Ethnicity
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Language & Origin
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Primary homeland
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Subgroups, tribes & castes
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Majority (plurality) religion and sect
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Abazins
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Northwest Caucasian → Abazgi → Abaza
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Abazinia (Russia)
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Significant populations in Turkey, Egypt and Ukraine
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Islam → Sunni Islam
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Abkhazians
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Northwest Caucasian → Abazgi → Abkhaz
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Abkhazia (Georgia) [note 1]
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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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Aceh (Indonesia)
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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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Acholiland (Uganda, South Sudan)
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Christianity
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Adjoukrou
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Niger–Congo → Kwa → Adjukru
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Dabou (Ivory Coast)
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Christianity
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Afar
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Afroasiatic → Cushitic → Afar
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Afaria (Ethiopia, Djibouti, Eritrea)
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Islam
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Afemai
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Niger–Congo → Edoid → Afenmai
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Edo State (Nigeria)
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Christianity
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African-Americans
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Indo-European → Germanic → English, Louisiana Creole, Gullah
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United States
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Gullah, Creoles of color, Black Seminoles
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Christianity → Protestantism → Calvinism
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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-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-Aruban, Afro-Bahamian, Afro-Barbadian, Afro-Bermudian, Afro-Colombians, Afro-Costa Ricans, Afro-Cuban, Afro-Curaçaoans, Afro-Dominican (Dominica), Afro-Dominican (Dominican Republic), Afro-Grenadian, Afro-Guatemalan, Afro-Guyanese, Afro-Haitians, Afro-Hondurans, Afro-Jamaican, Afro-Kittian and Nevisian, Afro-Mexicans, Afro-Nicaraguan, Afro-Panamanian, Afro-Puerto Ricans, Afro-Saint Lucian, Afro-Salvadoran, Afro-Surinamese, Afro-Trinidadians and Tobagonians, Afro-Venezuelan, Afro-Vincentian,
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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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Agaw
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Afroasiatic → Cushitic → Agaw[note 2]
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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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Assam (India)
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Hinduism
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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, Kipchak, Timuri, Taymani
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Islam → Sunni Islam
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Ainus
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Ainu languages[note 2]
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Hokkaido, Tōhoku region (Japan), Sakhalin, Kamchatka Peninsula, Khabarovsk Krai (Russia), Kuril Islands (Russia or Japan)
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Hokkaido Ainu, Tokyo Ainu, Sakhalin 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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Traditional African religions
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Akan
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Niger–Congo → Kwa → Central Tano,[note 2][note 5] Niger–Congo → Kwa → Avikam–Alladian,[note 2] 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
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Gold Coast (Ghana)[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, 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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Yunnan (Pu'er and Xishuangbanna)[note 7]
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Akeu
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Animism
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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 2]
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Albania, Kosovo, Ilirida (North Macedonia), Chameria (Greece), Preševo Valley (Serbia)
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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 and Christianity
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Aleuts
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Eskimo-Aleut → Aleut
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Aleutian Islands (United States)
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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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Altai Republic and Altai Krai (Russia), Altai Mountains (Mongolia), Altay Prefecture (China)
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Altai faith
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Alur
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Nilo-Saharan → Nilotic → Luo → Alur
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West Nile sub-region (Uganda), Ituri (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
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Christianity
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Ambonese
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Austronesian → Malayic → Malay → Ambonese Malay
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Ambon Island (Indonesia)
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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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Amhara
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Afroasiatic → Semitic → Ethiopic → Amharic
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Amharia (Ethiopia)
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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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Anaang
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Niger–Congo → Cross River → Ibibio-Efik → Anaang
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Akwa Ibom State (Nigeria)
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Christianity
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Andalusians
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Indo-European → Romance → Spanish → Andalusian Spanish
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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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Aceh (Indonesia)
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Anuak
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Nilo-Saharan → Nilotic → Luo → Anuak
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Anuakia (Ethiopia), Boma (South Sudan)
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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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Apacheria (United States)
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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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Appalachians
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Indo-European → Germanic → English → Appalachian English
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Appalachia (United States)
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Christianity → Protestantism → Baptist
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Arabs
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Afroasiatic → Semitic → Arabic[note 2]
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Arabian peninsula, Syrian Desert and West Asia[note 10]
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Bedouins, Shirazis (including Zanzibaris, Comorians and Maores), Baggara, Arab-Berbers (including Algerians, Libyans, Mauritanians, Moroccans, Sahrawis and Tunisians), Bahrainis, Sudanese, Egyptians, Iraqis (including Marsh Arabs), Palestinians, Lebanese, Kuwaitis, Omanis (including Dhofaris), Qataris, Saudis (including Rashaida, Hejazis, and Najdis), Syrians, Jordanians, Emiratis, Yemenis (including Hadhrami, Taʽizzi-Adenis, Akhdam, Sanʽani, and Tihami), along with significant populations in Brazil, Indonesia, Iran, Turkey, Pakistan (including Mugheri), Venezuela, Afghanistan, and the United States
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Islam
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Arapaho
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Algic → Algonquian → Arapahoan → Arapaho
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Colorado, Wyoming (United States)
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Christianity, Native American Church
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Aragonese
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Indo-European → Romance → Aragonese, Indo-European → Romance → Spanish
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Aragon (Spain)
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Christianity → Catholicism
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Argobba
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Afroasiatic → Semitic → Ethiopic → Argobba[note 11]
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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 2]
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Greater Armenia (Armenia, Republic of Artsakh, Turkey)[note 12]
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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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Arrernte Land (Australia)
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Alcheringa
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Assyrians
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Afroasiatic → Semitic → Neo-Aramaic[note 13]
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Assyria (Iraq, Iran, Syria, Turkey)[note 14]
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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 → Syriac Christianity
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Asturians
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Indo-European → Romance → Asturleonese → Asturian, Indo-European → Romance → Galician and Asturleonese → Eonavian[note 15]
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Asturias
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Christianity → Catholicism
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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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Atoni
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Austronesian → Timoric → Uab Meto
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West Timor (Indonesia), Oecusse (East Timor)
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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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Kaduna State (Nigeria)
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Christianity
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Austrians
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Indo-European → Germanic → Bavarian
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Austria, 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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Dagestan (Russia)
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Islam → Sunni Islam
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Awadhis
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Indo-European → Indo-Aryan → Hindustani → Awadhi
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Awadh (India)
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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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Mestizos such as Bolivians
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Christianity → Catholicism
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Azerbaijanis
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Turkic → Oghuz → Azeri
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Azerbaijan, Iranian Azerbaijan (Iran)
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Ayrums, Bayat, Karadaghis, Qajars, Küresünni, Padar, Qarapapaqs, Shahsevan, Terekeme, Yeraz, Afshar, Iranian Azeris, along with significant populations in Georgia and Russia
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Islam → Shia Islam
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Bahnar
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Austroasiatic → Bahnar
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Central Highlands, Vietnam
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Animism
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Bai
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Sino-Tibetan → Bai
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Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture (China)
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Buddhism
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Bakossi
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Niger–Congo → Bantu → Akoose
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Bakossi Mountains (Cameroon)
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Christianity → Catholicism
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Balanta
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Niger–Congo → West Atlantic → Senegambian → Balanta[note 2]
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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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Bali (Indonesia)
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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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Kabardino-Balkaria (Russia)
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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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Balti
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Sino-Tibetan → Tibetic → Balti
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Gilgit-Baltistan (Pakistan)
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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 2]
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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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West Region (Cameroon)
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Islam
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Banda
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Niger–Congo → Ubangian → Banda[note 2]
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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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Banjarese
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Austronesian → Malayic → Malay → Banjarese
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South Kalimantan (Indonesia)
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Islam → Sunni Islam
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Bari
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Nilo-Saharan → Nilotic → Bari
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Central Equatoria (South Sudan), 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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Bashkortostan (Russia)
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Islam
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Basques
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Basque[note 16]
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Basque Country (Spain, France)
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Navarreans, 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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Bassaland (Liberia)
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Christianity → Protestantism → Anglicanism
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Batak
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Austronesian → Northwest Sumatra–Barrier Islands → Batak[note 2]
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North Sumatra (Indonesia)
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Angkola, Karo, Mandailing, Pakpak, Simalungun, Toba, Alas, Kluet, Singkil
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Christianity → Protestantism → Lutheranism
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Beja
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Afroasiatic → Cushitic → Beja
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Sudan, Egypt, Eritrea
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Bishari, Ababda, Hadendoa, Hedareb, Amarar, Beni-Amer
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Islam → Sunni Islam
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Belarusians
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Indo-European → Slavic → Belarusian[note 17]
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Belarus
