and Algonquian → French and Plains Cree → Michif, Indo-European → Romance → French → Métis French, Indo-European → Germanic → English → Bungi
|
Canada (Canadian Prairies)
|
Anglo-Métis
|
Christianity
|
Mien
|
Hmong–Mien → Mienic[note 1]
|
China (Hunan, Guizhou), Vietnam
|
Iu Mien, Kim Mun, Dzao Min, Biao Min, Bunu, Lakkia, Biao Mon, San Diu
|
Yao folk religion
|
Mijikenda
|
Niger–Congo → Bantu → Mijikenda
|
Kenya (Coast Province)
|
Chonyi, Giriama, Digo, Segeju, Rabai
|
Christianity
|
Minahasan
|
Austronesian → Philippine → Minahasan,[note 1] Austronesian → Malayic → Malay-based creole → Manado Malay
|
Indonesia (Minahasa Peninsula)
|
Tonsawang, Tontemboan, Tondano, Tombulu, Tonsea
|
Christianity → Protestantism
|
Minangkabau
|
Austronesian → Malayic → Minangkabau
|
Indonesia (Minangkabau Highlands)
|
Aneuk Jamee
|
Islam → Sunni Islam
|
Mising
|
Sino-Tibetan → Tani → Mising
|
India (Assam, Arunachal Pradesh)
|
|
Donyi-Polo
|
Miskito
|
Misumalpan → Miskito
|
Mosquito Coast (Nicaragua, Honduras)
|
Including Miskito Sambu
|
Christianity → Protestantism → Moravian Church
|
Mixe
|
Mixe–Zoque → Mixe[note 1]
|
Oaxaca (Mexico)
|
|
Christianity → Catholicism
|
Mixtec
|
Oto-Manguean → Mixtecan → Mixtec
|
La Mixteca (Mexico)
|
Triqui, Cuicatecs, Amoltepec
|
Christianity → Catholicism
|
Miꞌkmaq
|
Algic → Algonquian → Miꞌkmaq[note 26]
|
Miꞌkmaꞌki (Canada)
|
|
Christianity → Catholicism
|
Mohawk
|
Iroquoian → Northern Iroquoian → Mohawk
|
Quebec, Ontario (Canada), New York (United States)
|
|
Animism, Christianity
|
Moldovans
|
Indo-European → Romance → Romanian → Moldovan, Francosign → Austro-Hungarian Sign → Moldova Sign
|
Moldova
|
Significant populations in Romania, Ukraine, Russia, Italy and the United States
|
Christianity → Eastern Orthodoxy
|
Molokans
|
Indo-European → Slavic → Russian
|
Russia
|
|
Christianity → Spiritual Christianity
|
Mon
|
Austroasiatic → Mon
|
Mon State (Myanmar)
|
|
Buddhism → Theravada Buddhism
|
Monacans
|
Siouan → Ohio Valley Siouan → Tutelo[note 59]
|
Mongo
|
Niger–Congo → Bantu → Mongo
|
Democratic Republic of the Congo (Équateur, Tshuapa, Mongala, Nord-Ubangi, Sud-Ubangi)
|
Bolia, Ntomba, Ngando, Iyaelima, Mbole, Mpama, Nkutu, Sengele, Hendo, Dengese, Tetela
|
Christianity
|
Mongols
|
Mongolic,[note 1] Francosign → Austro-Hungarian Sign → Mongolian Sign
|
China (Inner Mongolia, Dorbetia, Bayingolin, Dzungaria, Subei-Mongolia, Santania, Kharchinia), Mongolia, Russia (Buryatia, Ust-Orda, Aginia, Kalmykia)
|
Khalkha, Buryats (including Barga), Oirats, Kalmyks, Daur, Moghols, Hamnigan, Tsagaan, Yugur, Khatso, Bonan, Sart Kalmyks, Sichuan Mongols, Sogwo Arig, Altai Uriankhai, Ordos, Kanja, Sogwo Arig, Mughals, Santa, Naimans, Dariganga, Khorchin, Kharchin, Köke Nuur, Chaharian, Jalairs, Gorlos, Sartuul, Myangad, Tubalar, Uzemchin, Uradian, Tumed, Baarins, Tofalar, Zakhchin, Hishigten, Dorbet, Muumyangan, Jalaids, Abaganar, Chantuu, Olot, Sunud, Eastern Dorbet, Aohans, Onnigud, Khoshut, Abagas, Khotons, Alasha, Khoid, Eljigin, Choros, Qaidam, Fujin
|
Buddhism → Tibetan Buddhism,
|
Mongondow
|
Austronesian → Philippine → Mongondow
|
Mongondowia (Indonesia)
|
|
Islam → Sunni Islam
|
Montenegrins
|
Indo-European → Slavic → Shtokavian → Montenegrin
|
Montenegro
|
Significant populations in Serbia and the United States
|
Christianity → Eastern Orthodoxy
|
Moravians
|
Indo-European → Slavic → Czech → Moravian
|
Moravia (Czech Republic)
|
|
Christianity → Catholicism
|
Mordvins
|
Uralic → Mordvinic[note 1]
|
Mordovia (Russia)
|
Erzyas, Mokshas, Qaratays, Teryukhans, Tengushev, Shoksha
|
Christianity → Eastern Orthodoxy
|
Moriori
|
Austronesian → Polynesian → Tahitic → Māori–Moriori → Moriori[note 60]
|
Chatham Islands (New Zealand)
|
|
Christianity including Rātana
|
Mormon[16]
|
English
|
Mountain States (United States)
|
|
Mormonism
|
Mossi
|
Niger–Congo → Gur → Mossi
|
Mossiland (Burkina Faso)
|
|
Islam
|
Mosuo
|
Sino-Tibetan → Naish → Na
|
China (Sichuan and Yunnan)
|
|
Daba, Buddhism → Tibetan Buddhism
|
Motu
|
Austronesian → Malayo-Polynesian → Motu
|
Central Province (Papua New Guinea)
|
|
Christianity, Shamanism
|
Mumuye
|
Niger–Congo → Adamawa → Mumuye
|
Taraba State (Nigeria)
|
|
Traditional African religions
|
Munanese
|
Austronesian → Celebic → Munanese[note 1]
|
Muna (Indonesia)
|
|
Islam
|
Mundas
|
Austroasiatic → Munda → Mundari
|
India (Jharkhand, Odisha, West Bengal)
|
Sabar, Mahali
|
Sarnaism
|
Murut
|
Austronesian → Malayo-Polynesian → Murutic[note 1]
|
Murutia (Malaysia)
|
Okolod, Keningau, Tagal, Paluan, Selungai, Timugon, Serudung, Sembakung, Tidong, Kalabakan, Bulungan, Bookan
|
Christianity → Catholicism
|
Muscogee
|
Muskogean → Eastern Muskogean → Muscogee,[note 21] Muskogean → Eastern Muskogean → Mikasuki, Yuchi language
|
United States (Alabama, Tennessee, Georgia)[note 22]
|
Coushatta, Alibamu, Hitchiti, Natchez, Seminoles (including Black Seminoles and Mascogos), Yuchi, Shawnee, Creoles of color, Miccosukee
|
Native American religion → Creek mythology
|
Musgum
|
Afro-Asiatic → Chadic → Musgu
|
Cameroon (Far North Region), Chad (Chari-Baguirmi, Mayo-Kebbi Est)
|
|
Islam
|
Muslimani
|
Indo-European → Slavic → Serbo-Croatian[note 1][note 27]
|
Serbia, Montenegro, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Slovenia, North Macedonia
|
|
Islam
|
Mwera
|
Niger–Congo → Bantu → Mwera
|
Tanzania (Mtwara and Ruvuma Regions)
|
|
Islam
|
Nagas
|
Sino-Tibetan → Tibeto-Burman → Kuki-Chin–Naga[note 1][note 61]
|
India (Nagaland, Manipur, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam), Myanmar (Naga Self-Administered Zone)
|
