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:shrug: This is a list of ethnic groups. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ethnic_groupsAbenaki - Native Americans of Quebec, Vermont, New Hampshire, and possibly Maine and Nova Scotia (Algonquin people) Abgaal - majority in southern Somalia, (living around the capital until Mudugh region). Abkhazs - Minority in Georgia, Turkey and Russia, perhaps plurality (since 1993 civil war) in Abkhazia Aborigines, indigenous peoples of mainland Australia. Acadian - French-Canadians of the Canadian Maritimes Accohannock - Native Americans of Maryland Achang - Yunnan, the People's Republic of China Acholi Achomawi - Native Americans of California Acoma - Native Americans of the southwest United States and Mexico Adyghe - Minority in Russia, in the north Caucasus region and Turkey. Adyhaffe Afar - A tribal people in Ethiopia, Eritrea and Djibouti. Also known as Danakil African-American - citizens of United States of sub-Saharan African origin Afrikaners - South African descendants of mostly Dutch ancestry, but also including the descendants of French Huguenot and German Protestant refugees, who intermarried with the Dutch settlers and adopted Afrikaans as their mother tongue - e.g., the French name 'Le Clerque' became the Afrikaans name 'De Klerk.' Afro-Trinidadian Aftsarians or Isaurians Agaw - ethnic group in northern Ethiopia Agni - minority group in Côte d'Ivoire Aguls - Dagestani minority group Ahtna - Alaska Natives, along the Copper River Aimaq - Minority group in Afghanistan Ainu - Natives of Hokkaidō, much of Sakhalin, the Kuriles, and at one time northern Honshū, the Kamchatka Peninsula, and the Amur River basin Ainu of China - Completely different from the Ainu of Japana and Russia. Aja - Minority group in Benin Ajaria Ak Chin - Native American group now resident in Pinal County, Arizona on the Tohono O'odham reservation Akan - People of West Africa, inhabiting principally Ghana and Côte d'Ivoire; linguistic group, not quite an ethnic group Akha Akuapem - People living in Côte d'Ivoire and Ghana Akyem - People living in Côte d'Ivoire and Ghana Alabama - Native American people from whom the state takes its name; now sharing a reservation in Texas with the Coushatta Alak - from Laos Albanians - a Balkan people, living in Albania, Kosovo, southern Serbia, western Macedonia and Montenegro Alemannic - Germanic people found in Swabia, Southern Baden, Vorarlberg, Switzerland, Liechtenstein and Alsace Aleut - Alaska Natives, mainly in the Aleutian Islands, as well as Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russia Algonquian - Native Americans of the eastern United States and Canada; Language group Altaic peoples - Non-homogeneous peoples of the Altay Mountains region Americo-Liberians - Mulatto African Americans were given reparations for slavery in the form of their own country back in their homeland and this is Liberia, so they are Liberians. Amhara - Non-Homogenous people of central Ethiopia Amish - North American religious minority, of German descent Amungme - inhabitants of Indonesian Ethnic Group from Papua Province Andalusians - Latin people. Inhabitants of southern Iberia. Andorrans - Catalan sub-group native to Andorra Anglo-Celtic Australian - Majority inhabitants of Australia with mixed English and Celtic ancestry. Anglo-Indian - People of mixed Indian and English ancestry, living in India and England Anglo-Saxon - Historically, a collective name for the Germanic tribes resident Great Britain since the 5th century, especially prior to the Norman Conquest. Annamites or Vietnamese or Kinh or Jing - A people of Mongolian descent living in Vietnam as the dominant majority. Ansar people or Ansarie Antiguan Antillean Anuak - a people living in southwestern Sudan and western Ethiopia Apaches - groups of Native Americans in the western plains of the United States Apinaje - Indigenous group of Brazil Arab - originally from Arabia, now widespread throughout the Middle East and North Africa Aragonese - Inhabitants of Aragon (Iberian Peninsula). One of the nationalities of Spain. Ethnic Aragonese live primarily in Upper Aragon. Arapaho - Native American people, formerly inhabiting Colorado and Wyoming, now living in Oklahoma and Wyoming Arawak - natives of the Caribbean Arikara - Native American people from the upper Midwest United States Armenians - natives of Eastern Anatolia, living primarily in Armenia, Russia, Iran, Georgia, Azerbaijan and Turkey with a large worldwide diaspora Aromanians (or Macedo-Romanians) - a minority population of Northern Greece, Serbia, the Republic of Macedonia, Albania and Bulgaria Arubans - population of Aruba, a Dutch island in the Caribbean Arvanites Aryans - Indo-Iranians, ancient inhabitants of South Asia (excluding Southern India), Central Asia and the Iranian plateau, but it can also refer to Indo-Aryans, who are inhabiting the majority of South Asia, as well as Afghanistan Asante (Ashanti) Asheninka Indigenous groups of Peru Ashkenazi - Jewish Mainly Jews who migrated north west out of the Levant and settled (and travelled) in Eastern Europe and Russia. Asmat - Indonesian Ethnic Group from Papua Province Assiniboine - Native American people living in Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Montana; one of the Sioux