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Significant populations in the United States, Ukraine, and Russia
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Christianity → Eastern Orthodoxy
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Belizean Creoles
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Indo-European → Germanic → English → Belizean Creole
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Belize
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Christianity → Protestantism
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Bemba
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Niger–Congo → Bantu → Bemba
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Zambia (Northern, Luapula, and Copperbelt Provinces), Katanga Province (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
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Christianity → Protestantism
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Bembe
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Niger–Congo → Bantu → Bembe
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Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tanzania
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Christianity
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Bena
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Niger–Congo → Bantu → Bena
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Njombe Region (Tanzania)
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Bengalis
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Indo-European → Indo-Aryan → Bengali
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Bengal (Bangladesh, India)
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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
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Islam → Sunni Islam, Hinduism
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Berbers
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Afroasiatic → Berber,[note 2] Afroasiatic → Semetic → Arabic[note 2]
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Maghreb (Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, Libya)
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Brabers, Chaouis, Kabyle, Sahrawi, Chenouas, Ghomaras, Hawwara, Jerbis, Matmatas, Mozabite, Nafusis, Rifian, Sanhaja de Srair, Shilha, Siwi, Tuaregs, Awjila, Arab-Berbers (including Algerians, Libyans, Moroccans, Sahrawis, Mauritanians, and Tunisians), along with significant populations in France, Belgium, and the Netherlands
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Islam → Sunni Islam
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Berom
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Niger–Congo → Plateau → Berom
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Plateau State (Nigeria)
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Christianity
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Berta
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Nilo-Saharan → Berta
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Benishangul-Gumuz Region (Ethiopia), South Sudan
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Islam
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Betawis
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Austronesian → Malayic → Malay → Betawian
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Jakarta (Indonesia)
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Islam → Sunni Islam
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Beti
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Niger–Congo → Bantu → Beti[note 18]
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Cameroon
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Ewondo, Eton
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Christianity
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Bezhta
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Northeast Caucasian → Tsezic → Bezhta
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Tsuntinsky District (Russia)
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Islam → Sunni Islam
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Bhils
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Indo-European → Indo-Aryan → Bhil[note 2]
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India (Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Rajasthan, Maharashtra)
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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
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Hinduism
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Bhojpuris
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Indo-European → Indo-Aryan → Bihari → Bhojpuri
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India, Nepal
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Paswan, Thakur, Teli
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Hinduism
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Bhumijs
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Austroasiatic → Munda → Bhumij[note 19]
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India (West Bengal, Odisha, Jharkhand)
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Sarnaism
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Bicolanos
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Austronesian → Philippine → Bikol[note 2]
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Bicol Region (Philippines)
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Central Bikol, Sorsoganons, Catandunganons, Rinconada, Albayanon
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Christianity → Catholicism
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Bidayuh
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Austronesian → Malayo-Polynesian → Land Dayak[note 2]
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Sarawak (Malaysia)
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Kendayan, Selako, Bakatiʼ, Sara Bakati', Laraʼ, Bukar –Sadong, Biatah, Tringgus, Jagoi, Jangkang, Kembayan, Semandang, Ribun, Nyaduʼ, Sanggau
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Christianity
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Bilala
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Nilo-Saharan → Central Sudanic → Naba
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Lake Fitri (Chad)
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Islam
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Bishnupriya Manipuris
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Indo-European → Indo-Aryan → Bishnupriya Manipuri
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Manipur (India), Bangladesh
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Hinduism
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Bissa
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Niger–Congo → Mande → Bissa
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Burkina Faso
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Islam
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Blaan
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Austronesian → Philippine → Blaan
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Soccsksargen (Philippines)
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Anitism
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Blackfoot
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Algic → Algonquian → Blackfoot
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Alberta (Canada), Montana (United States)
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Kainai Nation, Piegan Blackfeet, Piikani Nation, Siksika Nation
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Native American Church, Christianity
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Boa
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Niger–Congo → Bantu → Boa
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Bas-Uélé (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
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Christianity
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Bodo
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Sino-Tibetan → Sal → Bodo
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Bodoland (India)
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Mech, Kachari
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Bathouism, Hinduism
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Bondei
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Niger–Congo → Bantu → Sueta → Bondei
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Pangani District (Tanzania)
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Bosniaks
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Indo-European → Slavic → Serbo-Croatian → Bosnian
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Bosnia and Herzegovina, Sandžak (Serbia, Montenegro)
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Significant populations in Serbia, Turkey, Austria, Germany and the United States
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Islam → Sunni Islam
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Bouyei
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Kra–Dai → Tai → Bouyei
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Guizhou (China)
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Giáy
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Moism
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Bozo
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Niger–Congo → Mande → Bozo
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Mali
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Islam
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Brahuis
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Dravidian → Brahui
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Balochistan (Pakistan)
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Raisani, Jhalawan, Sarawan, Mengal (including Zagar and Zakria Zae), Sasoli
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Islam → Sunni Islam → Hanafi
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Bretons
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Indo-European → Celtic → Breton[note 20]
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Brittany (France)
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Significant populations in Canada and the United States
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Christianity → Catholicism
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Bru
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Austroasiatic → Katuic → Bru
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Savannakhet province (Laos), Vietnam (Quảng Bình and Quảng Trị provinces)
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Animism
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Bubi
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Niger–Congo → Bantu → Bube
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Bioko (Equatorial Guinea)
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Christianity → Catholicism
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Budu
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Niger–Congo → Bantu → Budu
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Wamba Territory (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
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Christianity
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Buduma
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Afroasiatic → Chadic → Yedina
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Lake Chad (Chad, Nigeria, Cameroon)
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Islam
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Buginese
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Austronesian → South Sulawesi → Buginese
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South Sulawesi (Indonesia)
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Islam
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Bulgarians
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Indo-European → Slavic → Bulgarian, Francosign → Bulgarian Sign
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Bulgaria
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Pomaks, Paulicians, Macedonian Bulgarians, along with significant populations in Turkey, Ukraine and Moldova, Romania and Serbia, Croatia, Germany, Spain, and the United States
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Christianity → Eastern Orthodoxy
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Burghers
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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
|
Gilgit-Baltistan (Pakistan)
|
|
Islam → Shia Islam → Isma'ilism
|
Butonese
|
Austronesian → Celebic → Butonese[note 2]
|
Buton (Indonesia)
|
|
Islam
|
Bwa
|
Niger–Congo → Gur → Bwa[note 2]
|
Burkina Faso, Mali
|
|
Traditional African religions
|
Canary Islanders
|
Indo-European → Romance → Spanish → Canarian Spanish, Silbo Gomero
|
Canary Islands (Spain)
|
Islenos
|
Christianity → Catholicism
|
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 Countries (Spain, France)
|
Valencians, Balearics, Andorrans
|
Christianity → Catholicism
|
Chaga
|
Niger–Congo → Bantu → Chaga[note 2]
|
Tanzania
|
|
Christianity, Islam, Traditional African religions
|
Chagossians
|
Indo-European → Bourbonnais Creole → Chagossian Creole
|
Chagos Archipelago[note 21]
|
|
|
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 2]
|
Champa (Cambodia, Vietnam)
|
|
Islam → Sunni Islam
|
Chechens
|
Northeast Caucasian → Nakh → Chechen
|
Chechnya (Russia)
|
Kists
|
Islam → Sunni Islam
|
Cherokee
|
Iroquoian → Southern Iroquoian → Cherokee[note 22]
|
United States (North Carolina, Tennessee)[note 23]
|
Cherokee Nation, Eastern Band, United Keetoowah Band
|
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 22]
|
United States (Alabama, Florida, Mississippi, Louisiana)[note 23]
|
|
Christianity
|
Chokwe
|
Niger–Congo → Bantu → Chokwe
|
Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Zambia
|
|
Christianity
|
Chukchis
|
Chukotko-Kamchatkan → Chukchi
|
Chukchia
|
Chuvans
|
Christianity → Eastern Orthodoxy → Russian Orthodoxy
|
Chutiya
|
Sino-Tibetan → Sal → Deori[note 4]
|
Assam (India)
|
Deori
|
Hinduism
|
Chuukese
|
Austronesian → Micronesian → Chuukese
|
Chuuk Lagoon (Federated States of Micronesia)
|
|
Christianity → Catholicism
|
Chuvash
|
Turkic → Oghur → Chuvash
|
Chuvashia (Russia)
|
Virjal, Anatri
|
Christianity → Eastern Orthodoxy
|
Circassians
|
Northwest Caucasian → Circassian[note 2]
|
Circassia (Russia)[note 1]
|
Abzakhs, Adygeans, Besleneys, Bzhedugs, Chemirgoys, Cherkess, Kabardians, Natukhajs, Shapsugs, Ubykhs
|
Islam → Sunni Islam
|
Comanche
|
Uto-Aztecan → Numic → Comanche, Indo-European → Germanic → English
|
Comancheria (United States)
|
|
Native American Church, Christianity
|
Copts
|
Afroasiatic → Coptic[note 24]
|
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 20]
|
Corsica (France)
|
|
Christianity → Catholicism
|
Cree
|
Algic → Algonquian → Cree[note 26]
|
Canada (Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec, Newfoundland and Labrador)
|
Innu, Naskapi, Atikamekw, James Bay Cree, Moose Cree, Swampy Cree, Woods Cree, Plains Cree, Oji-Cree
|
Christianity
|
Croats
|
Indo-European → Slavic → Serbo-Croatian → Croatian / Slavomolisano
|
Croatia, Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
|
Bunjevci, Krashovani, Janjevci, Šokci, Bosnian Croats, 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
|
Czechs
|
Indo-European → Slavic → Czech
|
Czech Republic
|
Bohemians, Moravians, along with significant populations in United States and Canada
|
Christianity → Catholicism[note 27]
|
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
|
Danes
|
Indo-European → Germanic → Nordic → Danish
|
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
|
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 2]
|
Bandiagara Escarpment (Mali)
|
Ampari Dogon
|
Traditional African religions
|
Dogras
|
Indo-European → Indo-Aryan → Dogri
|
Jammu Division (India)
|
|
Hinduism
|
Druze
|
Afro-Asiastic → Semitic languages → Arabic → Levantine Arabic
|
Levant (Syria, Lebanon, Israel)
|
|
Druzism
|
Dubla
|
Indo-European → Indo-Aryan → Bhil → Dubli[note 28]
|
Gujarat (India)
|
|
Hinduism
|
Dutch
|
Indo-European → Germanic → Dutch, Indo-European → Germanic → Zeelandic, Indo-European → Germanic → Afrikaans, Indo-European → Germanic → Gronings
|
Netherlands
|
Groningers, Mennonites (including Russian Mennonites), 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 27]
|
Dyula
|
Niger–Congo → Mande → Manding → Dyula
|
Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Mali
|
|
Islam → Sunni Islam
|
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
|
Ekoi
|
Niger–Congo → Bantoid → Jagham
|
Nigeria, Cameroon
|
|
Christianity
|
Emberá
|
Choco → Emberá languages[note 2]
|
Chocó Department (Colombia), Panama (Darién, Emberá)
|
|
Shamanism
|
English
|
Indo-European → Germanic → English, BANZSL → British Sign
|
England (United Kingdom)[note 29]
|
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
|
Estonia, Setomaa
|
|
Christianity → Protestantism → Lutheranism[note 27]
|
Evenks
|
Tungusic → Northern Tungusic → Evenki
|
Russia, China
|
|
Shamanism
|
Evens
|
Tungusic → Northern Tungusic → Even
|
Kamchatka Krai, Magadan Oblast, Sakha (Russia)
|
|
Shamanism
|
Ewe
|
Niger–Congo → Kwa → Gbe → Ewe
|
Togo, Ghana
|
Anlo Ewe, Waci
|
Christianity
|
Fang
|
Niger–Congo → Bantu → Beti → Fang
|
Río Muni (Equatorial Guinea), Gabon
|
|
Christianity
|
Faroese
|
Faroe Islands
|
Indo-European → Germanic → Nordic → Faroese
|
|
Christianity → Protestantism → Lutheranism
|
Fijians
|
Austronesian → Malayo-Polynesian → Fijian
|
Fiji
|
Fijian Americans, Fijian Australians, Fijian British
|
Christianity → Protestantism → Methodism
|
Finns
|
Uralic → Finnic → Finnish, Uralic → Finnic → Finnish → Meänkieli, Uralic → Finnic → Finnish → Kven
|
Finland
|
Kvens, Forest Finns, Tornedalians, Ingrian Finns (including Siberian Finns), Savonians, Tavastians, Ostrobothnians, Finnish Karelians, and Murmansk Finns, along with significant populations in Sweden, Switzerland, Australia, United States (including Findians), Argentina, and Canada (including Findians).