Angami, Ao, Chakhesang (including Chokri and Khezha), Chang, Khiamniungan, Konyak, Lotha, Mao, Maram, Maring, Nocte, Phom, Pochury, Poumai, Rengma, Sangtam, Sümi, Tangkhul, Tangsa, Tikhir, Wancho, Yimkhiung, Zeliangrong (Zemi, Liangmei, Rongmei/Kabui), Lamkang Naga
|
Christianity → Protestantism → Baptists
|
Nagpuri
|
Indo-European → Indo-Aryan → Bihari → Sadri
|
Chota Nagpur Plateau (India)
|
Chik Baraik
|
Hinduism
|
Nahuas
|
Uto-Aztecan → Nahuan → Nahuatl
|
Mexico
|
Huasteca Nahuas, Mexicaneros, Sierra Puebla Nahuas, Guerrero Nahuas, Orizaba Nahuas, Southeastern Puebla Nahuas, Central Nahuas, Pipil, along with Mestizos such as Mexicans
|
Christianity → Catholicism
|
Nakoda
|
Siouan → Western Siouan → Stoney
|
Canada (Alberta, Saskatchewan)
|
Wood Stoney, Mountain Stoney
|
|
Nama
|
Khoe → Khoekhoe
|
Namibia (Namaland), South Africa
|
Oorlams
|
Christianity
|
Nanai
|
Tungusic → Nanai, Tungusic → Kili
|
Russia, China
|
|
Shamanism
|
Naso
|
Chibchan → Talamanca → Teribe
|
Panama (Bocas del Toro)
|
|
Native American religion
|
Nauruans
|
Austronesian → Malayo-Polynesian → Nauruan
|
Nauru
|
|
Christianity → Protestantism
|
Navajo
|
Dené–Yeniseian → Na-Dene → Apachean → Navajo, Navajo Family Sign
|
Navajo Nation (United States)
|
|
Christianity → Catholicism
|
Newars
|
Sino-Tibetan → Newar
|
Kathmandu Valley (Nepal)
|
Rajupadhaya, Rajbhandari, Pradhan, Malla, Shrestha, Shakya, Chitrakar
|
Hinduism, Buddhism
|
Nez Perce
|
Plateau Penutian → Sahaptian → Nez Perce, Indo-European → Germanic → English
|
Idaho, Washington (United States)
|
|
Waashat Religion, Christianity
|
Ngabe
|
Chibchan → Guaymi
|
Ngabe-Bugle Comarca (Panama)
|
|
Christianity → Catholicism
|
Ngaju
|
Austronesian → Malayo-Polynesian → Barito → Ngaju
|
Central Kalimantan (Indonesia)
|
Bakumpai, Meratus
|
Kaharingan
|
Ngalop
|
Sino-Tibetan → Tibetic → Dzongkha
|
Bhutan
|
Kheng, Bumthang
|
Buddhism → Tibetan Buddhism
|
Ngbandi
|
Niger–Congo → Ubangian → Ngbandi
|
Democratic Republic of the Congo, Central African Republic
|
Yakoma
|
Christianity
|
Nias
|
Austronesian → Northwest Sumatra–Barrier Islands → Nias
|
Nias (Indonesia)
|
|
Christianity
|
Nicobarese
|
Austroasiatic → Nicobarese
|
Nicobar Islands (India)
|
|
Christianity, Animism
|
Niueans
|
Austronesian → Malayo-Polyesian → Polynesian → Niuean
|
New Zealand (Niue)
|
|
Christianity → Protestantism → Calvinism
|
Nivkhs
|
Nivkh languages[note 1]
|
Khabarovsk Krai, Sakhalin Oblast (Russia)
|
|
Shamanism
|
Nkole
|
Niger–Congo → Bantu → Nkore-Kiga → Nkore
|
Ankole, Uganda
|
|
Christianity, Ruhanga
|
Nogais
|
Turkic → Kipchak → Nogai
|
Stavropol Krai, Dagestan (Russia)
|
Ak Nogai, Karagash
|
Islam → Sunni Islam
|
Norfolk Islanders
|
Indo-European → Germanic → English, Indo-European → Germanic → English Creoles → Pitcairn-Norfolk → Norfuk
|
Norfolk Island (Australia)
|
|
Irreligion, Christianity → Protestantism → Anglicanism[17]
|
Northern Tutchone
|
Na-Dene → Athabaskan → Tutchone
|
Yukon Territory (Canada)
|
|
Native American religion
|
Norwegians
|
Indo-European → Germanic → Norwegian
|
Norway
|
Kola Norwegians, Svalbarders, along with Significant populations in the United States, and Norwegian Canadians
|
Christianity → Protestantism → Lutheranism
|
Nubians
|
Nilo-Saharan → Nubian[note 1]
|
Nubia (Egypt, Sudan)
|
Nobiin, Mattokki, Dongolawi, Midob, Birgid, Hill Nubians (including Dilling, Debri, Ghulfan, Kadaru, Karko, and Wali)
|
Islam → Sunni Islam
|
Nuer
|
Nilo-Saharan → Nilotic → Nuer
|
Nuerland (South Sudan)
|
|
Traditional African religions
|
Nùng
|
Kra–Dai → Tai → Zhuang → Nung
|
Vietnam, Guangxi (China)
|
|
Animism
|
Nuristanis
|
Indo-European → Nuristani[note 1]
|
Nuristan (Afghanistan)
|
Safed-Posh Kaffirs (including Askunis), Kamkata-viris (including Kata and Kom)
|
Islam → Sunni Islam
|
Nuu-chah-nulth
|
Wakashan → Nuu-chah-nulth
|
British Columbia (Canada)
|
|
Native American religion
|
Nuxalk
|
Salishan → Nuxalk
|
British Columbia (Canada)
|
|
Native American religion
|
Nyambo
|
Niger–Congo → Bantu → Nyambo
|
Karagwe District, Kagera Region, Tanzania
|
|
|
Nyishi
|
Sino-Tibetan → Tani → Nishi
|
Arunachal Pradesh (India)
|
|
Christianity
|
Ōbeikei Islanders
|
English creoles → Bonin English
|
Bonin Islands (Japan)
|
|
Christianity, Buddhism, Shintoism
|
Occitans
|
Indo-European → Romance → Occitan,[note 19] Indo-European → Romance → Gardiol
|
Occitania (France, Italy, Spain)
|
Aranese, Auvergnats, Provençals, Languedociens, Gascons, Niçois
|
Christianity
|
Odawa
|
Algic → Algonquian → Ottawa
|
Ontario (Canada), Oklahoma, Michigan (United States)
|
|
|
Odia
|
Indo-European → Indo-Aryan → Odia
|
Odisha (India)
|
Utkala Brahmins, Khandayat, Bonaz, Badu; Bairagi (Oriya); Barika; Chaikwa; Chatarkheya; Dhobi, Oriya; Ganrar; Ghantarghada; Girigiria; Gond (Oriya); Haddi; Jhodia; Kobari; Koraga; Kuliya; Lohar, Oriya; Mali, Oriya; Malia; Panka (Oriya); Paroja; Patra; Radhi; Sannyasi; Teli, Oriya; Thanapati; Thoria
|
Hinduism
|
Ogoni
|
Niger–Congo → Cross River → Ogoni[note 1]
|
Ogoniland (Nigeria)
|
Baan, Eleme, Gokana, Tẹẹ
|
Christianity
|
Ogu
|
Niger–Congo → Kwa → Gbe → Gun
|
Lagos, Ogun State (Nigeria), Benin
|
|
|
Oji-Cree
|
Algic → Algonquian → Oji-Cree
|
Ontario, Manitoba (Canada)
|
|
|
Ojibwe
|
Algic → Algonquian → Ojibwe[note 1][note 62]
|
Anishinaabeland (Canada, United States)
|
Mississaugas, Findians
|
Midewiwin
|
Oku
|
Indo-European → Germanic → English Creole → Krio, Indo-European → Germanic → English
|
Sierra Leone, The Gambia
|
|
Islam
|
Oneida
|
Iroquoian → Northern Iroquoian → Oneida
|
Ontario (Canada), New York, Wisconsin (United States)
|
|
|
Onge
|
Ongan → Onge
|
India (Little Andaman Island)
|
|
Animism
|
Onondaga
|
Iroquoian → Northern Iroquoian → Onondaga
|
Canada (Ontario), United States (New York)