peoples Assyrians - Middle Eastern, principally in Iraq and Syria with large diaspora Asturians- an ethnic and linguistic group in northwestern Spain, next to Galicia. Atikamekw Atsina - Native American people inhabiting Montana and formerly Saskatchewan Atsugewi Australian aborigine - generic name for native inhabitants of Australia Avars - inhabitants of the Russian republic of Dagestan Awá - an endangered Amazonian tribe of hunter-gatherers Aymaras - South American people of Bolivia and Peru Azerbaijanis (Azeris) - an ethnic group in Azerbaijan, northern Iran, Russia, Georgia, and Turkey. Aztecs - Central American people, descendants widespread in Mexico B Ba Na - inhabitants of Vietnam Baggara or Baqqarah - Sudan Baguirmi - inhabitants of Chad Bahamian Bai - national minority of the People's Republic of China, inhabiting Yunnan province Bajau - Ethnic group of in Borneo and the Philippines; Known as Sea Gypsies, they touch land only to bury their dead. Baka - one of the Pygmy peoples of central Africa. See also Twa, Aka, Mbuti, Binga and Gelli Efé. Bakongo - majority population of the Republic of the Congo; also living in Angola Balkars - people of the northern Caucasus, mainly inhabiting the Russian republic of Kabardino-Balkaria Baloch (also Baluch) - traditionally nomadic Muslim people of Balochistan in SW Pakistan and SE Iran Baltic Germans Bamar - the majority ethnic group of Myanmar Bambara - group living chiefly in Mali and Guinea Bamileke - majority inhabitants of Cameroon Banat Swabians - Germans of Romania and Vojvodina, Serbia Banawa Banda - one of the peoples of the Central African Republic Bandjabi - Inhabitants of Gabon Bantu - ethnic group widespread in central and southern Africa Baoule - major ethnic group in Côte d'Ivoire Bapou Barbadian Barbudan Bariba - national minority in Benin Basarwa - ethnic minority in Botswana Bashkirs - Turkic people Basotho - inhabitants of Lesotho Basques - a region located in the Pyrenees between Spain and France Bassa - people of Liberia Bassari Baster (also known as Baaster) - people descended from the offspring of Dutch speaking whites and black African women Bateke - minority group in the Republic of the Congo Batswana - largest ethnic group in Botswana Baya-Mandjia Bedouins - nomadic group throughout North Africa and western Middle East Beja - nomadic group in northern Eritrea, southern Egypt, and northeastern Sudan Belarusians - Slavic people of eastern Europe, Belarus Bengalis - South Asian Indo-Aryan people, inhabiting Bangladesh and the Indian state of West Bengal Berbers - a North African people, living in Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya and Egypt Beta Israel Ethiopian Jews Betamaribe - Benin ethnic group Bethio Beti-Pahuin - group of peoples from Central Africa Bhotia - majority population of Bhutan, of Tibetan descent Biafrans - inhabitant of eastern Nigerian region (see also Ibo) Bicolano - A Filipino ethnic group. Blackfeet (or Blackfoot) - group of Native American peoples of the Great Plains of the United States, comprising the Blackfoot, Blood, and Piegan tribes. Black Indians - African Americans who have Native American ancestry and/or African Americans who were historically assimilated into Native American tribes Bo Y - Vietnamese ethnic group Bohemians - people living in the Bohemia region of Czech Republic Bonairean - population of Bonaire, Netherlands Antilles Bonan Bosniaks - South Slavic people living mainly in Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Sandžak region of Serbia and Montenegro. Descendants of indigenous converts to Islam during Bosnia's Ottoman period Bouganvilleans - inhabitants of island near Papua New Guinea Boyar - Boyars are mainly found in South India as Hindu Telugu speaking community and non-pure kshatriyas. Boyko - the Ukrainian mountain people in Central Europe Brau Bretons - a people indigenous to Brittany in northwest France British-Canadian - Anglophone Canadians, largely of British descent. Britons - indigenous majority of Great Britain. Brong - People living in Ghana and Côte d'Ivoire Brulé - Native American people inhabiting parts of Nebraska and South Dakota; one of the Sioux peoples Bru-Van Kieu - Vietnam Bubi minority ethnic group in Equatorial Guinea Majority Ethnic group on the island of Bioko Bugis is one of the etnics in Indonesia and Malaysia, mostly inhabiting South Sulawesi of Indonesia and state of Sabah of Malaysia. Bulang Bulgarians - Slavic people of the Balkans Bulgars - an ancient people of central Asia Bunjevci - Slavic people of the Balkans Buryats - people of the eastern Russian republic of Buryatia Bushongo - inhabitants of the Congo basin region Buyi - national minority of the People's Republic of China