|
Christianity → Protestantism → Lutheranism
|
Fipa
|
Niger–Congo → Bantu (Zone M) → Fipa, Niger–Congo → Bantu → Mambwe-Lungu
|
Rukwa Region, Tanzania (Sumbawanga Rural District, Nkasi District)
|
|
Christianity → Catholicism
|
Flemings
|
Indo-European → Germanic → Dutch → Flemish, Indo-European → Germanic → West Flemish, Indo-European → Germanic → Zeelandic, Francosign → Belgian Sign → Flemish Sign
|
Flanders (Belgium), French Flanders, Zeelandic Flanders
|
|
Christianity → Catholicism
|
Fon
|
Niger–Congo → Kwa → Gbe → Fon
|
Dahomey (Benin)
|
Egun
|
Christianity → Catholicism
|
French
|
Indo-European → Romance → Langues d'oïl,[note 2] Indo-European → Romance → Arpitan, Indo-European languages → Romance → Faetar, Francosign → French Sign, Francosign → Swiss-French Sign, Francosign → Belgian Sign → French Belgian Sign
|
France, Romandy (Switzerland), Aosta Valley (Italy)
|
Arpitans (including Faetani and Cellese), Burgundians, Champenois, Comtois, Gallo, Lorrainers, Normans (including Channel Islanders such as Jèrriais, Guernésiais, and Sercquiais), Picards, Poitevins (including Saintongeais), Barthélemoise, Saint-Martinois, French Guianese, Caldoche, Réunionese (including Zoreilles), Huguenots (including Huguenots in South Africa), Saint-Pierrais, along with numerous colonial descendants such as Pieds-Noirs, French Canadians (including Quebecers, Acadians, Franco-Ontarians, Franco-Manitobans, Franco-Newfoundlanders, Franco-Ténois, Franco-Albertans, Franco-Yukonnais, Franco-Columbians, Muskrat French, Fransaskois, and Brayons), French Haitians, French Malagasy, Franco-Mauritians, and Franco-Seychellois
|
Christianity → Catholicism
|
Frisians
|
Indo-European → Germanic → Frisian languages,[note 2] Indo-European → Germanic → East Frisian Low Saxon, Indo-European → Germanic → Dutch → West Frisian Dutch
|
Frisia (Netherlands, Germany, historically Denmark)
|
Westlauwers Frisians (including Terschelling Frisians, Schiermonnikoog Frisians, and Hindeloopen Frisians), East Frisians, North Frisians, Saterland Frisians, with significant populations in the United States
|
Christianity → Protestantism → Calvinism, Christianity → Protestantism → Lutheranism
|
Friulians
|
Indo-European → Romance → Friulian
|
Friuli (Italy)
|
|
Christianity → Catholicism
|
Fula
|
Niger–Congo → West Atlantic → Senegambian → Fula
|
West Africa (Guinea, Senegal, Mali, Mauritania, Nigeria, Cameroon, Niger, Burkina Faso, Benin, Chad)[note 30]
|
Wodaabe, Haratin, Fula Jalon, Fulakunda, Maasina Fulfulde
|
Islam
|
Fur
|
Nilo-Saharan → Fur
|
Darfur (Sudan)
|
|
Islam → Sunni Islam
|
Fuyu Kyrgyz
|
Turkic → Siberian Turkic → Fuyu Kyrgyz
|
Fuyu County (Qiqihar, Heilongjiang, China)
|
|
|
Ga-Adangbe
|
Niger–Congo → Kwa → Ga–Dangme[note 2]
|
Greater Accra (Ghana)
|
Ga, Adangbe
|
Christianity
|
Gabrieleños
|
Indo-European → Germanic → English, Indo-European → Romance → Spanish, Uto-Aztecan → Takic → Gabrieleño[note 31]
|
|
|
Native American religion, Christianity
|
Gagauz
|
Turkic → Oghuz → Gagauz
|
Gagauzia (Moldova), Budjak (Ukraine)
|
|
Christianity → Eastern Orthodoxy
|
Galicians
|
Indo-European → Romance → Galician
|
Galicia (Spain)
|
|
Christianity → Catholicism
|
Gamilaraay
|
Pama-Nyungan → Wiradhuric → Gamilaraay
|
New South Wales, Queensland (Australia)
|
Alcheringa
|
Ganda
|
Niger–Congo → Bantu → Great Lakes → Luganda
|
Buganda (Uganda)
|
Abayudaya
|
Christianity
|
Garhwalis
|
Indo-European → Indo-Aryan → Garhwali
|
Uttarakhand (India)
|
|
Hinduism
|
Garifuna
|
Arawakan → Ta-Arawakan → Garifuna[note 32]
|
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines[note 33]
|
|
Christianity → Catholicism
|
Garos
|
Sino-Tibetan → Sal → Garo
|
Garo Hills (India)
|
|
Christianity
|
Gayonese
|
Austronesian → Northwest Sumatra–Barrier Islands → Gayo
|
Indonesia (Bener Meriah, Central Aceh, and Gayo Lues Regencies)
|
|
Islam
|
Gbagyi
|
Niger–Congo → Nupoid → Gwari
|
Nigeria
|
|
Traditional African religions
|
Gbaya
|
Niger–Congo → Ubangian → Gbaya[note 2]
|
Central African Republic, Cameroon
|
Bokoto, Kàrà, Buli (including Toongo), Ali, Mandja, Gbaya-Bossangoa, Bozom, Mbodomo, Gbanu, Bangandu
|
Islam
|
Gedeo
|
Afroasiatic → Cushitic → Gedeo
|
Gedeo Zone (Ethiopia)
|
|
Christianity → Protestantism → P'ent'ay
|
Gelao
|
Kra–Dai → Kra → Gelao[note 2][note 34]
|
Guizhou (China)
|
|
Taoism, Buddhism
|
Georgians
|
Kartvelian languages,[note 2] Northeast Caucasian → Nakh → Bats
|
Georgia
|
Adjarians, Mingrelians, Svans, Tushetians, Meskhetians, Bats[note 35]
|
Christianity → Eastern Orthodoxy
|
Germans
|
Indo-European → Germanic → High German languages,[note 2] Indo-European → Germanic → Low German[note 2]
|
Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Liechtenstein, Eastern Belgium, South Tyrol
|
Bavarians, Franconians, Hessians, Hunsriks, Upper Saxons, Lower Saxons, Swabians (including Danube Swabians), Rhinelanders (including Colognians), Alsatians, Deutschschweizer, Liechtensteiners, Pomeranians, Volga Germans, Baltic Germans, Silesian Germans, Carpathian Germans, North Schleswig Germans, Eastern Belgians, Transylvanian Saxons, Amish (including Pennsylvania Dutch), Hutterites, Mennonites (including Russian Mennonites), Walsers, Bukovina Germans, along with significant populations in the United States (including German Texans), Brazil, Mexico, Argentina, Canada, Chile, Kazakhstan, Australia, and New Zealand.
|
Christianity
|
Gogo
|
Niger–Congo → Bantu → Gogo
|
Dodoma Region, Tanzania
|
|
|
Gilaks
|
Indo-European → Iranian → Gilaki
|
Gilan, Iran
|
|
Islam → Twelver Shi’ism
|
Gola
|
Niger–Congo → Gola
|
Liberia, Sierra Leone
|
|
Islam
|
Gonds
|
Dravidian → Gondi[note 36]
|
Gondwana (India)
|
Godha, Madia Gonds, Muria, Koya
|
Hinduism
|
Gorani
|
Indo-European → Slavic → Gorani
|
Gora (Kosovo, Albania, North Macedonia)
|
|
Islam → Sunni Islam
|
Gorals
|
Indo-European → Slavic → Lechitic → Górolski
|
Southern Poland, northern Slovakia, Cieszyn Silesia (Poland, Czech Republic)
|
Silesian Gorals
|
Christianity → Catholicism, Christianity → Protestantism → Lutheranism
|
Gorontalo
|
Austronesian → Philippine → Gorontaloan
|
Gorontalo (Indonesia)
|
|
Islam → Sunni Islam
|
Greeks
|
Indo-European → Hellenic,[note 2] Turkic → Kipchak → Urum, Indo-European → Romance → Aromanian, Indo-European → Romance → Megleno-Romanian, Indo-European → Albanian → Arvanitika, Francosign → French Sign and American Sign → Greek Sign
|
Greece, Cyprus
|
Greek Cypriots, Pontic Greeks, Cappadocian Greeks, Sarakatsani, Urums, Griko, Macedonian Greeks, Anatolian Greeks, Tsakonians, Antiochian Greeks and also sizeable populations of Arvanites, Aromanians and Megleno-Romanians who identify as ethnic Greeks, along with a significant diaspora in Albania (including Northern Epirotes), Turkey, Ukraine, Georgia, the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, Australia, and Canada
|
Christianity → Eastern Orthodoxy
|
Guajajara
|
Tupian → Tenetehara
|
Maranhao (Brazil)
|
|
Shamanism
|
Guan
|
Niger–Congo → Kwa → Guang[note 2]
|
Ghana (Brong-Ahafo and Volta Regions)
|
Gonja, Kyode, Cherepon, Efutu, Anyanga, Larteh, Chumburung, Krache, Anum-Boso
|
Christianity
|
Guaraní
|
Tupian → Guarani
|
Paraguay, Misiones (Argentina), Bolivia
|
Chiriguanos, along with Mestizos such as Paraguayans
|
Christianity → Catholicism
|
Gujarati
|
Indo-European → Indo-Aryan → Gujarati
|
Gujarat (India)
|
Koli, Bharwad, Khoja, Patidar, Sunni Bohra, Lohana, Vagri, Kharva, Charan, Baria, Momna, Ghanchi, Shenva, Bhambi Khalpa, Zarabes, Bhoi, Luso-Indians, Gujarati Americans
|
Hinduism, Islam
|
Gujjar / Gurjar
|
Indo-European → Indo-Aryan → Gujari
|
Primarily Pakistan & India, also Afghanistan at smaller numbers
|
Khatana, Solanki, Parihar, Tanwar, Parmar, chandel, Chauhan, Bhadana, Bhatti, Kohli, Tomar, Panwar, Pawar, Bainsla, Bagri, Hans, etc.