|
|
|
Orochs
|
Tungusic → Udegheic → Oroch
|
Russia (Khabarovsk Krai, Magadan Oblast, Sakhalin Oblast, Primorsky Krai)
|
|
|
Oromo
|
Afro-Asiatic → Cushitic → Oromo
|
Ethiopia (Oromia), Kenya
|
Boorana, Barento, Salale, Machaa, Arsi, Wollo
|
Islam → Sunni Islam
|
Oroqens
|
Tungusic → Northern Tungusic → Oroqen
|
China (Heilongjiang, Inner Mongolia)
|
|
|
Ossetians
|
Indo-European → Iranian → Ossetian[note 1]
|
Ossetia (Russia, Georgia)
|
Iron, Digor, Jasz, Kudar, Trialeti Ossetians
|
Christianity → Eastern Orthodoxy
|
Ot Danum
|
Austronesian → Malayo-Polynesian → Ot Danum
|
Indonesia (West and Central Kalimantan)
|
Lawangan, Ma'anyan
|
Kaharingan
|
Otomi
|
Oto-Manguean → Otomian → Otomi
|
Mexico (Hidalgo, Puebla, Veracruz, State of Mexico, Querétaro)
|
|
Christianity → Catholicism
|
Ovambo
|
Niger–Congo → Bantu → Ovambo
|
Namibia (Ovamboland), Angola
|
|
Christianity → Protestantism → Lutheranism
|
Ovimbundu
|
Niger–Congo → Bantu → Umbundu
|
Angola
|
|
Christianity
|
Palau
|
Austronesian → Malayo-Polynesian → Palauan
|
Palau
|
|
Christianity, Modekngei
|
Palawa
|
Indo-European → Germanic → English, Palawa kani, formerly Tasmanian languages[note 1]
|
Australia (Tasmania)
|
|
Alcheringa
|
Palembangese
|
Austronesian → Malayic →Palembang
|
Indonesia (South Sumatra)
|
|
|
Palula
|
Indo-European → Dardic → Palula
|
Pakistan (Chitral District)
|
|
|
Pamiris
|
Indo-European → Iranian → Pamir[note 1]
|
Pamir Mountains (Tajikistan, Afghanistan, China)
|
Shughni, Sarikoli (including Tajiks of Xinjiang), Yazghulami, Munji, Yidgha, Sanglechi, Ishkashimi
|
Islam → Shia Islam → Isma'ilism
|
Pangasinese
|
Austronesian → Philippine → Pangasinan
|
Pangasinan (Philippines)
|
|
Christianity → Catholicism
|
Papel
|
Niger–Congo → Atlantic → Senegambian → Papel
|
Biombo Region (Guinea-Bissau)
|
|
Christianity → Catholicism
|
Paramaccan
|
Indo-European → Germanic → English → Ndyuka
|
Pamacca (Suriname)
|
|
Winti
|
Pare
|
Niger–Congo → Bantu → Pare
|
Pare Mountains (Tanzania)
|
|
Islam
|
Parsis
|
Indo-European → Indo-Aryan → Gujaratic → Gujarati
|
Indian subcontinent
|
India and Pakistan
|
Zoroastrianism
|
Pashayi
|
Indo-European → Indo-Aryan → Dardic → Pashayi[note 1]
|
Afghanistan (Laghman, Kapisa and Nangarhar Provinces)
|
|
Islam
|
Pashtuns
|
Indo-European → Iranian → Pashto[note 1]
|
Pashtunistan (Afghanistan, Pakistan)
|
Kakar, Ghilji (including Lodi (including Niazi, Hotak (including Babai), and Lohani (including Marwat))), Punjabi Pathans (including Malerkotla Pathans and Multani Pathans), Tareen, Bettani (including Shirani), Afridi, Bangash, Durrani, with significant populations in the United States, India, Sri Lanka,
|
Islam → Sunni Islam
|
Pataxo
|
Maxakalian → Pataxo
|
Bahia (Brazil)
|
|
Shamanism
|
Pedi
|
Niger–Congo → Bantu → Sotho–Tswana → Sepedi
|
Limpopo (South Africa)
|
|
Christianity
|
Pende
|
Niger–Congo → Bantu → Pende
|
Democratic Republic of the Congo
|
|
Christianity
|
Pennsylvania Dutch
|
Indo-European → Germanic → German → Pennsylvania Dutch
|
Pennsylvania (United States)
|
Schwenkfelders, River Brethren (including Yorker Brethren), New York Dutch
|
Christianity → Protestantism
|
Persians
|
Indo-European → Iranian → Persian
|
Iran
|
Arab-Persians, along with significant populations in the United States, the United Arab Emirates, Canada, Germany, the United Kingdom, Bahrain, Australia, and Sweden
|
Islam → Shia Islam
|
Pitcairn Islanders
|
Indo-European → Germanic → English, Indo-European → Germanic → English Creoles → Pitcairn-Norfolk → Pitkern
|
British Overseas Territories (Pitcairn Islands)
|
Significant population in Norfolk Island, along with a diaspora in Australia, and New Zealand[18]
|
Christianity → Protestantism
|
Pitjantjara
|
Pama-Nyungan → Wati → Pitjantjara
|
Central Australia
|
|
Alcheringa
|
Podlashuks
|
Indo-European → Slavic → Ukrainian or Belarusian → Podlachian
|
Podlachia (Poland)
|
|
Christianity → Eastern Orthodoxy, Christianity → Catholicism
|
Pohnpeian
|
Austronesian → Malayo-Polynesian → Oceanic → Micronesian → Pohnpeian
|
Pohnpei (Federated States of Micronesia)
|
|
Christianity
|
Poles
|
Indo-European → Slavic → Polish
|
Poland
|
Podlachians, Masurians, Greater Polish, and Warmians, as well as Significant populations in the United States, Brazil, Germany, Canada, Iceland, Sweden, France, the United Kingdom, Argentina, Belarus, Russia, Australia, Lithuania, Ukraine, Ireland, and Norway
|
Christianity → Catholicism
|
Portuguese
|
Indo-European → Romance → Portuguese, Indo-European → Romance → Minderico, Indo-European → Romance → Portuguese and Spanish → Barranquenho, SSLic → Portuguese Sign
|
Portugal
|
Alentejans, Algarveans, Azoreans, Barranquenhos, Beirões, Madeirans, Mindericos, Minhotos, Ribatejanos, Transmontanos, with significant populations in Africa (including Angola, Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique, South Africa), Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, France, Germany, Indonesia, Luxembourg, Mexico, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Pakistan, Sweden, Trinidad and Tobago, the United Kingdom, the United States, Uruguay, and Venezuela
|
Christianity → Catholicism
|
Potawatomi
|
Algic → Algonquian → Potawatomi
|
Canada (Ontario), United States (Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Michigan, Oklahoma, Wisconsin)
|
|
|
Potiguara
|
Tupian → Potiguara, Indo-European → Romance → Portuguese
|
Brazil (Paraiba)
|
|
Shamanism
|
Punjabis
|
Indo-European → Indo-Aryan → Punjabi
|
Punjab (Pakistan, India)
|
Arain, Awan, Gujjars, Jat, Khatris, Punjabi Rajputs, Sikhs, along with significant populations in the United Kingdom, Canada, and the United States.