C Caddo - Native American peoples formerly residing in Louisiana, Arkansas and Texas, now located in central Oklahoma. Cahuilla Caingang Cajun - French-Americans in Louisiana. See also Acadian. Caldoche - French people of New Caledonia Canaanites - ancient people of the eastern coast of the Mediterranean Sea Cape Coloured - mixed-race population of the Western Cape Province of South Africa Cape Malay - population descended from people of the Malay archipelago in the Western Cape Province of South Africa Cape Verdean - inhabitants of Cape Verde Castilian people-inhabitants of tableland and centre-north of Spain Caprivian - inhabitants of the Caprivi Strip in northeastern Namibia Caribbean - people with Mestizo ancestry with European and African descent Caribs - group of Native American peoples of northern South America, the Lesser Antilles, and the east coast of Central America; now mostly extinct Caripuna Catalans - inhabitants of north-eastern Spain, southwestern France and Andorra Catawba - Native Americans from the Carolina region of the United States, now resident in western South Carolina Caymanian Cayuga - Native American people of New York state, now resident in Wisconsin and Oklahoma; one of the Iroquois group of peoples Cayuse - Native American people of northeast Oregon and southeast Washington Ceylon Moors - people who are of Arab stock living in Sri Lanka Chagga - a people of Bantu stock (Niger-Congo-B) living in Kilimanjaro Region in Tanzania Cham - a people of Indonesian stock living in Cambodia and central Vietnam Chamorro - the indigenous people of the Mariana Islands Chechens - inhabitants of northern Caucasus, chiefly in Chechnya in Russia Chehalis Chemakum Chemehuevi - Native American people of the southwest United States Chepang Chere Cherokee - Native American people originally of eastern and central Tennessee, most of Kentucky, southern West Virginia, western Virginia, northern Georgia, northern Alabama, northwestern South Carolina, and western North Carolina, now mostly living in Oklahoma and North Carolina. Cheyenne - Native American people of the Great Plains of the United States Chicanos - a term used by some United States citizens of Mexican origin Chickahominee Chickasaw - Native American people formerly of northeast Mississippi, west Tennessee, and northwest Alabama, now living in Oklahoma Chilcotin - Native American inhabitants of British Columbia Chinese - Han Chinese people, the dominant ethnic group of the People's Republic of China Chinese Filipino - Overseas Chinese that have settled in the Philippines Chinese Singaporean - Immigrant Chinese that have settled in Singapore Chinookan - members of a number of Native American peoples living in the Columbia River valley in Washington and Oregon Chipewyan - Native American people of northwest Canada Chippewa - Native American people inhabiting the Great Lakes region of Canada and also living in Minnesota, North Dakota, Wisconsin, Michigan and Montana Chitimacha - Native American people of southeastern Louisianna Cho Ro Choctaw - Native American people of Mississippi and Alabama, now mostly living in Oklahoma with many still living in Mississippi Chukchansi Chumash - Group of Native American peoples inhabiting coastal southern California Chuncho Chut Chuvash - A Turkic people in Russia Ciboney - Mesoamerican inhabitants of Cuba, now extinct Circassians or Cherkezians see Adyghe minority in Russia, in the north Caucasus region and Turkey. Clayoquot - Native American people of Vancouver Island, British Columbia Co Co Ho Co Lao Co Tu Coast Salish - Native Americans of the Pacific Northwest Cochiti - Native American people of the southwestern United States Cocopah Coeur d'Alene - Native American people of the Rocky Mountains Coharie Colchians or Kolchians Colombians - People from the South American country of Colombia. Coloured - term used to denote mixed-race inhabitants of South Africa. See also Cape Coloured Colville - Native American people inhabiting Washington; one of the Salish tribes Comanche - Native American people inhabiting Oklahoma, Texas, California and New Mexico Comorian Cong Coquille Cornish - a British people originating in Cornwall and the South West of Great Britain. Corsicans - inhabitants of island off the south coast of France Cossack - inhabitants of the southern steppe regions of Eastern Europe Costanoan - Native American people of central California, one of the Mission Indian peoples Coushatta - Native American now resident in Texas. See also Alabama Cowichan - Native American inhabitants of Vancouver Island, British Columbia Cowlitz - Native American people of western Washington; one of the Salish peoples Cree - widely dispersed Native American people inhabiting the northern United States and Canada Creek - Native American people originally of Alabama but now mostly residing in Oklahoma Créole - referring either to people of Iberian or French ancestry in the Americas, or people of mixed Native American and European ancestry in Alaska. See Louisiana Creole people Crimean Germans Crimean Goths Crimean Tatars - a Turkic people of Crimea Croats - Slavic people of southeastern Europe Crow - Native American people of the northern Great Plains, now chiefly residing in southeast Montana; one of the Sioux peoples Cuban Cumans Cupeño Curaçaoan - people of Curaçao, Netherlands Antilles Czechs - Slavic people of central Europe, consisting of Bohemians and Moravians
