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Bouyei people

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Bouyei people

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Also known as Bouyei (Chinese)

ethnic group

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Within Vinony's link graph, Bouyei people is referenced by 484 other articles, and connects out to Qianxinan Buyei and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan and Guangxi.

Vinony files it under Bouyei people, Ethnic groups in Guizhou and Ethnic groups in Vietnam.

Its subject is documented across 40 Wikipedia language editions.

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Instance of
ethnic group
Native language
Chinese
Religion
Taoism
Country
Vietnam
Population
2900000
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Commons category
Buyei
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Category:Bouyei people
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Bouyei
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Encyclopedic overview

Vietnamese name Vietnamese alphabetngười Bố Y Bouyei name BouyeiBuxqyaix

Bouyei minority Shitou village, West Guizhou Geographic distribution of Bouyei people The Bouyei (also spelled Puyi, Buyei and Buyi; Bouyei: Buxqyaix, [puʔjai] or "Puzhong", "Burao", "Puman"; Chinese: 布依族; pinyin: Bùyīzú; Vietnamese: người Bố Y) are a Tai-speaking ethnic group who mostly live in the province of Guizhou in Southern China. Numbering 3.5 million, they are the 10th largest of the 56 ethnic groups officially recognized by the People's Republic of China. Some 3,000 Bouyei also live in Northern Vietnam, where they are one of that nation's 54 officially recognized ethnic groups.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Bouyei people” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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