|
Islam → Sunni Islam, Islam → Sunni Islam → Ahmadiyya, Hinduism, Sikhism
|
Purépecha
|
Purépecha
|
Mexico (Michoacán)
|
|
Christianity → Catholicism
|
Qashqai
|
Turkic → Oghuz → Qashqai
|
Iran (Fars Province)
|
|
Islam → Shia Islam
|
Qiang
|
Sino-Tibetan → Qiangic[note 1]
|
China (Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture)
|
|
Qiang folk religion
|
Quechua
|
Quechuan[note 1]
|
Peru, Bolivia, Ecuador, Colombia, Argentina
|
Ayacucho, Cajamarca-Cañaris, Central, Chachapoyas, Cusco, Inga, Kichwa, Lamas, North Bolivian, Pacaraos, Puno, Santiagueño, South Bolivian
|
Christianity → Catholicism
|
Quileute
|
Chimakuan → Quileute
|
United States (Washington)
|
|
Native American religion
|
Rabari
|
|
India (Kutch District)
|
|
Hinduism
|
Qulla
|
Quechan → Southern Quecha
|
Argentina, Bolivia, Chile
|
|
Christianity → Catholicism
|
Rade
|
Austronesian → Chamic → Rade
|
Central Highlands, Vietnam
|
|
Christianity
|
Raizal
|
Indo-European → Germanic → English → San Andres-Providencia Creole
|
Colombia (Archipelago of San Andres, Providencia, and Santa Catalina)
|
|
Christianity
|
Rajasthanis
|
Indo-European → Indo-Aryan → Rajasthani[note 1]
|
India (Rajasthan)
|
Charan, Kachhi, Marwari, Meena, Rajputs (including Chandels, Mahyavanshi, and Molesalam)
|
Hinduism, Jainism
|
Rajbongshi
|
Indo-European → Indo-Aryan → Kamtapuri
|
India (Assam, West Bengal), Bangladesh
|
|
Hinduism
|
Rakhine
|
Sino-Tibetan → Burmese → Arakanese
|
Myanmar (Rakhine State)
|
Marma
|
Buddhism → Theravada Buddhism
|
Ramkokamekrá
|
Macro-Jê → Jê → Canela
|
Brazil (Northeast Region)
|
|
|
Ranquel
|
Araucanian → Mapudungun → Ranquel
|
Argentina (La Pampa Province)
|
|
|
Rapa Nui
|
Austronesian → Polynesian → Rapa Nui
|
Chile (Easter Island)
|
|
Christianity → Catholicism
|
Reisende
|
|
Norway
|
|
Christianity
|
Rejangese
|
Austronesian → Malayo-Polynesian → Rejang
|
Indonesia (Rejang Lebong Regency)
|
|
Islam → Sunni Islam
|
Rendille
|
Afroasiatic → Cushitic → Rendille
|
Kenya (Eastern Province)
|
|
Waaq
|
Rohingyas
|
Indo-European → Indo-Aryan → Rohingya
|
Myanmar (Rakhine State)
|
|
Islam
|
Roma
|
Indo-European → Indo-Aryan → Romani,[note 1] Para-Romani[note 1][note 63], Indo-European → Romance → Romanian → Boyash
|
Europe, Turkey, Cyprus[note 31]
|
Kalderash, Iberian Calés (including Spanish Calés, Portuguese Calés, Brazilian Calés), Erromintxela, Finnish Kale, Welsh Kale, Romanichal (including Scottish Romanichal Travellers), Lowland Scottish Travellers, Sinti (including Manouches), Belaruska Roma, Litovska Roma, Lotfitka Roma, Ruska Roma, Gurbeti, Xoraxane Roma (including Turkish Roma, Zargari, and Arlije), Romanisæl, Bergitka Roma, Polska Roma, Cascarots, Ursari, Romanlar (including Turkish Roma, Sepetçi, Ayjides, Yerli, and Çerge), Wallachian Roma, Ashkali and Balkan Egyptians, Servitka Roma, Lovari, Boyash, along with significant populations in Albania, Algeria, Australia, Austria, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Colombia, Croatia, the Czech Republic, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Kosovo, Mexico, Montenegro, Morocco, the Netherlands, North Macedonia, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Turkey, Ukraine, the United Kingdom, the United States, and Uruguay
|
Christianity
|
Romanians
|
Indo-European → Romance → Romanian
|
Romania, Moldova
|
Wallachians (including Oltenians and Muntenians), Moldavians, along with significant populations in France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Ukraine, the United Kingdom, and the United States
|
Christianity → Eastern Orthodoxy
|
Romansh
|
Indo-European → Romance → Romansh
|
Switzerland (Grisons)
|
|
Christianity
|
Rotenese
|
Austronesian → Timoric → Rotenese[note 1]
|
Indonesia (Rote Island)
|
Dela, Oenale
|
Christianity
|
Russians
|
Indo-European → Slavic → Russian, Francosign → Russian Sign
|
Russia
|
Cossacks, Pomors, Lipovans, Subbotniks, Molokans (including Subbotnik Molokans) along with significant populations in Azerbaijan, Belarus, Brazil, Canada, China (including Hong Kong), Estonia, France, Germany, Israel, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Taiwan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, the United States, Uzbekistan
|
Christianity → Eastern Orthodoxy
|
Rusyns
|
Indo-European → Slavic → Rusyn
|
Carpathian Ruthenia (Ukraine, Slovakia, Poland)[note 64]
|
Pannonian Rusyns, Lemkos, Hutsuls, Boykos
|
Christianity
|
Ryukyuans
|
Japonic → Ryukyuan,[note 1][note 65] Koniya Sign
|
Japan (Ryukyu Islands)
|
Amami (including Kikai, Amami Ōshima (including Setouchi), Tokunoshima, Okinoerabu, and Yoron), Okinawans (including Kunigami) Miyakoans, Tarama, Yaeyama, Yonaguni, with significant populations in Bolivia, Brazil, and the United States (including Hawaii)
|
Ryukyuan religion
|
Saho
|
Afro-Asiatic → Cushitic → Saho
|
Eritrea, Ethiopia
|
|
Islam → Sunni Islam
|
Sahrawis
|
Afro-Asiatic → Semitic → Hassaniya Arabic
|
Western Sahara
|
Reguibat, Oulad Delim, Oulad Tidrarin, Laaroussien, Tekna
|
Islam → Sunni Islam
|
Saint Thomas Christians
|
Dravidian → Malayalam
|
Kerala (India)
|
Knanayas
|
Christianity → Saint Thomas Christianity
|
Sakizaya
|
Austronesian → East Formosan → Sakizaya
|
Hualien County (Taiwan)
|
|
Animism, Christianity
|
Salar
|
Turkic → Oghuz → Salar
|
China (Qinghai, Gansu)
|
|
Islam → Sunni Islam
|
Sama-Bajau
|
Austronesian → Malayo-Polynesian → Barito → Sama–Bajaw[note 1]
|
Maritime Southeast Asia (Philippines, Malaysia, Indonesia, Brunei)[note 31]
|
Sama (including Banguingui), Bajaw, Abaknon
|
Islam → Sunni Islam
|
Samaná Americans
|
Indo-European → Germanic → English → Samaná English
|
Samaná Province (Dominican Republic)
|
|
Christianity → Protestantism → Methodism
|
Samaritans
|
Afro-Asiatic → Semitic → Hebrew
|
Israel
|
|
Samaritanism
|
Sambal
|
Austronesian → Philippine → Sambalic[note 1]
|
Zambales (Philippines)
|
Bolinao, Botolan (including Banguingui)
|
Christianity → Catholicism
|
Sámi
|
Uralic → Sámi[note 1]
|
Sápmi (Norway, Sweden, Finland, Russia)
|
Inari Sámi, Kildin Sami, Lule Sami, Northern Sami, Pite Sami, Skolt Sami, Southern Sámi, Ter Sami, Ume Sámi
|
Christianity → Protestantism → Lutheranism
|
Samoans
|
Austronesian → Polynesian → Samoan
|
Samoan Islands (Samoa, American Samoa)
|
American Samoans
|
Christianity
|
Sandawe
|
Sandawe
|
Tanzania (Chemba District)
|
|
Traditional African Religion, Islam
|
Sangirese
|
Austronesian → Philippine → Sangirese
|
Sangihe Islands (Indonesia)
|
|
Christianity → Protestantism
|
Santal
|
Austroasiatic → Munda → Santali
|
India (West Bengal, Jharkhand, Odisha)[note 3]
|
|
Christianity → Catholicism
|
Sara
|
Nilo-Saharan → Central Sudanic → Sara[note 1]
|
Chad, Central African Republic
|
Ngambay, Doba, Laka, Kabba, Sar, Mbay, Ngam, Dagba, Gulay
|
Traditional African religions
|
Saramaka
|
Indo-European → Germanic → English → Saramaccan
|
Suriname
|
|
Winti, Christianity → Moravian Church
|
Sardinians
|
Indo-European → Romance → Sardinian,[note 1] Indo-European → Romance → Sassarese, Indo-European → Romance → Gallurese
|
Italy (Sardinia)
|
Logudorese, Campidanese, Sassarese, Gallurese
|
Christianity → Catholicism
|
Sasak
|
Austronesian → Sasak
|
Indonesia (Lombok)
|
|
Islam
|
Saurashtras
|
Indo-European → Indo-Aryan → Saurashtra
|
South India (India)
|
|
Hinduism → Vaishnavism, Hinduism → Shaivism
|
Savu
|
Austronesian → Sumba–Flores → Sumba → Hawu
|
Savu (Indonesia)
|
|
Christianity → Protestantism
|
Scots
|
Indo-European → Germanic → Scots, Indo-European → Celtic → Scottish Gaelic,[note 25] Indo-European → Celtic → Beurla Reagaird, BANZSL → British Sign
|
Scotland (United Kingdom)
|
Ulster Scots, Orcadians, Shetlanders, Highlanders, Lowlanders, along with significant populations in the United States (including Scotch-Irish Americans), Canada (including Scotch-Irish Canadians), Australia, Argentina, Russia, and the Bahamas
|
Christianity → Protestantism → Calvinism
|
Semnanis
|
Indo-European → Iranian → Western Iranian → Semnani
|
Semnan, Iran
|
|
Islam → Shia Islam → Twelver Shi'ism
|
Seneca
|
Iroquoian → Northern Iroquoian → Seneca
|
Ontario (Caanada), New York, Oklahoma (United States)
|
|
|
Sentinelese
|
Sentinelese
|