D Daasanach - southern Ethiopia Dadhich Dai (Thai, Thai Lue) Dakelh - First Nations people of British Columbia, Canada, one of the Athabaskan group of peoples Dakota: the autonym of the Santee Sioux, sometimes applied to all Sioux Damara Danish - Germanic people of Scandinavia Danmin Dargins - Dagestani Daur De'ang Deg Hit'an - Alaska Natives Degar (Montagnards) Delaware - Eastern United States Native American Dena'ina (also known as the Tanaina) - Athabascan Alaska Natives Dendi - Benin ethnic group Derbish Dhodia- Dhodia Tribes of India Diegueno Dinka Diola Djerma Songhai from Niger Dogon - The Dogon are an ethnic group located mainly in the administrative districts of Bandiagara and Douentza in Mali, West Africa. Dom - A Dalit or untouchable caste of India. Doma - Wandering Gypsies of the Middle East Dominican - from Dominica Dominican - from the Dominican Republic Dong Dongxiang Dorze - southern Ethiopia Dravidians - inhabitants of Southern India and Sri Lanka Drung Druze-Also a Religion Du Duala people from the coast of Cameroon Dutch - Germanic people of northern Europe
E E De East Indian - inhabitants of the East Indies (South Asia and South-East Asia) Egyptians - native people of eastern North Africa. English - British people native to England Enxet Eritrean - of Eritrea, on the Red Sea Eshira Eskimo - see also Inuit and Yupik Esselen Estonians - Finnic people in Estonia, northeastern Europe Eurasian Avars Evenks Ewe
F Falasha/Beta Israel - Jewish ethnic group from Ethiopia; beginning in 1984, most now live in Israel. Fante - People living in Ghana and Côte d'Ivoire Faroese - Germanic group of the Faroe Islands between Iceland and Scotland. Fars - native name for Persians Fereydan Fernandinos Fijian - Melanesian group, central South Pacific Ocean Filipino - The "national" identity of a person from the Philippines Filipinos of Italian descent - Philippine citizens of Italian descent Filipinos of Spanish descent Finns - Ethnic group in Finland and Scandinavia Flemish - Northern Belgium Fon - Togo, Benin Franco-Mauritian - people of French origin living in Mauritius Franco-Réunionnaise - a French people of Reunion, island in the Indian Ocean Franks - Germanic people of northwest Europe who settled in France in the time of the Roman Empire French - the people of France French American - United States person of French descent French Canadian - of French Canadian culture, historically self-identified as Canadiens, then later as Canadiens-français and those today living in the province of Quebec as Québécois. See also French-speaking Quebecer, Métis and Acadians. Frisians - Germanic group native to the "German Bight" along the North Sea Fula (also called Fulfulde, Fulani, or Fulbe) Fulni-o Fur - western Sudan (Darfur)
G Ga - people of southern Ghana Gaels - a Celtic people originating in the British Isles Gagauz - Turkic people in southern Moldova and southwestern Ukraine (in Budjak) Galicians - ethnic group of Galicia, in the Iberian peninsula Gaoshan - aboriginal people of Taiwan Garifuna/Garinagu - a Central American people of mixed Amerindian and African descent Ge - northern South America, Caribbean coast Geba Buru - inhabitants of the Buru Island in the center of mollucas Gelao Georgian - Caucasus region, of Georgia German Americans German Brazilians Germanic peoples - ethnic branch of Indo-European peoples, originating in Northern Europe Germans - Germanic people of Central Europe; relating to German culture, German language or ethnic Germans outside of Germany. Gia Rai Giay Gie Trieng Gitanos - Gypsies in Spain Gongduk Gorani - Slavic people in Serbia Goshute Goulaye Greeks Greenlander - inhabitants of the island in the northern Atlantic Grenadian Grenadinian Griqua - South Africa Gros Ventre Gruzinim - Georgian-speaking Jews from Georgia in the Caucasus. Guadeloupean Guajajara Guarani Gujaratis, inhabiting the state of Gujarat in Western India Gullah Gurage - Ethiopia Guria Guruks Gurung Guyanese - people from the country of Guyana or whose parents are guyanese
H Haida - Pacific Northwest Native Americans Haitian Creole Haitians Hakka - a people of the People's Republic of China and Taiwan Haliwa-Saponi Hamer - southern Ethiopia Hamshenis - An Armenian ethnic group in Turkey Han Chinese - dominant ethnic group of the People's Republic of China and largest ethnic group in the world Ha-Nhi Hani Hausa West-Africa Havasupai Haw Hawaiian - Polynesian indigenous people of the island chain in the Pacific Ocean Hazara - inhabitants of Afghanistan and Pakistan, who have mixed, Indo-Aryan, Iranian/Persian and Turkic descent. Hercegovinian - arguably regional group of Bosnian Bosniaks Herzegovina Herero Hesquiat Hezhen Hidatsa Himba Hindoestanen Hispanics - Americans with origins in (as defined by law, in Cuba, Puerto Rico, or other Spanish-Speaking Cultures. Hmar Hmong - Southeast Asia Hoa Ho-Chunk Hoh Hohokam Hoklo - A people of Taiwan and Fujian (Hokkien) Holikachuk Hopi - Native American, of the southwest United States Houma H'Re Hualapai - Natives of Mesoamerica Huastec Hui Chinese Hungarians - people in Hungary, central Europe Huns Hupa Hurrians Huron - Eastern United States Native American Hutsuls - Ukrainian mountain people of Ukraine and Poland Hutu - Rwanda Hyksos -