|
Islam, Hinduism
|
Gumuz
|
Nilo-Saharan → Gumuz
|
Benishangul-Gumuz Region (Ethiopia)
|
|
Traditional African religion
|
Gurage
|
Afroasiatic → Semitic → Ethiopic → Gurage[note 2]
|
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
|
Sino-Tibetan → Gurung
|
Nepal, Sikkim (India), West Bengal (India)
|
Ghale, Gurung
|
Hinduism, Buddhism
|
Gurunsi
|
Niger–Congo → Gur → Gurunsi[note 2]
|
Burkina Faso, Ghana, Togo
|
Lukpa, Kabye, Tem, Lamba, Delo, Bago-Kusuntu, Chala, Lyélé, Nuna, Kalamsé, Pana, Kassena, Winye, Deg, Puguli, Paasaal, Sisaala, Chakali, Siti, Tamprusi, Vagla
|
Traditional African religions
|
Ha
|
Niger–Congo → Bantu → Ha
|
Kigoma Region (Tanzania)
|
|
Animism
|
Hadiya
|
Afroasiatic → Cushitic → Hadiyya
|
Hadiya (Ethiopia)
|
|
Islam
|
Han Chinese
|
Sino-Tibetan → Sinitic → Chinese languages,[note 2] CSLic languages,[note 2] JSLic → Taiwan Sign
|
Mainland China, Macau (China), Hong Kong (China), Taiwan, Singapore, Kokang
|
Subei, Cantonese (including Taishanese, Hongkongers, Tankas, and Chuanqing) Hui, Fujianese (including Fuzhounese, Hoklo, Hui'an maidens, Putianese, and Teochew), Gaoshan Han, Gan, Hakka (including Ngái), Hebei, Hunanese, Jianghuai, Shandong, Sichuanese, Wu (including Shanghainese, Ningbonese, and Wenzhou), Han Taiwanese, Sino-Singaporeans, along with significant populations in the United States, Malaysia (including Peranakan), Thailand, Indonesia, Myanmar, Canada, the Philippines (including Sangleys), Peru, Australia, Vietnam, Japan, Russia, France (including Chinois), the United Kingdom, South Africa, Italy, Germany, Korea, Spain, India, Laos, Brazil, the Netherlands, Panama, Venezuela and New Zealand
|
Chinese folk religion, Buddhism, Taoism, no religion (see also Religion in China and Religion in Taiwan)
|
Hangaza
|
Niger–Congo → Bantu → Hangaza
|
Kagera Region, Tanzania
|
|
|
Hani
|
Sino-Tibetan → Loloish → Hani
|
Yunnan (China)
|
|
Animism
|
Harari
|
Afroasiatic → Semitic → Ethiopic → Harari
|
Hararia (Ethiopia)
|
|
Islam → Sunni Islam
|
Hausa
|
Afroasiatic → Chadic → Hausa
|
Hausaland (Niger, Nigeria, Ghana)
|
|
Islam → Sunni Islam
|
Hawaiians
|
Austronesian → Polynesian → Hawaiian[note 37]
|
Hawaii (United States)
|
|
Christianity
|
Haya
|
Niger–Congo → Bantu → Haya
|
Kagera Region, Tanzania
|
|
Christianity, Ruhanga
|
Hazaras
|
Indo-European → Iranian → Persian → Hazaragi
|
Hazarajat (Afghanistan)
|
Aimaq Hazara, Hazara Australians
|
Islam → Twelver Shi’ism
|
Hehe
|
Niger–Congo → Bantu → Hehe
|
Iringa Region, Tanzania
|
|
|
Herero
|
Niger–Congo → Bantu → Herero
|
Hereroland (Namibia), Angola
|
OvaHimba, Ovambanderu
|
Christianity
|
Hinukh
|
Northeast Caucasian → Tsezic → Hinuq
|
Tsuntinsky District (Russia)
|
|
Islam → Sunni Islam
|
Hmong
|
Hmong–Mien → Hmongic[note 2]
|
Guizhou (China)[note 38]
|
A-Hmao, Gha-Mu, Xong, Pa-Hng, Hmong Americans
|
Hmong folk religion
|
Hopi
|
Uto-Aztecan → Hopi
|
Hopi Reservation (United States)
|
|
Christianity, Native American Church
|
Huli
|
Trans–New Guinea → Engan → Huli
|
Southern Highlands Province (Papua New Guinea)
|
|
Christianity
|
Hungarians
|
Uralic → Ugric → Hungarian
|
Hungary, Székely Land (Romania), Felvidék (Slovakia)
|
Palóc, Matyó, along with significant populations in Romania (including Székelys and Csángós ), Slovakia, Serbia, Ukraine, Croatia, Slovenia, Germany, the United States, and Canada
|
Christianity → Catholicism
|
Hunzibs
|
Northeast Caucasian → Tsezic → Hunzib
|
Tsuntinsky District (Russia)
|
|
Islam → Sunni Islam
|
Hutu
|
Niger–Congo → Bantu → Great Lakes → Rwanda-Rundi[note 39]
|
Rwanda, Burundi, Kivu (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
|
|
Christianity
|
Iban
|
Austronesian → Malayic → Iban
|
Sarawak (Malaysia)
|
Mualang
|
Christianity
|
Ibanag
|
Austronesian → Philippine → Cordilleran → Ibanag
|
Philippines (Isabela, Cagayan)
|
|
Christianity → Catholicism
|
Ibibio
|
Niger–Congo → Cross River → Ibibio-Efik → Ibibio
|
Akwa Ibom State (Nigeria)
|
Eket, Aro
|
Christianity
|
Icelanders
|
Indo-European → Germanic → Nordic → Icelandic
|
Iceland
|
|
Christianity → Protestantism → Lutheranism
|
Idoma
|
Niger–Congo → Idomoid → Idoma
|
Benue State (Nigeria)
|
Agatu, Alago, Yala
|
Christianity
|
Igbo
|
Niger–Congo → Igbo
|
Igboland (Nigeria)
|
Anioma, Aro, Edda, Ekpeye, Etche, Ezaa, Ika, Ikwerre, Ikwo, Isu, Izzi, Mbaise, Mgbo, Ngwa, Nri-Igbo, Ogba, Ohafia, Ohuhu, Onitsha-Ado, Ukwuani, Waawa
|
Christianity
|
Igede
|
Niger–Congo → Idomoid → Igede
|
Benue State (Nigeria)
|
|
Christianity
|
Igorot
|
Austronesian → Philippine → Cordilleran[note 2]
|
Cordillera Administrative Region (Philippines)
|
Balangao, Bontoc, Ibaloi, Ifugao (including Kalanguya), Isnag, Kalinga, Kankanaey
|
Anitism
|
Ijaw
|
Niger–Congo → Ijaw[note 2]
|
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
|
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
|
Ingush
|
Northeast Caucasian → Nakh → Ingush
|
Ingushetia (Russia)
|
|
Islam → Sunni Islam
|
Inuit
|
Eskimo–Aleut → Inuit[note 2]
|
Greenland (Denmark), Canada (Nunavut, Nunatsiavut, Nunavik, NunatuKavut), Alaska (United States)
|
Greenlandics (including Kalaallit, Tunumiit, Inughuit and Greenlandic Danes), Iñupiat, Inuktitut, Inuvialuit
|
Christianity
|
Iranun
|
Austronesian → Philippine → Iranun
|
Mindanao (Philippines)
|
|
Islam → Sunni Islam
|
Iraqw
|
Afroasiatic → Cushitic → Iraqw
|
Tanzania
|
|
Christianity
|
Irish
|
Indo-European → Celtic → Irish,[note 25] Indo-European → Celtic and Germanic → Shelta, Francosign → Irish Sign, BANZSL → British Sign → Northern Ireland Sign Language
|
Ireland (Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom)[note 40]
|
Irish Travellers, Ulster Irish, Irish Catholics, Irish-Scots, along with significant populations in the United States, Australia, Canada, Argentina, Mexico, Great Britain, and New Zealand
|
Christianity → Catholicism
|
Iroquois
|
Iroquoian[note 41]
|
United States, Canada
|
Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga, Seneca, Tuscarora
|
Longhouse Religion
|
Isan
|
Kra–Dai → Tai → Lao → Isan
|
Isan (Thailand)
|
|
Buddhism → Theravada Buddhism
|
Isoko
|
Niger–Congo → Edoid → Isoko
|
Isoko region (Nigeria)
|
|
Christianity
|
Istro-Romanians
|
Indo-European → Romance → Istro-Romanian
|
Istria (Croatia)
|
|
Christianity → Catholicism
|
Italians
|
Indo-European → Romance → Italian
|
Italy, Ticino (Switzerland)
|
Camminanti, Waldensians, Lazians, Marchigianos, Tuscans, Umbrians, Emilian, Romagnol (including Sammarinese), Trentinis, Ligurians (including Monégasque), Lombards, Piedmontese, Apulians, Calabrians, Neapolitans (including Abruzzans, Molisans, Basilicatans, and Campanians), Venetians along with significant populations in Argentina, Brazil, the United States, Venezuela, Canada, France, Peru, Uruguay, Australia, Germany, Chile and the United Kingdom
|
Christianity → Catholicism
|
Itawes
|
Austronesian → Philippine → Cordilleran → Itawis
|
Cagayan Valley (Philippines)
|
|
Christianity → Catholicism
|
Izhorians
|
Uralic → Finnic → Ingrian
|
Ingria (Russia)
|
|
Christianity → Eastern Orthodoxy
|
Japanese
|
Japonic → Japanese, Japonic → Hachijō, JSLic → Japanese Sign, Miyakubo Sign
|
Japan
|
Kantō, Kansai, Hokkaido, Tōhoku, Hōnichi, Satsugū, Chūgoku, Echigo, Tōkai, Shinshuu, Hokuriku, Hachijō, along with significant populations in Brazil, the United States and the Philippines.
|
Shinto, Buddhism[note 42]
|
Jarai
|
Austronesian → Chamic → Jarai
|
Central Highlands, Vietnam
|
|
Animism
|
Javanese
|
Austronesian → Javanesic[note 2]
|
Java (Indonesia)
|
Cirebonese, Osing, Tenggerese, Boyanese, Banyumasan, along with significant populations in Malaysia, Suriname, China, Sri Lanka, French Guiana, New Caledonia, and Saudi Arabia
|
Islam → Sunni Islam
|
Jews
|
Afroasiatic → Semitic → Hebrew,[note 43] Indo-European → Germanic → Yiddish,[note 2] Indo-European → Indo-Aryan → Marathi → Judeo-Marathi, Afroasiatic → Semetic → Arabic → Egyptian Arabic → Judeo-Egyptian Arabic, Afroasiatic → Semetic → Arabic → Judeo-Moroccan Arabic, Afroasiatic → Semetic → Arabic → Judeo-Iraqi Arabic, Afroasiatic → Cushitic → Qimant → Kayla, Afroasiatic → Cushitic → Qimant → Qwara, Kartvelian → Karto-Zan → Georgian → Judaeo-Georgian, DGSic → Israeli Sign, Afroasiatic → Semitic → Arabic → Judeo-Yemeni Arabic, Afroasiatic → Semitic → Arabic → Tunisian Arabic → Judeo-Tunisian Arabic, Afroasiatic → Semitic → Arabic → Judeo-Tripolitanian Arabic, Turkic → Kipchak → Krymchak, Turkic → Kipchak → Karaim, Algerian Jewish Sign, Indo-European → Hellenic → Yevanic, Dravidian → Malayalamoid → Judeo-Malayalam
|
Israel[note 44]
|
Ashkenazim, Sephardim (including Moroccan Jews, Algerian Jews, Tunisian Jews, and Toshavim), Mizrahim (including Bukharim, Juhurim, Syrian Jews, Teimanim, Persian Jews, and Kaifeng Jews), Beta Israel, Italkim, Romaniotes, Constantinopolitan Karaites, Crimean Karaites, Krymchaks, Gruznim, Bene Israel, Kochinim, Paradesi, Lishanid Noshan, Israelis, along with significant populations in the United States, France, Canada, the United Kingdom, Argentina, Egypt, Russia, Germany, and Australia
|
Judaism
|
Jingpo
|
Sino-Tibetan → Sal → Jingpho
|
Kachin State (Myanmar), Yunnan (China) Northeast India
|
|
Animism
|
Jita
|
|
Mara Region (Tanzania)
|
|
|
Jola
|
Niger–Congo → West Atlantic → Senegambian → Jola[note 2]
|
Jolaland (Senegal)
|
Banjaal, Bayot, Fogni, Gusilay, Karon, Kasa, Kuwaataay, Mlomp
|
Traditional African religions
|
Jukun
|
Niger–Congo → Jukun Takum[note 45]
|
Wukari (Nigeria)
|
Wannu
|
Traditional African religions
|
Kadazan-Dusun
|
Austronesian → Malayo-Polynesian → Dusunic[note 2]
|
Sabah (Malaysia)
|
Kadazan, Dusun, Dumpas, Ida'an, Kwijau, Lotud, Mangka'ak, Maragang, Minokok, Orang Sungai, Rumanau, Rungus, Tambanuo
|
Christianity
|
Kaguru
|
Niger–Congo → Bantu → Kagulu
|
Ukaguru Mountains (Tanzania)
|
|
|
Kaingang
|
Je → Kaingang
|
Parana, Santa Catarina, Rio Grande do Sul, Sao Paulo
|
|
Shamanism
|
Kalanga
|
Niger–Congo → Bantu → Shona → Kalanga
|
Zimbabwe, Botswana
|
Nambya
|
Christianity
|
Kalash
|
Indo-European → Indo-Aryan → Kalasha
|
Chitral District (Pakistan)
|
|
Hinduism
|
Kalenjin
|