North Sentinel Island (India)
|
|
|
Senufo
|
Niger–Congo → Senufo[note 1]
|
Mali, Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso
|
Nafana, Minyanka
|
Traditional African religions
|
Serbs
|
Indo-European → Slavic → Shtokavian → Serbian
|
Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina (Republika Srpska), Montenegro
|
Kosovo Serbs, Triestine Serbs, Serb Muslims, along with significant populations in Croatia, Germany, Austria, France, and Sweden
|
Christianity → Eastern Orthodoxy
|
Serer
|
Niger–Congo → West Atlantic → Senegambian → Serer
|
Senegal
|
Laalaa, Ndut, Niominka, Serer-Noon, Palor, Saafi
|
Islam
|
Seychellois Creoles
|
Indo-European → Romance → French → Seychellois Creole
|
Seychelles
|
|
Christianity → Catholicism
|
Shan
|
Kra–Dai → Tai → Shan
|
Shan State (Myanmar)
|
|
Buddhism → Theravada Buddhism
|
Sharchops
|
Sino-Tibetan → Tshangla
|
Bhutan (Lhuntse, Mongar, Pemagatshel, Samdrup Jongkhar, Trashigang, and Trashiyangtse Districts)
|
|
Buddhism → Tibetan Buddhism
|
Sherbro
|
Niger–Congo → Atlantic → Mel → Sherbro
|
Sherbro Island (Sierra Leone)
|
|
Traditional African religions
|
Shilluk
|
Nilo-Saharan → Nilotic → Luo → Shilluk
|
South Sudan
|
Gule
|
Christianity → Catholicism
|
Shina
|
Indo-European → Dardic → Shina, Indo-European → Dardic → Kohistani Shina
|
Gilgit-Baltistan (Pakistan)
|
Kohistani Shina
|
Islam
|
Shirazi
|
Niger-Congo → Atlantic-Congo → Bantu → Swahili
|
Swahili Coast (Tanzania), (Kenya), (Mozambique), (Comoros)
|
Zanzibaris, Comorians and Maore
|
Islam → Sunni Islam
|
Shiriana
|
Arawakan → Shiriana, Arutani language
|
Brazil (Amazonas, Amazon rainforest), Venezuela (Amazon rainforest)
|
Auaké
|
|
Shompen
|
Shompen
|
Great Nicobar Island (India)
|
|
Animism
|
Shona
|
Niger–Congo → Bantu → Shona
|
Mashonaland (Zimbabwe)
|
Manyika, Ndau
|
Christianity
|
Shopi
|
Indo-European → Slavic → Bulgarian
|
Shopluk (Bulgaria, Serbia, North Macedonia)
|
|
|
Shors
|
Turkic → Siberian Turkic → Shor
|
Russia (Kemerovo Oblast)
|
|
Christianity → Eastern Orthodoxy → Russian Orthodoxy, Shamanism → Shor Shamanism
|
Shoshone
|
Uto-Aztecan → Numic → Shoshoni
|
Wyoming, Idaho, Nevada, Utah (United States)
|
Eastern Shoshone, Northern Shoshone, Western Shoshone, Goshute
|
Native American Church, Christianity
|
Sibe
|
Tungusic → Xibe[note 55]
|
China (Liaoning, Jilin, Xinjiang)[note 3]
|
|
Shamanism[note 28]
|
Siberian Yupik
|
Eskaleut → Eskimo → Siberian Yupik, Eskaleut → Eskimo → Naukan
|
Russia (Chukchi Peninsula), United States (St. Lawrence Island)
|
Naukan
|
Shamanism
|
Sicilians
|
Indo-European → Romance → Sicilian
|
Italy (Sicily)
|
Significant populations in the United States
|
Christianity → Catholicism
|
Sidama
|
Afro-Asiatic → Cushitic → Sidaama
|
Ethiopia (Sidamia)
|
|
Christianity
|
Siddi
|
Niger–Congo → Bantu → Swahili[note 66] → Sidi
|
Pakistan (Baluchistan, Sindh), India (Karnataka, Gujarat, Hyderabad)
|
|
Islam
|
Sierra Leone Creoles
|
Indo-European → Germanic → English → Krio, Indo-European → Germanic → English → Pichinglis
|
Sierra Leone
|
Gambian Creoles, Saros, Krio Fernandinos, with significant populations in the United States
|
Christianity
|
Sika
|
Austronesian → Flores–Lembata → Sika
|
Sikka Regency (Indonesia)
|
|
Christianity → Catholicism
|
Silesians
|
Indo-European → Slavic → Silesian, Indo-European → Germanic → High German → Silesian German
|
Silesia (Poland, Germany, Czech Republic)
|
Significant populations in the United States (including Texas)
|
Christianity → Catholicism, Christianity → Protestantism → Lutheranism
|
Siltʼe
|
Afro-Asiatic → Semitic → Ethiopic → Gurage → Siltʼe
|
Siltia (Ethiopia)
|
|
Islam
|
Sindhis
|
Indo-European → Indo-Aryan → Sindhi
|
Sindh (Pakistan)
|
Jat, Memon, Arain, Indian Sindhis
|
Islam → Sunni Islam → Hanafi, Hinduism
|
Sinhalese
|
Indo-European → Indo-Aryan → Sinhala
|
Sri Lanka
|
Dewa, British Sri Lankans, Burghers (including Portuguese Burghers and Dutch Burghers)
|
Buddhism → Theravada Buddhism
|
Siona
|
Tucanoan → Western Tucanoan → Siona
|
Sucumbios (Ecuador), Putumayo (Colombia)
|
|
Animism
|
Sioux
|
Siouan → Western Siouan → Sioux[note 1][note 67]
|
Lakotah (United States)
|
Lakota (including Brulé, Oglala, Sans Arc, Hunkpapa, Miniconjou, Two Kettles, and Sihasapa) and Dakota (including Mdewakanton)
|
Native American religion
|
Sirenik
|
Eskaleut → Eskimo → Siberian Yupik[note 68]
|
Sireniki (Russia)
|
|
|
Slovaks
|
Indo-European → Slavic → Slovak
|
Slovakia
|
significant populations in Czech Republic, Serbia, Hungary, United States and Canada
|
Christianity → Catholicism
|
Slovenes
|
Indo-European → Slavic → Slovene
|
Slovenia
|
Significant populations in the United States, Canada, Australia, Carinthia, Hungary, Uruguay, Venezuela, Argentina, Croatia, and Italy
|
Christianity → Catholicism
|
Soga
|
Niger–Congo → Bantu → Soga
|
Busoga (Uganda)
|
|
Christianity, Traditional African religions
|
Somalis
|
Afro-Asiatic → Cushitic → Somali
|
Greater Somalia (Somalia, Ethiopia, Djibouti, Kenya)
|
Hawiye, Darod (including Majeerteen), Isaaq, Dir, Rahanweyn, Madhiban, Yibir, Ajuran along with significant populations in the United States, the United Kingdom, Sweden, and Canada
|
Islam → Sunni Islam → Shafi'i
|
Songhai
|
Nilo-Saharan → Songhai
|
Mali, Niger
|
Zarma
|
Islam
|
Soninke
|
Niger–Congo → Mande → Soninke
|
Mali
|
Haratin
|
Islam → Sunni Islam → Maliki
|
Sonsorolese
|
Austronesian → Malayo-Polynesian → Oceanic → Micronesian → Sonsorolese
|
Sonsorol
|
|
Christianity
|
Soqotris
|
Afro-Asiatic → Semitic → Soqotri
|
Socotra (Yemen)
|
|
Islam
|
Sorbs
|
Indo-European → Slavic → Sorbian[note 1]
|
Lusatia (Germany), (Poland)
|
Upper Sorbs, Lower Sorbs
|
Christianity → Catholicism
|
Sotho
|
Niger–Congo → Bantu → Sotho–Tswana → Sotho
|
Free State (South Africa), Lesotho
|
|
Christianity
|
Soyots
|
Turkic → Siberian Turkic → Soyot-Tsaatan → Soyot
|
Russia (Okinsky District)
|
|
Shamanism
|
Spaniards
|
Indo-European → Romance → Castilian,[note 1] Indo-European → Romance → Asturleonese,[note 1][note 69] Indo-European → Romance → Portuguese and Spanish → Barranquenho, Spanish Sign
|
Spain[note 70]
|
Castilians, Leonese, Cantabrians, Riojans, Manchegans, Madrilenians, Extremadurans, Murcians, Mirandese, Criollos, Mercheros, Barranquenhos, along with numerous colonial descendants such as Floridanos, Hispanos (including Californios, Tejanos, and Neomexicanos), Mexicans (including Chicanos), Guatemalans (including Hispanic Belizeans), Salvadorans, Hondurans, Nicaraguans, Costa Ricans, Panamanians, Colombians, Venezuelans, Ecuadorians, Peruvians, Bolivians, Paraguayans, Chileans, Argentines, Uruguayans, Cubans, Dominicans, Puerto Ricans (including Nuyoricans), Fernandinos, Spanish Filipinos, Spanish Hawaiians, and Hispanic and Latino Americans
|
Christianity → Catholicism
|
Sri Lankan Chetties
|
Dravidian → Tamil–Kannada → Tamil, Indo-European → Indo-Aryan → Sinhala
|
Sri Lanka
|
|
Christianity → Catholicism, Christianity → Protestantism → Anglicanism, Christianity → Protestantism → Calvinism
|
Sri Lanka Kaffirs
|
Indo-European → Romance → Portuguese Creole → Sri Lankan Portuguese Creole
|
|
|
Christianity → Catholicism, Buddhism → Theravada Buddhism
|
Sui
|
Kra–Dai → Kam–Sui → Sui
|
Sandu Shui Autonomous County (China)
|
|
Animism
|
Sukuma
|
Niger–Congo → Bantu → Sukuma
|
Tanzania
|
|
Christianity → Catholicism
|
Sumba
|
Austronesian → Sumba–Flores → Sumba[note 1]
|
Sumba (Indonesia)
|
Anakalangu, East Sumbanese, Kodi, Lamboya, West Sumbanese, Mamboru, Wanukaka
|
Christianity → Protestantism
|
Sumbawa
|
Austronesian → Sumbawa
|
Sumbawa (Indonesia)
|
|
Islam
|
Sundanese
|
Austronesian → Malayo-Polynesian → Sundanese-Baduy[note 1]
|
Java (Indonesia)
|
Bantenese, Baduy, Cirebonese
|
Islam → Sunni Islam
|
Surma
|
Nilo-Saharan → Surmic[note 1]
|
Ethiopia, South Sudan
|
Me'en, Mursi, Kichepo
|
Traditional African religions
|
Susu
|
Niger–Congo → Mande → Susu
|
Guinea, Kambia (Sierra Leone)
|
|
Islam
|
Swahili
|
Niger–Congo → Bantu → Swahili
|
Swahili coast (Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique, Comoros)
|
Shirazi (including Zanzibaris, Comorians and Maore)
|
Islam
|
Swazi
|
Niger–Congo → Bantu → Nguni → Swazi
|