I Ibanag - A Filipino minority ethnic group. Ibibio - West Africa (Nigeria) Icelandic - North Atlantic island Igbo - West Africa (Nigeria) Igorot - A Filipino minority ethnic group. Illiniwek, also known as the Illini, Illinois, or Illinois Confederacy Ilocano - Third largest Philippine ethnic group. Ilonggo - A Filipino ethnic group. Imereti Incan - Of western South America, along the Andes and particularly Peru Indian - inhabitants of India (refers to many ethnic groups) Indo-Aryan - speakers of Indo-Aryan languages originating from Northern India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan (refers to many ethnic groups) Indo-Caribbean - Caribbean people (found mostly in Trinidad and Tobago, Jamaica) and South American people (found mostly in Guyana, Suriname)of South Asian origins India, Nepal, Myanmar, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Sri Lanka Indo-Europeans - hypothetical pre-historic people that spoke the hypothetical Proto-Indo-European language Indo-Guyanese - Guyanese people of South Asian origins India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka Indo-Iranians - speakers of Aryan/Indo-Iranian languages originating from the Indian subcontinent, Iranian plateau and Central Asia (refers to many ethnic groups) Indo-Trinidadian - Trinidad and Tobago people of South Asian origins India, Nepal, Myanmar, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Sri Lanka Ingalik - see Deg Hit'an Ingushes - Ingushetia, northern Caucasus Innu - Native Americans of eastern Canada Inuit - Widespread in Alaska and northern Canada Iowa Irani - religious and ethnic community of the Indian subcontinent. See also Parsi. Iranian - Aryan speakers of Iranian languages inhabiting the Iranian plateau, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and other parts of the Caucasus and Central Asia (refers to a number of ethnic groups including Persians and Kurds) Irish - the native people of Ireland Irish Traveller - nomadic people of Irish origin living in Ireland, Great Britain and the United States Irish-American - Americans of Irish descent Iroquois - Native Americans once widespread in the eastern United States and Canada Isleta - Natives from New Mexico Isoko Istro-Romanians - Istria Italian - from the Apennine peninsula in the south of Europe Italian Australian Italian-American - Americans of Italian descent Italian Canadian Italkim - the Jews of Italy Itsekiri - A Nigerian minority ethnic group, located in Delta State in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria, West Africa
J Jakaltek people - Maya people of Guatemala Jamaican - mixture of African slaves, Central American natives and English settlers, Caribbean Japanese people, ethnic Japanese - from the islands off the east coast of Asia (Yamato people, Ryukyuan people, Ainu people) Jat Javanese - especially central and eastern part of Java, Indonesia Jebala - an ethnic group of northern Morocco Jemez Jewish Jing Jingpo Jino Jivaroan Jola Jopadhola Jri
K Kabardin - A Caucasian people living in Russia Kabyle - a Berber people in North Africa Kaibartta - a people in South Asia Kakheti Kalasha of Chitral - an ethnic group in Pakistan Kalenjin Kalispel Kanembu Kapauku -- a Papuan ethnic group speaking Ekari Kapampangan - A Filipino ethnic group. Karachay - A Turkic people in Russia (primarily Karachay-Cherkessia) Karaja Karakalpaks - A Turkic people in Central Asia Karamanlides - Turkish-speaking people native to the Karaman and Cappadocia regions of Anatolia Turkey also in Greece Karamojong Karelians - Finnic people in Finland and Karelia, northeastern Europe Karen - Southeast Asia Karok Kashubians - a Slavic people of northern Europe Katang Kato Katuquina Kavango Kaw Kazakhs - Turkic people of North and Central Asia Keresan Khakas - A Turkic people of Russia, primarily Khakassia Khang Khazars - Turkic people from Central Asia, many of whom converted to Judaism. The Khazar empire fell to Kievan Rus in the 11th century. Khevi Khevsureti Khmer - Southeast Asia, Cambodia Khmu Kho Mu Khoikhoi - Southern Africa Khojas - people of Indian descent Khomani or Nu Kickapoo Kĩkũyũ Kinh or Jing or Vietnamese Kiowa - Native Americans of the Great Plains of the United States Kittitian Klallam Klamath - Native Americans of the Pacific Northwest Klikitat Kolchan Kootenai Korean - from the Korean peninsula in Asia and southern Manchuria. Koskimo Koyukon - Natives of Alaska Kpelle - Group from Guinea, western Africa Kraho - Natives of northwestern Brazil Kri - Group from Sierra Leone, western Africa Kumeyaay Kumyks - Turkic people of northern Caucasus Kurds - Indigenous people of Middle East. Kuruba Gowda - Indigenous people of India. Kutenai - Indigenous people of British Columbia and Idaho Kwakwaka'wakw - Indigenous peoples of the central British Columbia coast Kyrgyz - Turkic people of Central Asia
L La Chi La Ha La Hu Laguna Lahu Laigain - from the northwestern region of Gaul Lakota - Native Americans of the Great Plains of the United States and Canada Laks - Caucasus Lamet Lanka Moors- Sri Lankan Muslims of Arab origin Lao - southeast Asia Lao Sung - the People's Republic of China, Vietnam, Laos Lao Theung - Laos Latgalians - Baltic people in eastern part of Latvia, northeastern Europe Latinos - Americans with origins in Latin America Latvians - Baltic people of northeastern Europe lavae Laven Laz Lazoi Lebanese, Ethnic Lebanese Australian Lebou Lemkos - Slavic mountain people of Central Europe (Ukraine, Poland and Slovakia) Lenca Lezgis - Dagestani Lhoba Lhotshampa Li Chinese Limbus Lipka Tatars Lipovans - Danube Delta, Romania Lisu Lithuanians - Baltic people of northeastern Europe Livonians - Finnic people in Latvia, northeastern Europe Lo Lo Lobi Lotuko Louisiana Creole people - United States Louisiana Low Saxon - Northern Germany Lozi Lua - A minority cultural group of Laos, people in Laos, Southeast Asia Luba Lue Luiseno Lumad - A Filipino minority ethnic group. Lumbee Lummi Luo Lusitanians Luxembourgers - people native to Luxembourg