Nilo-Saharan → Nilotic → Kalenjin[note 2]
|
Rift Valley Province (Kenya)
|
Keiyo, Tugen, Marakwet, Nandi, Kipsigis, Sabaot, Pökoot, Okiek, Terik
|
Christianity
|
Kalinago
|
Indo-European → Germanic → English,[note 46] Arawakan → Ta-Arawakan → Kalinago → Garifuna, Vincentian Creole
|
Lesser Antilles
|
Garifuna (including Garifuna Americans)
|
Christianity → Catholicism
|
Kamba
|
Niger–Congo → Bantu → Kamba
|
Ukambani (Kenya)
|
|
Christianity
|
Kanaks
|
Austronesian → Kanak[note 2]
|
Kanakia (France)
|
Haveke, Ajië, Arhâ, Xârâgurè, Haeke
|
Christianity → Catholicism
|
Kannadigas
|
Dravidian → Kannada
|
Karnataka (India)
|
Vokkaliga
|
Hinduism
|
Kanuri
|
Nilo-Saharan → Saharan → Kanuri
|
Kanuriland (Nigeria, Niger, Chad, Cameroon)
|
Kanembu, Yerwa Kanuri
|
Islam
|
Kapampangans
|
Austronesian → Philippine → Kapampangan
|
Pampanga (Philippines)
|
|
Christianity → Catholicism
|
Kapsiki
|
Afroasiatic → Chadic → Kapsiki
|
Mandara Mountains (Nigeria, Cameroon)
|
|
Islam
|
Karachays
|
Turkic → Kipchak → Karachay
|
Karachay-Cherkessia (Russia)
|
|
Islam → Sunni Islam
|
Karakalpaks
|
Turkic → Kipchak → Karakalpak
|
Karakalpakstan (Uzbekistan)
|
|
Islam → Sunni Islam
|
Karbi
|
Sino-Tibetan → Kuki-Chin–Naga → Karbi
|
Karbi Anglong district (India)
|
Amri
|
Hinduism
|
Karelians
|
Uralic → Finnic → Karelian, Uralic → Finnic → Ludic, Uralic → Finnic → Livvi-Karelian
|
Karelia (Finland, Russia)
|
Tver Karelians, Olonets Karelians
|
Christianity → Eastern Orthodoxy
|
Karen
|
Sino-Tibetan → Karenic[note 2]
|
Karen State, Kayah State, Pa'O Self-Administered Zone (Myanmar), Thailand
|
S'gaw Karen, Pwo Karen, Karenni (including Kayan), Pa'O
|
Buddhism → Theravada Buddhism
|
Karuk
|
Karuk
|
California (United States)
|
|
Christianity
|
Kashmiris
|
Indo-European → Indo-Aryan → Dardic → Kashmiri
|
Kashmir (India, Pakistan)
|
Kashmiri Pandits, Kashmiris in Punjab
|
Islam → Sunni Islam, Hinduism, Sikhism
|
Kashubians
|
Indo-European → Slavic → Kashubian
|
Kashubia (Poland)
|
|
Christianity → Catholicism
|
Kazakhs
|
Turkic → Kipchak → Kazakh
|
Kazakhstan
|
Significant populations in China, and Russia
|
Islam → Sunni Islam
|
Kereks
|
Chukotko-Kamchatkan → Chukotkan → Kerek
|
Chukotka (Russia)
|
|
Shamanism
|
Kerewe
|
Niger–Congo → Bantu → Kerewe
|
Ukerewe Island (Tanzania)
|
|
|
Kerinci
|
Austronesian → Malayic → Kerinci
|
Kerinci Regency (Indonesia)
|
|
|
Khakas
|
Turkic → Siberian Turkic → Khakas
|
Khakassia (Russia)
|
|
Christianity → Eastern Orthodoxy → Russian Orthodoxy, Shamanism → Tengrism
|
Khanty
|
Uralic → Ugric → Khanty[note 2]
|
Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug (Russia)
|
|
|
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
|
Khinalug (Azerbaijan)
|
|
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
|
Khonds
|
Dravidian → Kui
|
Kandhamal (India)
|
|
Hinduism
|
Khorasani Turks
|
Turkic → Oghuz → Khorasani Turkic
|
Khorasan (Iran)
|
|
Islam → Shia Islam
|
Khwarshi
|
Northeast Caucasian → Tsezic → Khwarshi
|
Tsumadinsky District (Russia)
|
|
Islam → Sunni Islam
|
Kiga
|
Niger–Congo → Bantu → Nkore-Kiga → Kiga
|
Uganda, Rwanda
|
|
Christianity → Catholicism, Christianity → Protestantism
|
Kikuyu
|
Niger–Congo → Bantu → Kikuyu
|
Central Province (Kenya)
|
|
Christianity
|
Kilba
|
Afroasiatic → Chadic → Huba
|
Hong (Nigeria)
|
|
Christianity
|
Kinga
|
Niger–Congo → Bantu → Kinga
|
Kipengere Range (Njombe Region, Tanzania)
|
|
Christianity, Traditional African religion
|
Kiowa
|
Tanoan → Kiowa
|
Oklahoma (United States)
|
|
Christianity, Native American Church
|
Kirantis
|
Sino-Tibetan → Kiranti[note 2]
|
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
|
Kissi
|
Niger–Congo → West Atlantic → Mel → Kissi
|
Guinea, Sierra Leone
|
|
Christianity
|
Kofyar
|
Afroasiatic → Chadic → Kofyar
|
Plateau State (Nigeria)
|
|
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
|
Afroasiatic → Cushitic → Konso
|
Konso (Ethiopia)
|
|
Traditional African religions
|
Koreans
|
Koreanic languages,[note 2] 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
|
Christianity[note 27] → Protestantism and Catholicism, Buddhism → Mahayana Buddhism → Korean Buddhism, Korean shamanism, Cheondoism
|
Kosraeans
|
Austronesian → Malayo-Polynesian → Oceanic → Micronesian → Kosraean
|
Kosrae (Federated States of Micronesia)
|
|
Christianity
|
Kpelle
|
Niger–Congo → Mande → Kpelle
|
Liberia, Guinea
|
|
Traditional African religions
|
Kposo
|
Niger–Congo → Kwa → Ghana–Togo Mountain → Kposo
|
Plateaux (Togo), Ghana
|
|
Christianity → Catholicism
|
Kristang
|
Indo-European → Romance → Portuguese → Kristang
|
Malaysia, Singapore
|
|
Christianity → Catholicism
|
Kru
|
Niger–Congo → Kru[note 2]
|
Liberia (Grand Kru and Maryland Counties)
|
Aizi, Bété, Bakwé, Grebo, Krahn (including Sapo), Kuwaa
|
Christianity
|
Kulin
|
Pama-Nyungan → Kulinic → Kulin
|
Victoria (Australia)
|
|
Alcheringa
|
Kumandins
|
Turkic → Siberian Turkic → Northern Altai → Kumandy
|
Russia (Altai Krai, Altai Republic)
|
|
Christianity → Eastern Orthodoxy → Russian Orthodoxy
|
Kumyks
|
Turkic → Kipchak → Kumyk
|
Dagestan (Russia)
|
|
Islam → Sunni Islam
|
Kunama
|
Nilo-Saharan → Kunama
|
Eritrea, Ethiopia
|
|
Christianity → Oriental Orthodoxy
|
Kurds
|
Iranian → Kurdish[note 2]
|
Kurdistan
|
Bajalan, Zazas, Feylis, Iranian Laks, Yazidis, Shabak, along with significant populations in France and Germany
|
Islam → Sunni Islam
|
Kuria
|
Niger–Congo → Bantu → Kuria
|
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)
|
|
Christianity
|
Kwaya
|
Niger–Congo → Bantu → Kwaya
|
Mara Region (Tanzania)
|
|
|
Kwere
|
Niger–Congo → Bantu → Kwere
|
Bagamoyo District (Pwani Region, Tanzania)
|
|
|
Kyrgyz
|
Turkic → Kipchak → Kyrgyz
|
Kyrgyzstan
|
|
Islam → Sunni Islam → Hanafi
|
Ladins
|
Indo-European → Romance → Ladin
|
Ladinia (Italy)
|
|
|
Laks
|
Northeast Caucasian → Lak
|
Lakia (Russia)
|
|
Islam → Sunni Islam
|
Lamaholot
|
Austronesian → Flores–Lembata → Lamaholot
|
Solor (Indonesia)
|
|
Christianity → Catholicism
|
Lampungs
|
Austronesian → Lampung
|
Lampung (Indonesia)
|
|
Islam
|
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 47]
|
Lazistan (Turkey, Georgia)
|
Turkish Laz, Georgian Laz
|
Islam → Sunni Islam
|
Lega
|
Niger–Congo → Bantu → Lega
|
Democratic Republic of the Congo
|
|
Traditional African religions
|
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 48]
|
Tibet (Arunachal Pradesh)
|
Nishi, Na, Galo, Mishmi people, Tagin, Adi
|
Animism, Buddhism
|
Li
|
Kra–Dai → Hlai[note 2]
|
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
|
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
|
Louisiana Creoles
|
Indo-European → Romance → French → Louisiana Creole, Indo-European → Romance → French, Indo-European → Germanic → English
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Louisiana (United States)
|
Cajuns, Creoles of color, Alabama Creoles
|
Christianity → Catholicism, Louisiana Voodoo
|
Luba
|
Niger–Congo → Bantu → Luban[note 2]
|
Lubaland (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
|
Luba-Kasai, Luba-Katanga, Hemba (including Bangubangu), Songe, Lulua
|
Christianity
|
Luhya
|
Niger–Congo → Bantu → Luhya
|
Western Province (Kenya)
|
Bukusu, Idakho, Isukha, Kabras, Khayo, Kisa, Marachi, Maragoli, Marama, Nyole, Samia, Tachoni, Tiriki, Tsotso, Wanga,
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Christianity
|
Luo
|
Nilo-Saharan → Nilotic → Luo → Dholuo
|
Kenya
|
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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)
|
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Alcheringa
|
Luxembourgers
|
Indo-European → Germanic → German → 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
|
Macau (China)
|
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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)
|
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Shamanism
|
Madi
|
Nilo-Saharan → Central Sudanic → Ma'di
|
Democratic Republic of the Congo, South Sudan, Uganda
|
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Christianity
|
Madurese
|
Austronesian → Madurese
|
Madura (Indonesia)[note 49]
|
Boyanese
|
Islam → Sunni Islam → Shafi'i
|
Mafa
|
Afroasiatic → Chadic → Mafa
|
Cameroon
|
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Christianity
|
Magahi
|
Indo-European → Indo-Aryan → Bihari → Magahi
|
Magadha (India)
|
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Hinduism
|
Magars
|
Sino-Tibetan → Magar[note 50]
|
Nepal
|
Ale, Gharti, Chantayal, Saru, Pun
|
Hinduism, Buddhism
|
Maguindanao
|
Austronesian → Philippine → Maguindanao
|
Maguindanao (Philippines)
|
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Islam
|
Maithils
|
Indo-European → Indo-Aryan → Bihari → Maithili
|
Mithila (India, Nepal)
|
Karan Kayastha, Brahmin, Chhetri, Vaisya
|
Hinduism
|
Makassarese
|
Austronesian → South Sulawesi → Makassarese
|
South Sulawesi (Indonesia)
|
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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, Saint Thomas Christians (including Knanayas), Mappilas, Ezhava, along with significant populations in the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Qatar, Kuwait and Bahrain
|
Hinduism
|
Malays
|
Austronesian → Malayic → Malay
|
Malay world (Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Brunei)
|
Bruneians, Kedahans, Pattani, Pahang, Musi, Palembangese, Pontianaks, Terengganuarians, Kelantanese, Perakians, Berau, Proto-Malay (including Orang Kuala, Jakun, Orang Rimba, Orang Seletar, and Temuan), Lubu, Palembangnese, Cape Malays, Cocos Malays, Bangka Malays
|
Islam → Sunni Islam
|
Maldivians
|
Indo-European → Indo-Aryan → Maldivian
|
Maldives, Minicoy
|
Mahls
|
Islam → Sunni Islam
|
Maltese
|
Afroasiatic → Semitic → Arabic → Maltese
|
Malta
|
Gozitans
|
Christianity → Catholicism
|
Mambila
|
Niger–Congo → Mambila
|
Mambilla Plateau (Nigeria, Cameroon)
|
Somyev
|
Traditional African religions
|
Manchus
|
Tungusic → Southern Tungusic → Manchu[note 51]
|
Manchuria
|
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Shamanism
|
Mandaeans
|
Afroasiatic → Semitic → Aramaic → Mandaic
|