Mpumalanga (South Africa), Eswatini
|
|
Christianity → African Zionism
|
Swedes
|
Indo-European → Germanic → Swedish, Indo-European → Germanic → Dalecarlian, Indo-European → Germanic → East Danish → Scanian, Indo-European → Germanic → Gutnish, Indo-European → Germanic → Norrlandic, Indo-European → Germanic → Jamtska, SSLic → Swedish Sign
|
Sweden
|
Scanians, Jamtish, Gutnish, Dalecarlians, along with significant populations in the United States, Canada, Estonia, Argentina, and the United Kingdom
|
Christianity → Protestantism → Lutheranism
|
Sylhetis
|
Indo-European → Indo-Aryan → Sylheti
|
Bangladesh (Sylhet Division), India (Barak Valley)
|
|
Islam → Sunni Islam
|
Tagalogs
|
Austronesian → Philippine → Tagalog
|
Philippines
|
Filipino Americans
|
Christianity → Catholicism
|
Tahitians
|
Austronesian → Polynesian → Tahitian[note 19]
|
France (Tahiti)
|
|
Christianity
|
Tahtacı
|
|
Turkey (Aegean Region, Mediterranean Region)
|
|
Islam and Shamanism → Shia Islam and Shamanism → Alevism and Shamanism
|
Taino
|
Arawakan → Taino
|
Greater Antilles
|
|
Native American Religion
|
Tajiks
|
Indo-European → Iranian → Persian → Tajik, Francosign → Austro-Hungarian Sign → Russian Sign → Tajik Sign
|
Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
|
Chagatai, Kharduri
|
Islam → Sunni Islam
|
Talysh
|
Indo-European → Iranian → Talysh
|
Azerbaijan, Iran
|
|
Islam → Shia Islam
|
Tama
|
Nilo-Saharan → Tama
|
Chad, Sudan
|
|
Islam
|
Tamangs
|
Sino-Tibetan → Tamang
|
Nepal, India (Sikkim)
|
Waiba, Lopchan, Thokar, Lama
|
Hinduism, Buddhism
|
Tamils
|
Dravidian → Tamil–Kannada → Tamil, Austronesian → Malayic → Malay → Malay Chetty
|
India (Tamil Nadu), Sri Lanka (Northern and Eastern Provinces)
|
Indian Tamils (including Indian Tamils of Sri Lanka[note 71]), Sri Lankan Tamils (including Sri Lankan Moors and Negombo Tamils),[note 71] Chitty, along with significant populations in Malaysia, South Africa, the United States, Singapore, Canada, the United Kingdom, and France (including Malbars)
|
Hinduism, Islam, Christianity, Jainism
|
Tampuans
|
Austroasiatic → Bahnaric → Tampuan
|
Cambodia (Ratanakiri)
|
|
Animism
|
Tao
|
Malayo-Polynesian → Philippine → Batanic →Yami-Itbayat
|
Taiwan (Orchid Island)
|
|
Christianity, Anitism
|
Tarok
|
Niger–Congo → Plateau → Tarok
|
Nigeria (Plateau State)
|
|
Christianity
|
Tatars
|
Turkic → Kipchak → Tatar, Turkic → Kipchak → Crimean Tatar, Turkic → Kipchak → Siberian Tatar
|
Russia (Tatarstan)
|
Volga Tatars (including Astrakhan Tatars, Kryashens, Nağaybäks), Crimean Tatars (including Yaliboylu), Lipka Tatars, Siberian Tatars (including Baraba Tatars, Chats, Eushta Tatars, Kalmak Tatars, Siberian Bukharans, and Zabolotnie Tatars), Mishar Tatars, Finnish Tatars, Dobruja Tatars, Chinese Tatars, Lithuanian Tatars with diaspora populations (including the Crimean Tatar diaspora) in Canada, Japan, Ukraine, Bulgaria, and Turkey
|
Islam → Sunni Islam
|
Tausūg
|
Austronesian → Philippine → Bisayan → Tausug
|
Philippines (Sulu Archipelago)
|
|
Islam → Sunni Islam
|
Tboli
|
Austronesian → Philippine → Tboli
|
Philippines (South Cotabato)
|
|
Anitism
|
Tehuelche
|
Araucanian → Mapudungun, Indo-European → Romance → Spanish
|
Teke
|
Niger-Congo → Atlantic-Congo → Bantu → Teke
|
Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo
|
|
|
Telengits
|
Turkic → Kipchak → Southern Altai → Telengit
|
Russia (Altai Republic)
|
|
Christianity → Eastern Orthodoxy, Shamanism, Burkhanism
|
Telugu
|
Dravidian → Telugu
|
India (Andhra Pradesh, Telangana)
|
Kamma, Reddy, Velama, Kapu, Raju, Madiga, Mala
|
Hinduism, Islam, Christianity
|
Temne
|
Niger–Congo → West Atlantic → Mel → Temne
|
Sierra Leone (Northern Sierra Leone)
|
|
Islam
|
Terena
|
Arawakan → Terena, Brazilian Sign, Terena Sign
|
Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul (Brazil)
|
|
Shamanism
|
Thais
|
Kra–Dai → Tai → Thai
|
Thailand
|
Southern Thai, Khorat, Lanna, Tai Lue, Thai Americans
|
Buddhism → Theravada Buddhism
|
Tharus
|
Indo-European → Indo-Aryan → Tharu
|
Terai Region (India, Nepal)
|
Kathariya, Danuwar, Lampucchwa, Kochila, Sonha, Dangaura, Rana
|
Hinduism, Buddhism
|
Tibetans
|
Sino-Tibetan → Tibetic,[note 1] Tibetan Sign
|
Tibet (China), Nepal, Bhutan
|
Amdolese (including Golok and Tebbu), Khams, Ü-Tsang (including Ngari and Walung), Changpa, Baima, Kachee
|
Buddhism → Tibetan Buddhism
|
Ticuna
|
Ticuna-Yuri → Ticuna
|
Amazonas (Brazil)
|
|
Shamanism
|
Tigrayans
|
Afro-Asiatic → Semitic → Ethiopic → Tigrinya
|
Eritrean Highlands (Eritrea), Tigrayia (Ethiopia)
|
|
Christianity → Oriental Orthodoxy
|
Tigre
|
Afro-Asiatic → Semitic → Ethiopic → Tigre
|
Eritrea
|
|
Islam
|
Tiv
|
Niger–Congo → Tiv
|
Benue State (Nigeria)
|
|
Christianity
|
Tiwa
|
Sino-Tibetan → Sal → Tiwa[note 4]
|
India (Assam, Meghalaya)
|
|
Hinduism
|
Tiwi
|
Tiwi
|
Tiwi Islands (Australia)
|
|
Alcheringa
|
Tlapanec
|
Oto-Manguean → Tlapanec
|
Guerrero (Mexico)
|
|
Christianity → Catholicism
|
Tlingit
|
Na-Dene → Tlingit
|
British Columbia, Yukon Territory (Canada), Alaska, Washington (United States)
|
|
Alaska Native Religion
|
Tokelauans
|
Austronesian → Malayo-Polynesian → Tokelauan
|
Tokelau
|
|
Christianity → Congregationalism
|
Tongans
|
Austronesian → Polynesian → Tongan
|
Tonga
|
Tongan Hawaiians
|
Christianity
|
Toraja
|
Austronesian → South Sulawesi → Toraja
|
Tana Toraja (Indonesia)
|
|
Christianity → Protestantism
|
Toro
|
Niger–Congo → Bantu → Tooro
|
Tooro Kingdom, Uganda
|
|
Christianity, Ruhanga
|
Torres Strait Islanders
|
Pama-Nyungan → Kalaw Lagaw Ya, Eastern Trans-Fly → Meriam, Indo-European → Germanic → English → Torres Strait Creole
|
Torres Strait Islands (Australia)
|
|
|
Toubou
|
Nilo-Saharan → Saharan → Tebu[note 1]
|
Toubouland (Chad, Niger, Sudan, Libya)
|
Daza, Teda
|
Islam → Sunni Islam
|
Toucouleur
|
Niger–Congo → West Atlantic → Senegambian → Fula → Pulaar
|
Futa Tooro (Senegal)
|
|
Islam
|
Trawara
|
Indo-European → Dardic → Mankiyali
|
Danna, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (Pakistan)
|
|
|
Tripuri
|
Sino-Tibetan → Sal → Kokborok
|
Tripura (India)
|
Jamatia, Murasing
|
Hinduism
|
Tsez
|
Northeast Caucasian → Tsezic → Tsez
|
Tsuntinsky District (Russia)
|
|
Islam → Sunni Islam
|
Tsimshian
|
Tsimshianic → Tsimshian
|
British Columbia (Canada), Alaska (United States)
|
|
Alaskan Native Faith
|
Tsonga
|
Niger–Congo → Bantu → Tsonga
|
Mozambique (Maputo City and Maputo Province, Gaza Province), South Africa (Limpopo, Mpumalanga)
|
|
Christianity → Catholicism
|
Tswana
|
Niger–Congo → Bantu → Tswana
|
Botswana, South Tswanaland (South Africa)
|
Balete, Mangwato, Bangwaketse, Bakwena, Batlokwa, Bahurutshe, Bakgatla, Rolong
|
Christianity
|
Tuamotuans
|
Austronesian → Malayo-Polynesian → Polynesian → Tuamotuan
|
France (Tuamotus)
|
|
Christianity
|
Tujia
|
Sino-Tibetan → Tujia[note 1][note 72]
|
Wuling Mountains (China)
|
|
Nuo folk religion
|
Tuluvas
|
Tulu
|
Karnataka (India)
|
|
Hinduism
|
Tupuri
|
Niger–Congo → Adamawa → Tupuri
|
Far North Region (Cameroon), Mayo-Kébbi (Chad)
|
|
Christianity
|
Turkana
|
Nilo-Saharan → Nilotic → Turkana
|
Turkanaland (Kenya)
|
|
Christianity → Catholicism
|
Turkmens
|
Turkic → Oghuz → Turkmen
|
Turkmenistan, Iran (Turkmen Sahra), Afghanistan
|
Teke, Yomut, Bayandur, Afshar, Ersari, Chowdur, Saryk, Iranian Turkmens, Afghan Turkmens, with significant populations in Pakistan, Russia, the United Kingdom
|
Islam → Sunni Islam
|
Turks
|
Turkic → Oghuz → Turkish, Turkish Sign
|
Turkey, Northern Cyprus
|
Turkish Cypriots, Meskhetian Turks, Yörüks, along with significant populations in Bulgaria, Greece, North Macedonia, Germany, France, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Austria, Belgium, Sweden, the United States, Syria, and Iraq
|
Islam → Sunni Islam, Alevism
|
Tuscarora
|
Iroquoian → Northern Iroquoian → Tuscarora
|
Ontario (Canada), New York, North Carolina (United States)
|
|
|
Tutsi
|
Niger–Congo → Bantu → Great Lakes → Rwanda-Rundi[note 41]
|
Rwanda, Burundi, Kivu (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
|
Banyamulenge
|
Christianity, Islam
|
Tuvaluans
|
Austronesian → Malayo-Polynesian → Polynesian → Tuvaluan
|
Tuvalu
|
|
Christianity
|
Tuvans
|