M Maasai - people of southern Kenya and northern Tanzania Macedonians - South Slavic nation of Balkans Macuxi Madurese Magar people Maharashtrians a.k.a. Marathi people - ethnic group of Maharashtra, a western state in India Mahican - Native Americans from New England Mahorian Maidu Maingtha - see Achang Maka - people of southern Cameroon Makah Makong Makua Malay - located primarily in the Malay peninsula, and parts of Sumatra and Borneo. Malayalee People of Kerala State, South India Maliseet Maltese - syncretist group in the Mediterranean Mam - a Maya people of Guatemala Manchu - Manchuria, now part of the People's Republic of China, north of Korea Mandan Mang people Mangyan - A Filipino minority ethnic group. Manx - indigenous people of the Isle of Man Maonan Māori - indigenous people of New Zealand Mapuche - Non-homogeneous peoples of South America, inhabiting Chile and western Argentina Maratha - People of Western India, formerly emperors of undivided India Mari - Ugro-Finnic Maricopa Marquesas - Polynesian island chain in the Eastern Pacific Martiniquais Mashantucket Pequots - Native Americans of New England Matabele - Southern Africa Mattaponi Maubere Mauritian Maya - collective term for diverse groups of indigenous peoples of south-east Mexico and northern Central America, widespread Mazandarenis Southern Caspian people M'Baka Mbochi Mbuti Megleno-Romanians - in Greece Meherrin Melungeon Memon - India and Pakistan Menba Menominee - Eastern United States Native American Mentawai - Mentawai Islands, West Sumatra, Indonesia Meskhetians Métis Me-Wuk Miami Miao, better known as the Hmong Miccosukee - Eastern United States Native American Mi'kmaq - Eastern United States and Atlantic Canada Native American Mina - Meenas, Meena or Mina is a community mainly found in Rajasthan, India. Midwesterner Minahasa - Indonesia Minangkabau - West Sumatra, Indonesia Mingo Miskito - native people of coastal Nicaragua Mission Miwok Mixtec - Central American natives Mizrahi - Jewish communties of the Middle East and North Africa, (not to be confused with Sephardim), whose prescence predates Arab– conquest. Mnong Modoc Mohave - Native Americans of the southwest United States Mohawk - Eastern United States Native American Mohegan Moldovan - ethnic group that lives mainly in the Republic of Moldova and Ukraine Mon - southeast Asia, particularly Thailand Monacan - Native American ethnic group from the Eastern United States, not to be confused with a person from Monaco Monegasque - people living in Monaco, who speak a Ligurian dialect Mongo Mongol - Central Asia, between Russia and the People's Republic of China Mono - Native Americans from Eastern California and Nevada Montaukett Montenegrins - a South Slavic Dinaric people of southeastern Europe Moor - people living mainly in Western Sahara, Morocco and the Islamic Republic of Mauritania, from which the latter country derives its name. Moravians - people living in the Moravia region of Czech Republic Moriori - indigenous ethnic-group of the Chatham Islands, New Zealand Morisco - Spanish Muslims who converted to Christianity Moro, also Muslim Filipino - The largest and most dominant non-Christian minority in the Philippines. Mossi Muckleshoot Mudéjar - Muslims of Al-Andalus, who remained in Christian territory after the Reconquista (Mudulood)People living in central and south Somalia Muhajir (Pakistan) - Urdu speaking population of Pakistan, who migrated from India to Pakistan at the time of partition of India in 1947. Mulam Mulatto - Descendants from European and African ancestry. Mundas Muong Mursi Museu Myene
N Nahanni Nahua (Nahuatl-speaking groups of Mexico) Namaqua Nansemond Narragansett - natives of New England Nauruan - Micronesian group of islands in the Pacific Ocean Navajo - Native Americans of the southwest United States Naxi Ndau Neapolitans - Specifically people from the Campania region of Italy but generally any southern Italian Negrito - A Filipino minority ethnic group. Nenets - indigenous people living in Russia Nepalese - south Asia, between India and the People's Republic of China Nespelem - alternate spelling Nespelim or Nespilim; Salish Native Americans of eastern Washington State Nevisian Newar Nez Percé - Native Americans of the Rocky Mountains area Ngac'ang - See Achang Ngae Nhahuen Nhuon Nigerian Niominka Nipmuc Nishka Nisqually Niuean - Polynesian island in the Pacific Ocean Ni-Vanuatu - of Vanuatu, an island chain in the Pacific Ocean Njem - people of southern Cameroon Nogais - Tatars of Dagestan Nomlaki Nooksack - Native Americans of Washington Northern Thai Norwegians Nu N/u or Khomani Nubians - an African people native to the upper Nile Valley, between Egypt and Sudan Nuer - southern Sudan and western Ethiopia Nung Nuu-chah-nulth - Native Americans of the Pacific northwest of North America. Nzema - People living in Ghana and Côte d'Ivoire
O O Du Occitans Odawa Ogaden Oglala - Native Americans of the central United States Ogoni Ojibwa Okamba Okande Omaha Oneida Onondaga Orcadians Oromo - Ethiopia Oroqin Osage Nation of Oklahoma (formerly also of Missouri, Kansas, and Arkansas) Ossetians - Iranian speaking people of the Caucasus Otoe-Missouria Ottawa Ovambo