Southern Mesopotamia
|
Iraq, Iran
|
Mandaeism
|
Mandarese
|
Austronesian → South Sulawesi → Mandar
|
West Sulawesi (Indonesia)
|
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Islam
|
Mandinka
|
Niger–Congo → Mande → Manding[note 2]
|
Mali, The Gambia, Guinea, Senegal
|
Bolon
|
Islam
|
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)
|
|
Christianity → Protestantism
|
Māori
|
Austronesian → Polynesian → Māori[note 52]
|
New Zealand
|
Cook Islanders
|
Christianity
|
Mapuche
|
Mapudungun[note 53]
|
Araucanía (Chile, Argentina)
|
Huilliche, along with Mestizos such as Chileans
|
Christianity
|
Maranao
|
Austronesian → Philippine → Maranao
|
Lanao (Philippines)
|
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Islam
|
Marathi
|
Indo-European → Indo-Aryan → Marathi
|
Maharashtra (India)
|
Mahar, Maratha, Kunbi, Dhangar, Bhoi
|
Hinduism
|
Maris
|
Uralic → Mari[note 2]
|
Mari El (Russia)
|
Meadow Mari, Hill Mari, Northwestern Mari, Eastern Mari, Mountain Mari
|
Christianity → Eastern Orthodoxy, Mari Native Religion
|
Maronites
|
Afroasiatic → Semitic → Western Aramaic[note 2][note 54]
|
Lebanon
|
Significant populations in Syria, Cyprus and Israel along with the greater Lebanese diaspora
|
Christianity → Maronite Catholicism
|
Marshallese
|
Austronesian → Malayo-Polynesian → Oceanic → Micronesian → Marshallese
|
Marshall Islands
|
|
Christianity → Protestantism
|
Masa
|
Afroasiatic → Chadic → Masana
|
Cameroon, Chad
|
|
Christianity, Islam[1]
|
Masalit
|
Nilo-Saharan → Masalit
|
Sudan, Chad
|
|
Islam → Sunni Islam
|
Mauritian Creoles
|
Indo-European → Romance → French → Mauritian Creole
|
Mauritius
|
|
Christianity → Catholicism, Rastafarianism
|
Maya
|
Mayan[note 2]
|
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 2]
|
Oaxaca (Mexico)
|
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
|
Almopia (Greece)
|
|
Christianity → Eastern Orthodoxy, Islam → Sunni Islam
|
Mehri
|
Afroasiatic → Semitic → Mehri
|
Mahra (Yemen, Oman)
|
|
Islam
|
Meitei
|
Sino-Tibetan → Kuki-Chin–Naga → Meitei
|
Manipur (India)
|
Loi
|
Hinduism → Vaishnavism
|
Melanau
|
Austronesian → Malayo-Polynesian → Melanau
|
Sarawak (Malaysia)
|
|
Islam
|
Mende
|
Niger–Congo → Mande → Mende
|
Sierra Leone (Southern and Eastern Provinces)
|
|
Islam
|
Metis
|
Indo-European → Romance → French → Michif, Indo-European → Romance → French language, Indo-European → Germanic → English
|
Canadian Praries (Canada)
|
|
Christianity
|
Mien
|
Hmong–Mien → Mienic[note 2]
|
China (Hunan, Guizhou), Vietnam
|
Iu Mien, Kim Mun, Dzao Min, Biao Min, Bunu, Lakkia, Biao Mon
|
Yao folk religion
|
Mijikenda
|
Niger–Congo → Bantu → Mijikenda
|
Coast Province (Kenya)
|
Chonyi, Giriama, Digo, Segeju
|
Christianity
|
Minahasan
|
Austronesian → Philippine → Minahasan[note 2]
|
Minahasa Peninsula (Indonesia)
|
Tonsawang, Tontemboan, Tondano, Tombulu, Tonsea
|
Christianity → Protestantism
|
Minangkabau
|
Austronesian → Malayic → Malay → Minangkabau
|
Minangkabau Highlands (Indonesia)
|
Aneuk Jamee
|
Islam → Sunni Islam
|
Mising
|
Sino-Tibetan → Tani → Mising
|
India (Assam, Arunachal Pradesh)
|
|
Donyi-Polo
|
Miskito
|
Misumalpan → Miskito
|
Mosquito Coast (Nicaragua, Honduras)
|
|
Christianity → Protestantism → Moravian Church
|
Mixe
|
Mixe–Zoque → Mixe[note 2]
|
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
|
Moldovans
|
Indo-European → Romance → Romanian → Moldovan
|
Moldova
|
Significant populations in Romania, Ukraine, Russia, and the United States
|
Christianity → Eastern Orthodoxy
|
Mon
|
Austroasiatic → Mon
|
Mon State (Myanmar)
|
|
Buddhism → Theravada Buddhism
|
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 2]
|
Inner Mongolia, Dorbetia, Bayingolin, Dzungaria, Subei-Mongolia, Santania, Kharchinia (China), Mongolia, Buryatia, Ust-Orda, Aginia, Kalmykia
(Russia)
|
Khalkha, Buryats, Barga, Oirats, Kalmyks, Daur, Moghols, Hamnigan, Tsagaan, Yugur, Khatso, Bonan, Sart Kalmyks, Soyot, 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, Dukhan, 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 → Serbo-Croatian → Montenegrin
|
Montenegro
|
Significant populations in Serbia and the United States
|
Christianity → Eastern Orthodoxy
|
Mordvins
|
Uralic → Mordvinic[note 2]
|
Mordovia (Russia)
|
Erzyas, Mokshas, Qaratays, Teryukhans, Tengushev, Shoksha
|
Christianity → Eastern Orthodoxy
|
Moriori
|
Tahitic → Māori–Moriori → Moriori[note 55]
|
Chatham Islands (New Zealand)
|
|
Christianity including Rātana
|
Mossi
|
Niger–Congo → Gur → Mossi
|
Mossiland (Burkina Faso)
|
|
Islam
|
Mumuye
|
Niger–Congo → Adamawa → Mumuye
|
Taraba State (Nigeria)
|
|
Traditional African religions
|
Munanese
|
Austronesian → Celebic → Munanese[note 2]
|
Muna (Indonesia)
|
|
Islam
|
Mundas
|
Austroasiatic → Munda → Mundari
|
India (Jharkhand, Odisha, West Bengal)
|
Sabar, Mahali
|
Sarnaism
|
Murut
|
Austronesian → Malayo-Polynesian → Murutic[note 2]
|
Murutia (Malaysia)
|
Okolod, Keningau, Tagal, Paluan, Selungai, Timugon, Serudung, Sembakung, Tidong, Kalabakan, Bulungan, Bookan
|
Christianity → Catholicism
|
Muscogee
|
Muskogean → Muscogee[note 22]
|
United States (Alabama, Tennessee, Georgia)[note 23]
|
Coushatta, Alibamu, Hitchiti, Natchez, Seminoles (including Black Seminoles), Yuchi, Shawnee, Creoles of color, Miccosukee
|
Native American religion → Creek mythology
|
Musgum
|
Afroasiatic → Chadic → Musgu
|
Far North Region (Cameroon), Chad (Chari-Baguirmi, Mayo-Kebbi Est)
|
|
Islam
|
Mwera
|
Niger–Congo → Bantu → Mwera
|
Tanzania (Mtwara and Ruvuma Regions)
|
|
Islam
|
Naga
|
Sino-Tibetan → Kuki-Chin–Naga[note 56]
|
India (Nagaland, Manipur, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam), Myanmar (Naga Self-Administered Zone)
|
Angami, Ao, Sangtam, Yimkhiung, Lotha, Chakhesang (including Chokri and Khezha), Mao, Pochury, Rengma, Tangkhul, Maring, Zemi, Liangmei, Kabui, Maram, Konyak, Chang, Wancho, Phom, Khiemnungan, Tangsa, Nocte
|
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
|
Nama
|
Khoe → Khoekhoe
|
Namaland (Namibia), South Africa
|
Oorlams
|
Christianity
|
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
|
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
|
Nkole
|
Niger–Congo → Bantu → Nkore-Kiga → Nkore
|
Ankole, Uganda
|
|
Christianity, Ruhanga
|
Nogais
|
Turkic → Kipchak → Nogai
|
Russia (Stavropol Krai, Dagestan)
|
Ak Nogai, Karagash
|
Islam → Sunni Islam
|
Norwegians
|
Indo-European → Germanic → Nordic → Norwegian
|
Norway
|
Kola Norwegians, Svalbarders, Indigenous Norwegian Travellers, along with Significant populations in the United States, and Norwegian Canadians
|
Christianity → Protestantism → Lutheranism
|
Nubians
|
Nilo-Saharan → Nubian[note 2]
|
Nubia (Egypt, Sudan)
|
Nobiin, Mattokki, Dongolawi, Midob, Hill Nubians (including Dilling, Debri, Ghulfan, Kadaru, Karko, and Wali), Birgid, Ja'alin (including Bedaria), Shaigiya
|
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 2]
|
Nuristan (Afghanistan)
|
Safed-Posh Kaffirs (including Askunis), Kamkata-viris (including Kata and Kom)
|
Islam → Sunni Islam
|
Nyambo
|
Niger–Congo → Bantu → Nyambo
|
Karagwe District, Kagera Region, Tanzania
|
|
|
Nyishi
|
Sino-Tibetan → Tani → Nishi
|
Arunachal Pradesh (India)
|
|
Christianity
|
Ōbeikei Islanders
|
Indo-European → Germanic → English language → Bonin English
|
Bonin Islands (Japan)
|
|
Christianity, Buddhism, Shintoism
|
Occitans
|
Indo-European → Romance → Occitan[note 20]
|
Occitania (France, Italy, Spain)
|
Aranese, Auvergnats, Provençals, Languedociens, Gascons
|
Christianity
|
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 2]
|
Ogoniland (Nigeria)
|
Baan, Eleme, Gokana, Tẹẹ
|
Christianity
|
Ojibwe
|
Algic → Algonquian → Ojibwe[note 57]
|
Anishinaabeland (Canada, United States)
|
Oji-Cree, Odawa, Potawatomi, Mississaugas, Findians
|
Midewiwin
|
Oromo
|
Afroasiatic → Cushitic → Oromo
|
Oromia (Ethiopia), Kenya
|
Boorana, Barento, Salale, Machaa, Arsi, Wollo
|
Islam → Sunni Islam
|
Ossetians
|
Indo-European → Iranian → Ossetian
|
South Ossetia, North Ossetia–Alania (Russia)
|
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
|
Ovamboland (Namibia), Angola
|
|
Christianity → Protestantism → Lutheranism
|
Ovimbundu
|
Niger–Congo → Bantu → Umbundu
|
Angola
|
|
Christianity
|
Palau
|
Austronesian → Malayo-Polynesian → Palauan
|
|
Christianity, Modekngei
|
Palawa
|
Tasmanian languages
|
|
Alcheringa
|
Pamiris
|
Indo-European → Iranian → Pamir[note 2]
|
Pamir Mountains (Tajikistan, Afghanistan, China)
|
Shughni, Sarikoli (including Tajiks of Xinjiang), Yazghulami, Munji, Yidgha, Sanglechi, Ishkashimi, Wakhi
|
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
|
Pare
|
Niger–Congo → Bantu → Pare
|
Pare Mountains (Tanzania)
|
|
Islam
|
Parsis
|
Indo-European → Indo-Aryan → Gujarati languages → Gujarati
|
Indian subcontinent
|
India and Pakistan
|
Zoroastrianism
|
Pashayi
|
Indo-European → Indo-Aryan → Dardic → Pashayi[note 2]
|
Afghanistan (Laghman, Kapisa and Nangarhar Provinces)
|
|
Islam
|
Pashtuns
|
Indo-European → Iranian → Pashto
|
Pashtunistan (Afghanistan, Pakistan)
|
Pashtun Americans, Kakar
|
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
|
Persians
|
Indo-European → Iranian → Persian
|
Iran
|
Tat, 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 → Pitkern
|
Pitcairn Island
|
Significant population in Norfolk Island, along with a diaspora in Australia, and New Zealand[2]
|
Christianity → Protestantism
|
Pitjantjara
|
Pama-Nyungan → Wati → Pitjantjara
|
Central Australia
|
|
Alcheringa
|
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
|
Azoreans, Madeirans, Barranquenhos, along with numerous colonial descendants such as Brazilians (including Ribeirinhos and Pardo Brazilians), gSão Toméans, Portuguese Angolans, Portuguese Mozambicans, Luso-Indians
|
Christianity → Catholicism
|
Potiguara
|
Tupian → Potiguara, Indo-European → Romance → Portuguese
|
Paraiba (Brazil)
|
|
Shamanism
|
Punjabis
|
Indo-European → Indo-Aryan → Punjabi
|
Punjab (Pakistan, India)
|
Sikhs, Gujjars, Jat, Khatris, Arain, Awan, along with significant populations in the United Kingdom, Canada, and the United States.