Turkic → Siberian → Tuvan, Turkic → Siberian Turkic → Dukhan
|
Russia (Tuva), Mongolia (Khövsgöl Province)
|
Tozhu Tuvans (including Dukha)
|
Buddhism → Tibetan Buddhism
|
Udis
|
Northeast Caucasian → Lezgic → Caucasian Albanian → Udi
|
Azerbaijan
|
|
Christianity → Oriental Orthodoxy
|
Udmurts
|
Uralic → Permic → Udmurt
|
Udmurtia (Russia)
|
Besermyan
|
Christianity → Eastern Orthodoxy
|
Ukrainians
|
Indo-European → Slavic → Ukrainian, Francosign → Austro-Hungarian Sign → Ukrainian Sign
|
Ukraine
|
Poleshuks, Cossacks, Litvins, Pinchuks along with significant populations in the United States, Brazil, Kazakhstan, Germany, Canada, Italy, Argentina, the Czech Republic, and Romania
|
Christianity → Eastern Orthodoxy
|
Ulchi
|
Tungusic → Southern Tungusic → Ulch
|
Russia (Ulchsky District)
|
|
|
Ulster Protestants
|
Indo-European → Germanic → Scots, Indo-European → Germanic → English
|
Ulster (United Kingdom, Republic of Ireland)
|
|
Christianity → Protestantism
|
Umatilla
|
Plateau Penutian → Sahaptian → Umatilla
|
Oregon (United States)
|
|
Native American religion
|
Urhobos
|
Niger–Congo → Edoid → Urhobo
|
Delta State (Nigeria)
|
|
Christianity
|
Ute
|
Uto-Aztecan → Numic → Colorado River Numic → Ute
|
Colorado, Utah
|
|
Native American Church, Christianity
|
Uyghurs
|
Turkic → Karluk → Uyghur, Turkic → Karluk → Tor Uyghur
|
Uyghuristan (China)
|
Kashgartsy and Tor Uyghurs, with significant populations in Kazakhstan
|
Islam → Sunni Islam
|
Uzbeks
|
Turkic → Karluk → Uzbek[note 1]
|
Uzbekistan
|
Significant populations in Russia, Pakistan, Canada, the United States, and Turkey
|
Islam → Sunni Islam
|
Vaqueiros de alzada
|
Indo-European → Romance → Asturleonese
|
Spain (Asturias, Province of León)
|
|
Christianity and traditional folk religion → Roman Catholicism and traditional folk religion → Vaqueiro religion
|
Vedda
|
Sinhala creoles → Vedda language
|
Sri Lanka
|
Coast Veddas, Anuradhapura Veddas, Bintenne Veddas
|
Animism
|
Venda
|
Niger–Congo → Bantu → Tshivenda
|
Vendaland (South Africa)
|
|
Christianity, Traditional African religions
|
Vepsians
|
Uralic → Finnic → Veps
|
Former Veps National Volost (Republic of Karelia, Russia)
|
Vietnamese
|
Austroasiatic → Vietic → Vietnamese
|
Vietnam
|
Muong, Gin, Phen, Chứt, Thổ, Nùng, Giáy, along with significant populations in the United States, Cambodia, France, Australia, Canada, Taiwan, Japan, Korea, Germany, Hong Kong, and Laos
|
Buddhism → Mahayana, Vietnamese folk religion, Caodaism, Hoa Hao
|
Vilamovians
|
Indo-European → Germanic → Wymysorys[note 73]
|
Wilamowice (Poland)
|
|
|
Visayans
|
Austronesian → Philippine → Visayan[note 1]
|
Visayas (Philippines)
|
Aklanon, Butuanon, Cebuano (including Boholano and Eskaya), Caluyanon, Capiznon, Cuyunon, Hiligaynon, Karay-a, Masbateños, Negrenses, Porohanon, Romblomanon (including Bantoanons), Waray
|
Christianity → Catholicism
|
Votians
|
Uralic → Finnic → Votic
|
Ingria (Russia)
|
|
Christianity → Eastern Orthodoxy, Christianity → Protestantism → Lutheranism
|
Wa
|
Austroasiatic → Palaungic → Wa
|
Wa State (Myanmar)
|
|
Buddhism, Animism
|
Wakhi
|
Indo-European → Iranian → Wakhi
|
Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Pakistan, China
|
|
Islam → Shia Islam → Isma'ilism → Nizari Isma'ilism
|
Walla Walla
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Plateau Penutian → Sahaptin → Walla Walla
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Oregon, Washington (United States)
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Waashat Religion
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Walloons
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Indo-European → Romance → Walloon, Francosign → Belgian Sign → French Belgian Sign
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Wallonia (Belgium)
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Significant populations in the United States (including Wisconsin) and the Netherlands
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Christianity → Catholicism
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Waropen
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Austronesian → Malayo-Polynesian → Waropen
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Waropen Regency (Indonesia)
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Christianity
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Waxiang
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Sino-Tibetan → Sinitic → Waxiang Chinese
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Hunan (China)
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Chinese folk religion
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Welayta
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Afro-Asiatic → Omotic → Wolaitta
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Wolayitia (Ethiopia)
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Christianity → Protestantism → P'ent'ay
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Welsh
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Indo-European → Celtic → Welsh,[note 25] BANZSL → British Sign
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Wales (United Kingdom)
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significant populations in Argentina, the United States, Canada, and Australia.
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Christianity → Protestantism
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Wolof
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Niger–Congo → Atlantic → Senegambian → Wolof
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Senegambia (Senegal, The Gambia)
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Lebu
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Islam → Sunni Islam → Sufism → Mouride
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Wuikinuxv
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Wakashan → Northern Wakashan → Heiltsuk-Oowekyala → Oowekyala
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British Columbia (Canada)
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Native American religion
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Xalimegos
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Indo-European → Romance → Fala
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Jálama Valley (Spain)
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Xavante
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Macro-Jê → Jê → Xavante
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Brazil (Mato Grosso)
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Shamanism
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Xerente
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Macro-Jê → Jê → Xerénte
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Brazil (Tocantins)
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Xhosa
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Niger–Congo → Bantu → Nguni → Xhosa
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South Africa (Xhosaland)
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Christianity
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Xokleng
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Macro-Jê → Jê → Xokleng
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Brazil (Santa Catarina)
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Yaghnobis
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Indo-European → Iranian → Yaghnobi, Indo-European → Iranian → Tajik
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Tajikistan (Sughd Region)
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Islam → Sunni Islam
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Yahgan
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Yahgan, Indo-European → Romance → Spanish
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Tierra del Fuego (Argentina, Chile)
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Christianity → Protestantism
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Yakan
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Austronesian → Malayo-Polynesian → Barito → Sama–Bajaw → Yakan