P Pa Then Paiute Pākehā - Caucasian New Zealanders with no or little defined European links, typically of British, Irish and Dutch extraction Pakistanis - inhabitants of Pakistan. Pakoh Paliyan Pamunkey Panamanian - A Hispanic ethnic group Pangasinense - A Filipino ethnic group. Panoan Pa-O - Myanmar Parsi - ethnic group of the Indian subcontinent (etymologically related to, but not to be confused with Persian language word for a person from Pars) Pashtun (Pathan) - large group inhabiting Afghanistan and Pakistan (with smaller communities in Iran and the United Arab Emirates) who have mixed Indo-Aryan, Persian/Iranian, Turkic, Kurdish, Mediterranean, Mongol and Central Asian descent Passamaquoddy Patagonian - southern tip of South America, Argentina Pataxo Paugusset Pawnee - Eastern United States Native American Pennsylvania Dutch - members of Plain sects who conduct religious services in Pennsylvania German, a dialect very similar to the German spoken in the lower Rhine area, from which they came. Pennsylvania German - people of many religious affiliations whose families were formerly Pennsylvania Dutch. Called Pennsylvania Dutch by some. Penobscot - Eastern United States Native American Peoria Persians - (Persian) speaking Iranian peoples in Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Caucasus, Central Asia, and other parts of the world including United States and Canada (linguistically belong to the Aryan/Indo-Iranian branch). Petchenegs Phoenicians Phong Phu La Phu Noi Phu Thai Pied-noir - French people who live(d) in North Africa Piegan Pima Pit River Indians Pitcairn-Norfolk Polabian Slavs Polish - Slavic people of Central Europe Pomaks - Slavic Muslims found in Bulgaria,Turkey and Greece Pomo - Western United States Native American Ponca Pontians, also known as Pontic Greeks, live chiefly along the Black Sea Coast in northeastern Turkey. Poospatuck Portuguese - extreme southwest of Europe Potawatomi - Eastern United States Native American Potiguara Powhatan - Eastern United States Native American Proto-Indo-Europeans - pre-historic speakers of the hypothetical Proto-Indo-European language Pu Peo Pueblo people - Native Americans of the Rocky Mountains-area Puelche Puerto Rican Puget Sound Salish - of Washington Pumi Punjabis - Indo-Aryan group inhabiting the Punjab, located between India and Pakistan Puyallup
Q Qashqai - minority group of South-Western Iran Qiang Quahatika Quapaw Québécois- French-speaking population of Québec Quechan Quechuas - South American people (various ethnic groups speaking Quechua) of Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Argentina, and Chile Quiché Quileute Quinault Quinqui - semi-nomadic group of Spain
R Ra Glai Rais Rakhine - Rakhine State, Myanmar Ramapough Mountain Indians Rappahannock - of the mid-Atlantic region of the United States Rashaida - minority group in Sudan, closely related to the Bedouin Rèunionnaise Ro Mam Rohingya - Muslim minority group in North western Myanmar Roma - one of the two groups more commonly known as Gypsies, who are of North Indian/Indo-Aryan descent Romanian - Eastern European Rotuman - Native of Rotuma, Fiji Russian - Slavic people of eastern Europe, originally of Moscow area, now widespread through Siberia and the Urals to the Pacific Ocean Russian Germans Rusyns (Ruthenes) Rutuls - Dagestani Ryukyuans - the native inhabitants of the Ryukyus, a chain of islands starting about 200 km southwest of the Japanese mainland. They are usually subgrouped as follows: Northern Ryukyuans are further subdivided into Amamians and Okinawans, and Southern Ryukyuans are further subdivided into Miyakoans, Yaeyamans, and Yonagunians
S Sadang Saek Saho - northern Ethiopia Sahrawis of Western Sahara Saingolo Salar Salish - of Washington and British Columbia Salvadorean- native people of El Salvador Samanthan Samaritan Samegrelo Sami - indigenous people of northern Scandinavia and the Kola Peninsula Sammarinese - natives of San Marino Samoans - Polynesian island chain in the Pacific Ocean Samogitians - Baltic people in western part of Lithuania, northeastern Europe Samtao San San Chay San Diu Saponi - Native American people of North Carolina - related to the Catawba Sara Sarakatsani - transhumant shepherds across the Southern Balkans Sardinians - inhabitants of an island in the Mediterranean Sauk Sauk-Suiattle Scandinavian Scanger Scots-Irish, or Scotch-Irish - descendants of Ulster-Scots who migrated to North America Scottish - British people native to Scotland Sekani Selk'nam Seminole - natives of Florida Sena Seneca - Native Americans of the New York area Sentinelese Sephardi - Jewish Jews who entered Spain with the Arabs, who after the exodus from Spain settled in North Africa, the Middle East, Turkey, the Balkans, and Amsterdam. Sephardim who remained in Spain and Portugal hiding their Jewish identity are known as Crypto Jews. Serbs - South Slavic Orthodox people of southeastern Europe (Balkans) living in Serbia, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina (Republika Srpska) as well as Croatia and Macedonia Serer Serer-Ndut Seychellois Shan Shangaan Shasta Shawnee She Sherpa - group in Nepal and the Himalaya Shetland Islanders Shinnecock Shoalwater Bay Tribe Shona Shoshone Shui Si La Sicilian - inhabitants of an island