|
Islam → Sunni Islam, Hinduism, Sikhism
|
Purépecha
|
Purépecha
|
Michoacán (Mexico)
|
|
Christianity → Catholicism
|
Qashqai
|
Turkic → Oghuz → Qashqai
|
Fars Province (Iran)
|
|
Islam → Shia Islam
|
Qiang
|
Sino-Tibetan → Qiangic[note 2]
|
Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture (China)
|
|
Qiang folk religion
|
Quechua
|
Quechuan[note 2]
|
Peru, Bolivia, Ecuador
|
Yaru, Cusco, Ayacucho, along with Mestizos such as Peruvians, Ecuadorians, and Bolivians
|
Christianity → Catholicism
|
Rade
|
Austronesian → Chamic → Rade
|
Central Highlands, Vietnam
|
|
Christianity
|
Rajasthanis
|
Indo-European → Indo-Aryan → Hindustani → Rajasthani
|
Rajasthan (India)
|
Banjara, Gurjars, Rajputs (including Mahyavanshi, Chandels, and Molesalam), Marwari, Charan, Kachhi, Meena
|
Hinduism
|
Rajbongshi
|
Indo-European → Indo-Aryan → Kamtapuri
|
India (Assam, West Bengal), Bangladesh
|
|
Hinduism
|
Rakhine
|
Sino-Tibetan → Burmese → Arakanese
|
Rakhine State (Myanmar)
|
Marma
|
Buddhism → Theravada Buddhism
|
Rapa Nui
|
Austronesian → Malayo-Polynesian → Oceanic → Polynesian → Rapa Nui
|
Easter Island (Chile)
|
|
Catholicism
|
Rejangese
|
Austronesian → Malayo-Polynesian → Land Dayak → Rejang
|
Rejang Lebong Regency (Indonesia)
|
|
Islam → Sunni Islam
|
Rohingyas
|
Indo-European → Indo-Aryan → Rohingya
|
Rakhine State (Myanmar)
|
|
Islam
|
Roma
|
Indo-European → Indo-Aryan → Romani
|
Europe (Bulgaria, Hungary, Romania, North Macedonia, Serbia, Slovakia, Czech Republic)[note 30]
|
Roma (including Austrian Roma), Iberian Kale, Finnish Kale, Welsh Kale, Romanichal, Sinti, Manush, Romanisæl, Ashkali and Balkan Egyptians, Boyash, Lom, Dom (including Halebi, Lori, and Madari), along with significant populations in the United States, and Brazil.
|
Christianity
|
Romanians
|
Indo-European → Romance → Romanian
|
Romania, Moldova
|
Wallachians (including Oltenians and Muntenians), Moldavians, along with significant populations in Italy, Germany, Spain, Ukraine, the United Kingdom, France, and the United States.
|
Christianity → Eastern Orthodoxy
|
Romansh
|
Indo-European → Romance → Romansh
|
Grisons (Switzerland)
|
|
Christianity
|
Russians
|
Indo-European → Slavic → Russian
|
Russia, Donetsk, Luhansk
|
Cossacks, Pomors, Lipovans, along with significant populations in Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Germany, the United States, Uzbekistan, Israel, Brazil, Belarus, Canada, Latvia, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Estonia, Turkmenistan, France, Lithuania and Azerbaijan.
|
Christianity → Eastern Orthodoxy
|
Rusyns
|
Indo-European → Slavic → Rusyn
|
Carpathian Ruthenia (Ukraine, Slovakia, Poland)[note 58]
|
Pannonian Rusyns, Lemkos, Hutsuls, Boykos
|
Christianity
|
Ryukyuans
|
Japonic → Ryukyuan,[note 2]All Ryukyuan speakers are seen as one ethnicity; however, due to a history of forced assimilation by the Japanese government, the majority can only speak Japanese. Koniya Sign
|
Ryukyu Islands (Japan)
|
Amami (including Kikai, Amami Ōshima, Tokunoshima, Okinoerabu, and Yoron), Okinawan (including Kunigami) Miyako, Yaeyama, Yonaguni
|
Ryukyuan religion
|
Saho
|
Afroasiatic → Cushitic → Saho
|
Eritrea
|
|
Islam
|
Salar
|
Turkic → Oghuz → Salar
|
China (Qinghai, Gansu)
|
|
Islam → Sunni Islam
|
Sama-Bajau
|
Austronesian → Malayo-Polynesian → Barito → Sama–Bajaw[note 2]
|
Maritime Southeast Asia (Philippines, Malaysia, Indonesia, Brunei)[note 30]
|
Sama (including Banguingui), Bajaw, Abaknon
|
Islam → Sunni Islam
|
Samaritans
|
Afro-Asiatic → Semitic → Hebrew
|
Israel
|
|
Samaritanism
|
Sambal
|
Austronesian → Philippine → Sambalic[note 2]
|
Zambales (Philippines)
|
Bolinao, Botolan (including Banguingui)
|
Christianity → Catholicism
|
Sámi
|
Uralic → Sámi[note 2]
|
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
|
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 2]
|
Chad, Central African Republic
|
Ngambay, Doba, Laka, Kabba, Sar, Mbay, Ngam, Dagba, Gulay
|
Traditional African religions
|
Sardinians
|
Indo-European → Romance → Sardinian,[note 2] Indo-European → Romance → Sassarese, Indo-European → Romance → Gallurese
|
Sardinia (Italy)
|
Logudorese, Campidanese, Sassarese, Gallurese
|
Christianity → Catholicism
|
Sasak
|
Austronesian → Sasak
|
Lombok (Indonesia)
|
|
Islam
|
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, Highland Travellers, 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
|
Senufo
|
Niger–Congo → Senufo[note 2]
|
Mali, Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso
|
Nafana, Minyanka
|
Traditional African religions
|
Serbs
|
Indo-European → Slavic → Serbo-Croatian → Serbian
|
Serbia, Republika Srpska (Bosnia and Herzegovina), Montenegro
|
Kosovo Serbs, Triestine Serbs, 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
|
Setos
|
Uralic → Finnic → South Estonian → Seto
|
Setomaa (Setomaa Parish, Estonia and Pechorsky District, Russia)
|
|
Christianity → Eastern Orthodoxy, Folk religion
|
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 → Indo-Aryan → Dardic → Shina
|
Gilgit-Baltistan (Pakistan)
|
|
Islam
|
Shona
|
Niger–Congo → Bantu → Shona
|
Mashonaland (Zimbabwe)
|
Manyika, Ndau
|
Christianity
|
Shopi
|
Indo-European → Slavic → Bulgarian
|
Shopluk (Bulgaria, Serbia, North Macedonia)
|
|
|
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 51]
|
China (Liaoning, Jilin, Xinjiang)[note 3]
|
|
Shamanism[note 27]
|
Sicilians
|
Indo-European → Romance → Sicilian
|
Sicily (Italy)
|
|
Christianity → Catholicism
|
Sidama
|
Afroasiatic → Cushitic → Sidaama
|
Sidamia (Ethiopia)
|
|
Christianity
|
Siddi
|
Niger–Congo → Bantu → Swahili[note 59] → 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
|
Christianity
|
Sika
|
Austronesian → Flores–Lembata → Sika
|
Sikka Regency (Indonesia)
|
|
Christianity → Catholicism
|
Silesians
|
Indo-European → Slavic → Silesian, Indo-European → Germanic → High German languages → Silesian German
|
Silesia (Poland, Germany, Czech Republic)
|
|
Christianity → Catholicism, Christianity → Protestantism → Lutheranism
|
Siltʼe
|
Afroasiatic → 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
|
Sioux
|
Siouan → Sioux[note 60]
|
Lakotah (United States)
|
Lakota, Dakota, Nakota
|
Native American religion
|
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
|
Afroasiatic → 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
|
Afroasiatic → Semitic → Soqotri
|
Socotra (Yemen)
|
|
Islam
|
Sorbs
|
Indo-European → Slavic → Sorbian[note 2]
|
Lusatia (Germany), (Poland)
|
Upper Sorbs, Lower Sorbs
|
Christianity → Catholicism
|
Sotho
|
Niger–Congo → Bantu → Sotho–Tswana → Sotho
|
Free State (South Africa), Lesotho
|
|
Christianity
|
Spaniards
|
Indo-European → Romance → Castilian languages,[note 2] Indo-European → Romance → Asturleonese languages,[note 61] Indo-European → Romance → Portuguese and Spanish → Barranquenho, Spanish Sign
|
Spain[note 62]
|
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
|
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 2]
|
Sumba (Indonesia)
|
Anakalangu, East Sumbanese, Kodi, Lamboya, West Sumbanese, Mamboru, Wanukaka
|
Christianity → Protestantism
|
Sumbawa
|
Austronesian → Sumbawa
|
Sumbawa (Indonesia)
|
|
Islam
|
Sundanese
|
Austronesian → Sundanese
|
Java (Indonesia)
|
Bantenese, Baduy, Cirebonese
|
Islam → Sunni Islam
|
Surma
|
Nilo-Saharan → Surmic[note 2]
|
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 → Nordic → Swedish
|
Sweden
|
Scanians, Jamtish, Gutnish, along with significant populations in Finland (including Åland Swedes), the United States, Canada, Argentina and the United Kingdom
|
Christianity → Protestantism → Lutheranism
|
Sylhetis
|
Indo-European → Indo-Aryan → Sylheti
|
Sylhet Division, Bangladesh
|
|
Islam → Sunni Islam
|
Tagalogs
|
Austronesian → Philippine → Tagalog
|
Philippines
|
Filipino Americans
|
Christianity → Catholicism
|
Tahitians
|
Austronesian → Polynesian → Tahitian[note 20]
|
Tahiti (France)
|
|
Christianity
|
Tajiks
|
Indo-European → Iranian → Persian → Tajik
|
Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
|
Chagatai
|
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, Sikkim
|
Waiba, Lopchan, Thokar, Lama
|
Hinduism, Buddhism
|
Tamil
|
Dravidian → Tamil
|
Tamil Nadu (India), Sri Lanka (Northern and Eastern Provinces)
|
Indian Tamils (including Indian Tamils of Sri Lanka[note 63]), Sri Lankan Tamils (including Sri Lankan Moors),[note 63] along with significant populations in Malaysia, South Africa, the United States, Singapore, Canada, the United Kingdom, and France (including Malbars)
|
Hinduism
|
Tampuans
|
Austroasiatic → Bahnaric → Tampuan
|
Ratanakiri (Cambodia)
|
|
Animism
|
Tarok
|
Niger–Congo → Plateau → Tarok
|
Plateau State (Nigeria)
|
|
Christianity
|
Tatars
|
Turkic → Kipchak → Tatar, Turkic → Kipchak → Crimean Tatar, Turkic → Kipchak → Siberian Tatar
|
Tatarstan (Russia)
|
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
|
Sulu Archipelago (Philippines)
|
|
Islam → Sunni Islam
|
Tboli
|
Austronesian → Philippine → Tboli
|
South Cotabato (Philippines)
|
|
Anitism
|
Telugu
|
Dravidian → Telugu
|
India (Andhra Pradesh, Telangana)
|
Kamma, Reddy, Velama, Kapu, Raju, Madiga, Mala
|
Hinduism
|
Temne
|
Niger–Congo → West Atlantic → Mel → Temne
|
Northern Sierra Leone (Sierra Leone)
|
|
Islam
|
Terena
|
Arawakan → Terena
|
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 2]
|
Tibet (China), Nepal, Bhutan
|
Amdolese (including Golok and Tebbu), Khams, Ü-Tsang (including Ngari and Walung), Changpa, Baima
|
Buddhism → Tibetan Buddhism
|
Ticuna
|
Ticuna-Yuri → Ticuna
|
Amazonas (Brazil)
|
|
Shamanism
|
Tigrayans
|
Afroasiatic → Semitic → Ethiopic → Tigrinya
|
Eritrean Highlands (Eritrea), Tigrayia (Ethiopia)
|
|
Christianity → Oriental Orthodoxy
|
Tigre
|
Afroasiatic → 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)
|
|
[[Dreamtime|Alcheringa
|
Tlapanec
|
Oto-Manguean → Tlapanec
|
Guerrero (Mexico)
|
|
Christianity → Catholicism
|
Tokelauans
|
Austronesian languages → Malayo-Polynesian languages → Tokelauan language
|
Tokelau
|
|
Christianity → Congregationalism
|
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 Strit Creole
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Torres Strait Islands (Australia)
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Toubou
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Nilo-Saharan → Saharan → Tebu[note 2]
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Toubouland (Chad, Niger, Sudan, Libya)
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Daza, Teda
