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Bai
白族
Women dressed in Bai clothing
Total population
1,858,063[1]
Regions with significant populations
China, mostly in the Yunnan Province (Dali area), Guizhou Province (Bijie area) and Hunan Province (Sangzhi area)
Languages
Bai, Chinese
Religion
Buddhism, Benzhuism and Taoism
Related ethnic groups
Han Chinese • Hui Other Sino-Tibetan peoples
Bai people
Chinese
白族
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin
Báizú
Bopomofo
ㄅㄞˊ ㄗㄨˊ
Wade–Giles
Pai²-tsu²
Tongyong Pinyin
Bái-zú
IPA
[pǎɪ.tsǔ]
Wu
Romanization
bah zoh
Hakka
Romanization
Pha̍k-tshu̍k
Southern Min
Hokkien POJ
Pe̍h-cho̍k
Teochew Peng'im
Pêh-tsôk
Eastern Min
Fuzhou BUC
Bah-cŭk
The Bai, or Pai (Bai: Baipho, /pɛ̰˦˨xo̰˦/ (白和); Chinese: 白族; pinyin: Báizú; Wade–Giles: Pai²-tsu²; endonym pronounced [pɛ̀tsī]), are an East Asian ethnic group native to the Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture of Yunnan Province, Bijie area of Guizhou Province, and Sangzhi area of Hunan Province. They constitute one of the 56 ethnic groups officially recognized by China.[2] They numbered 1,933,510 as of 2010.[citation needed]
^"The Bai Ethnic Group". China.org.cn. Retrieved 18 March 2015.
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