in the Mediterranean Sidamo - southern Ethiopia Siddi Siksika Silesians - inhabitants of Silesia Siletz Sindhis - Indo-Aryans mainly inhabiting and residing a province named after them in Southern Pakistan (SE Pakistan) and Hindu refugees Permanently settled in India since partitioning of the subcontinent in 1947. Singmun Sinhalese - inhabitants of Sri Lanka Sinti - one of the two main groups of Gypsies, who are of North Indian/Indo-Aryan descent Sioux - Northern Central United States Siuslaw S'Klallam Skokomish Sḵwxwú7mesh Slavic Slovak - Slavic people of central Europe Slovene - Slavic people of central Europe Slovincian - in Pomerania Somali - eastern Africa Somba Songhai- Western Africa Sorbic - concentrated Slavic minority in Germany Soso- Guinea, Conakry Souei Southern Tutchone Southerner Spanish - southwestern Europe Spokane Squaxin Island Tribe Sri Lankan Moors- People of mixed Arab descent in Sri Lanka Stillaguamish Sudanese Australian Australian people of Sudanese decent. Sundanese - western part of Java, Indonesia Suquamish Susu Suyá - tribe of Brazil Svans Swazi - southern Africa, Swaziland Swedes - Germanic people of Scandinavia Swinomish
T Ta Oi Tabasarans - Dagestani Tache Tachi Tagalog - The second largest Filipino Ethnic group Tagish Tahitian - Pacific Ocean island, Polynesia Taíno - natives of the Caribbean Taiwanese Taiwanese aborigines Tajik - specific ethnic group of central Asia Tajik - one of 56 nationalities officially recognized by the People's Republic of China Taliang Talysh are an ethnic group in Iran and Azerbaijan Tamang - group in Nepal and the Himalaya Tamil - Dravidian group widespread in Southern India and parts of Sri Lanka Tanana Taos Tapuia Tarahumara - Native Americans of the Mexican state of Chihuahua Tarascan Tatars - Turkic people Tats - an ethnic group in Azerbaijan and Dagestan Tay Tehuelche Teimani Jewish Jews of Yemenite extraction Tejano - Latino immigrants to Texas Teotihuacan Terena Tetons - Native Americans of the Rocky Mountains area Tewa Thai - southeast Asia Tharu Thin Tho Tibetan - currently under Chinese rule, Central Asia Ticuna Tigray-Tigrinia - Ethiopia, Eritrea Tigua Tlakluit Tlingit - Native Americans of the Pacific Northwest Tobagonian Tocharian Tohono O'odham Tokelauan - Polynesian island chain in the Pacific Ocean Tolowa Toltec - Central America Tonga - East Africa Tongan - Polynesian island chain in the Pacific Ocean Tongva Tonkawa Topachula Toraja Torres Strait Islanders - Indigenous Australians Totonac Toubou Transylvanian Saxons - Germans of Romania Trinidadian Tsakhurs - Dagestani Tsetsaut Tsimishian - Pacific Northwest Native Americans Tsonga - Southern Africa Tsuu T'ina Tswana - Southern Africa (see also Batswana) Tuareg - Berber people of Sahara Tujia Tukanoan Tukolor Tulalip Tulutni Tum Tumbuka Tungus Tunica-Biloxi Tupian Turks and Caicos Islanders - Natives of the Turks and Caicos Islands - also known as "Belongers" Turkmen - Turkic people of Central Asia Turks (sometimes referred to as Ottoman Turks) - Turkic people of Anatolia and Southeastern Europe. Tusheti Tutsi - of Rwanda and southern Africa Tuvaluan - Polynesian island chain in the Pacific Ocean Tuvans - Central Asian group in Russia Twa Tzigane
U U'wa - Indigenous peoples in the northeast of Colombia Ubykh - minority Northwest Caucasian people of Manyas, Turkey Ukrainian - widespread Slavic people north of the Black Sea, in Ukraine, Russia, Belarus, Poland, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, Moldova, Serbia, Greece and other several countries. Ulster-Scots descendants of Scots who migrated to Ulster Umatilla Umpqua Upper Skagit Ute - Native Americans of the Rocky Mountains area Uyghur - large Turkic Muslim minority in the People's Republic of China Uzbek - Turkic people of central Asia, Uzbekistan
V Vaccaei - ancient people group in Northern Spain Vandals - ancient Germanic people living in North Africa Vaturanga - a people of the Guadalcanal Venda - South Africa Vietnamese or Kinh or Jing or archaically Annamites Visayan - The largest Filipino ethnic group. Volga Germans Volga Tatars
W Wa Waccamaw Wailaki Walla Walla Wampanoag Wasco Washoe Welayta people - people of southern Ethiopia Welsh - a British people native to Wales Wends - Slavic people from north-central Europe West Indian White Mountain Apache Wichita Wintun Wiyot - northern California Wolof - Senegal and elsewhere in western Africa Wyandot Wyyanaha White people
X Xacriaba Xavante Xerente Xhosa - of South Africa Xibe Xinh Mun Xo Dang Xtieng Xucuru Xueda
Y Yae Yakama Yakuts - Turkic people of Siberia in eastern Russia Yang Yanomami - the Amazon River basin, Brazil Yao Yavapai: Yavapai-Apache Nation, Yavapai-Prescott Indian Tribe Yawanawa Yi Yocha-Dehe Yokut Yoruba - western Africa Yörük - semi-nomadic Turkish people of Balkans and Anatolia Yuchi Yugur Yuki - Native Americans of northwestern California Yuma Yumbri Yupik Yurok
Z Zaghawa of Northeast Africa. Zapotec - Central America Zeibeks - people of Thracian origin in Izmir, Turkey Zazas - people of Iranian origin in Eastern Turkey, Turkey Zhonghua minzu - Chinese pseudo-ethnic group. Zhuang Zou<1> Zulian - People of Western Venezuela from the state of Zulia. Zulu - of southern Africa Zuni - of the southwestern United States
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