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Basilan (Philippines)
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Islam → Sunni Islam
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Yakö
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Niger–Congo → Cross River → Yakö
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Yakurr Local Government (Nigeria)
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Christianity
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Yakuts
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Turkic → Siberian → Yakut
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Yakutia (Russia)
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Christianity → Eastern Orthodoxy
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Yali
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Trans-New Guinea → Yali
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Indonesia (Baliem Valley)
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Christianity, Animism
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Yanomami
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Yanomaman
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Southeastern Venezuela, and northern Brazil
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Shamanism
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Yao
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Niger–Congo → Bantu → Yao
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Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania (Ruvuma and Mtwara Regions)
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Islam and Animism → Yao Folk Islam
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Yapese
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Austronesian → Malayo-Polynesian → Oceanic → Yapese
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Yap
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Christianity
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Yenish
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Indo-European → Germanic → Yenish
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Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Luxembourg, Belgium, and France
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Yi
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Sino-Tibetan → Loloish[note 1]
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China (Yunnan, Sichuan, Guizhou, Guangxi)[note 3]
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Phù Lá, Azha
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Bimoism
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Yoa-Lokpa
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Niger–Congo → Gur → Oti–Volta → Yom, Niger–Congo → Gur → Gurunsi → Lukpa
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Donga Department (Benin)
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Yoruba
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Niger–Congo → Yoruba, Yoruba Sign
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Yorubaland (Nigeria, Benin, Togo)
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Ijesha, Egba, Yewa, Igbomina, Awori, Akoko, Okun, Ana, Ekiti, Ilaje, Ijebu, Oyo, Ondo, Ife, Nagos, with significant populations in the United States and Canada
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Islam, Christianity, Yoruba religion
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Yugambeh
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Pama-Nyungan → Bandjalangic → Yugambeh
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Queensland (Australia)
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Alcheringa
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Yugoslavs
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Indo-European → Slavic → Serbo-Croatian,[note 1][note 27] Indo-European → Slavic → Macedonian, Indo-European → Slavic → Slovene
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Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Slovenia, North Macedonia, Croatia
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Significant populations in Serbia, Canada, and the United States
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Yukaghir
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Yukaghir languages[note 1]
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Russia (Yakutia)
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Shamanism
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Yup'ik
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Eskaleut → Eskimo → Yup'ik
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Alaska (United States)
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Nunivak Cup'ig, Chevak Cup'ik
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Christianity, Shamanism
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Zaghawa
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Nilo-Saharan → Saharan → Zaghawa
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Chad, Sudan
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Islam → Sunni Islam
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Zamboangueños
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Indo-European → Romance → Spanish → Chavacano
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Zamboanga City (Philippines)
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Christianity → Catholicism
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Zande
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Niger–Congo → Zande
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Democratic Republic of the Congo, Central African Republic, South Sudan
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Barambu
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Christianity
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Zapotecs
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Oto-Manguean → Zapotec[note 1]
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Oaxaca (Mexico)
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Ixtlán
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Christianity → Catholicism
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Zhuang
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Kra–Dai → Tai → Zhuang[note 1]
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Zhuangia (China)
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Moism
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Zomi
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Sino-Tibetan → Tibeto-Burman → Kuki-Chin–Naga,[note 1][note 61] Sino-Tibetan → Mruic[note 1]
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Zogam (Myanmar, Bangladesh, India)
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Thadou (including Telngoh), Paite, Zou, Kom, Koireng, Mizo (including Khiangte, Hmar (including Saihriem and Zote), Renthlei, Chawngthu, Miu-Khumi, and Ralte), Aimol, Sukte, Bawm, Lai, Biate, Chin (including Asho, Mro-Khimi, Mru (including Anok, Tshüngma, Dömrong, Dopteng, and Rümma), Anu, Chho, Cumtu Chin, and Hkongso (including Kasang, Htey, Kamu, Ngan, Gwa, Hteikloeh, Ngai, Rahnam, Kapu, Kasah, Namte, Krawktu, and Namluek)), Kuki (including Vaiphei, Khelma, Halam (including Korbong), Mate, and Simte) Gangte, and Bnei Menashe
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Christianity
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Zulu
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Niger–Congo → Bantu → Nguni → Zulu
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KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa)
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Northern Ndebele
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Christianity
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Zuni
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Zuni language
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New Mexico (United States)
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Catholicism, Native American Church
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