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Islam → Sunni Islam
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Toucouleur
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Niger–Congo → West Atlantic → Senegambian → Fula → Pulaar
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Futa Tooro (Senegal)
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Islam
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Tripuri
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Sino-Tibetan → Sal → Kokborok
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Tripura (India)
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Jamatia, Murasing
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Hinduism
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Tsez
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Northeast Caucasian → Tsezic → Tsez
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Tsuntinsky District (Russia)
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Islam → Sunni Islam
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Tsonga
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Niger–Congo → Bantu → Tsonga
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Mozambique (Maputo City and Maputo Province, Gaza Province), South Africa (Limpopo, Mpumalanga)
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Christianity → Catholicism
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Tswana
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Niger–Congo → Bantu → Tswana
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Botswana, South Tswanaland (South Africa)
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Balete, Mangwato, Bangwaketse, Bakwena, Batlokwa, Bahurutshe, Bakgatla, Rolong
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Christianity
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Tujia
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Sino-Tibetan → Tujia[note 64]
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Wuling Mountains (China)
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Nuo folk religion
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Tuluvas
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Tulu
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Karnataka(India)
|
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Hinduism
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Tupuri
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Niger–Congo → Adamawa → Tupuri
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Far North Region (Cameroon), Mayo-Kébbi (Chad)
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Christianity
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Turkana
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Nilo-Saharan → Nilotic → Turkana
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Turkanaland (Kenya)
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Christianity → Catholicism
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Turkmens
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Turkic → Oghuz → Turkmen
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Turkmenistan, Turkmen Sahra, Afghanistan
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Islam → Sunni Islam
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Turks
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Turkic → Oghuz → Turkish
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Turkey, Northern Cyprus
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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
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Islam → Sunni Islam
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Tutsi
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Niger–Congo → Bantu → Great Lakes → Rwanda-Rundi[note 39]
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Rwanda, Burundi, Kivu (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
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Banyamulenge
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Christianity, Islam
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Tuvans
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Turkic → Siberian → Tuvan
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Tuva (Russia)
|
Tozhu Tuvans
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Buddhism → Tibetan Buddhism
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Udis
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Northeast Caucasian → Lezgic → Caucasian Albanian → Udi
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Azerbaijan
|
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Christianity → Oriental Orthodoxy
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Udmurts
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Uralic → Permic → Udmurt
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Udmurtia (Russia)
|
Besermyan
|
Christianity → Eastern Orthodoxy
|
Ukrainians
|
Indo-European → Slavic → Ukrainian
|
Ukraine
|
Poleshuks, Cossacks, Litvins, along with significant populations in the United States, Brazil, Kazakhstan, Germany, Canada, Italy, Argentina, the Czech Republic, and Romania
|
Christianity → Eastern Orthodoxy
|
Urhobos
|
Niger–Congo → Edoid → Urhobo
|
Delta State (Nigeria)
|
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Christianity
|
Ute
|
Uto-Aztecan → Numic → Colorado River Numic → Ute
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Colorado, Utah
|
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Native American Church, Christianity
|
Uyghurs
|
Turkic → Karluk → Uyghur
|
Uyghuristan (China)
|
Uyghurs in Kazakhstan
|
Islam → Sunni Islam
|
Uzbeks
|
Turkic → Karluk → Uzbek
|
Uzbekistan
|
Uzbeks in Russia
|
Islam → Sunni Islam
|
Venda
|
Niger–Congo → Bantu → Tshivenda
|
Vendaland (South Africa)
|
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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 and Laos
|
Buddhism → Mahayana
|
Vilamovians
|
Indo-European → Germanic → Wymysorys
|
Wilamowice (Poland)
|
|
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Visayans
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Austronesian → Philippine → Visayan[note 2]
|
Visayas (Philippines)
|
Aklanon, Butuanon, Cebuano (including Boholano and Eskaya), Caluyanon, Capiznon, Cuyunon, Hiligaynon, Karay-a, Masbateños, Negrenses, Porohanon, Romblomanon (including Bantoanons), Waray
|
Christianity → Catholicism
|
Võros
|
Uralic → Finnic → South Estonian → Võro
|
Võru County (Estonia)
|
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Christianity → Eastern Orthodoxy, Christianity → Protestantism → Lutheranism
|
Votians
|
Uralic → Finnic → Votic
|
Ingria (Russia)
|
|
Christianity → Eastern Orthodoxy, Christianity → Protestantism → Lutheranism
|
Wa
|
Austroasiatic → Palaungic → Wa
|
Wa State (Myanmar)
|
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Buddhism, Animism
|
Walloons
|
Indo-European → Romance → Walloon, Francosign → Belgian Sign → French Belgian Sign
|
Wallonia (Belgium)
|
|
Christianity → Catholicism
|
Waxiang
|
Sino-Tibetan → Chinese → Waxiang Chinese
|
Hunan (China)
|
|
Chinese folk religion
|
Welayta
|
Afroasiatic → Omotic → Wolaitta
|
Wolayitia (Ethiopia)
|
|
Christianity → Protestantism → P'ent'ay
|
Welsh
|
Indo-European → Celtic → Welsh,[note 25] BANZSL → British Sign
|
Wales (United Kingdom)
|
significant populations in Argentina, the United States, Canada, and Australia.
|
Christianity → Protestantism
|
Wolof
|
Niger–Congo → Atlantic → Senegambian → Wolof
|
Senegambia (Senegal, The Gambia)
|
Lebu
|
Islam → Sunni Islam → Sufism → Mouride
|
Xavante
|
Je → Xavante
|
Mato Grosso
|
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Shamanism
|
Xhosa
|
Niger–Congo → Bantu → Nguni → Xhosa
|
Xhosaland (South Africa)
|
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Christianity
|
Yakan
|
Austronesian → Malayo-Polynesian → Barito → Sama–Bajaw → Yakan
|
Basilan (Philippines)
|
|
Islam → Sunni Islam
|
Yakö
|
Niger–Congo → Cross River → Yakö
|
Yakurr Local Government (Nigeria)
|
|
Christianity
|
Yakuts
|
Turkic → Siberian → Yakut
|
Yakutia (Russia)
|
|
Christianity → Eastern Orthodoxy
|
Yanomami
|
Yanomaman
|
Southeastern Venezuela, and northern Brazil
|
|
Shamanism
|
Yao
|
Niger–Congo → Bantu → Yao
|
Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania (Ruvuma and Mtwara Regions)
|
|
Islam and Animism → Yao Folk Islam
|
Yapese
|
Austronesian → Malayo-Polynesian → Oceanic → Yapese
|
Yap
|
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Christianity
|
Yenish
|
Indo-European → Germanic → Yenish
|
Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Luxembourg, Belgium, and France
|
|
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Yi
|
Sino-Tibetan → Loloish[note 2]
|
China (Yunnan, Sichuan, Guizhou, Guangxi)[note 3]
|
Phù Lá, Azha
|
Bimoism
|
Yoa-Lokpa
|
Niger–Congo → Gur → Oti–Volta → Yom, Niger–Congo → Gur → Gurunsi → Lukpa
|
Donga Department (Benin)
|
|
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Yoruba
|
Niger–Congo → Yoruba
|
Yorubaland (Nigeria, Benin, Togo)
|
Egun, Ijesha, Egba, Yewa, Igbomina, Awori, Akoko, Okun, Ana, Ekiti, Ilaje, Ijebu, Oyo, Ondo, Ife, Oku
|
Islam, Christianity, Yoruba religion
|
Yupik
|
Eskimo-Aleut → Eskimo → Yupik
|
Alaska (United States), Chukchi Peninsula (Russia)
|
Alutiiq, Yup'ik, Siberian Yupik,
|
Christianity → Orthodox Christianity, Shamanism
|
Zaghawa
|
Nilo-Saharan → Saharan → Zaghawa
|
Chad, Sudan
|
|
Islam → Sunni Islam
|
Zamboaguenos
|
Indo-European → Romance → Spanish → Chavacano
|
Zamboanga City (Philippines)
|
|
Christianity → Catholicism
|
Zande
|
Niger–Congo → Zande
|
Democratic Republic of the Congo, Central African Republic, South Sudan
|
Barambu
|
Christianity
|
Zapotecs
|
Oto-Manguean → Zapotec[note 2]
|
Oaxaca (Mexico)
|
Ixtlán
|
Christianity → Catholicism
|
Zhuang
|
Kra–Dai → Tai → Zhuang[note 2]
|
Zhuangia (China)
|
|
Moism
|
Zomi
|
Sino-Tibetan → Kuki-Chin–Naga[note 56]
|
Zogam (Myanmar, Bangladesh, India)
|
Thadou, Paite, Simte, Zou, Lamkang, Kom, Lushai, Hmar, Koireng, Mizo, Aimol, Mru, Mrucha (including Anu-Hkongso), Bawm, Biate, Chin people Asho
|
Christianity
|
Zulu
|
Niger–Congo → Bantu → Nguni → Zulu
|
KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa)
|
Northern Ndebele
|
Christianity
|
Zuni
|
Zuni language
|
New Mexico (United States)
|
|
Catholicism, Native American Church
|