For the peoples living to the east of the early Chinese civilization, see Dongyi.
Yi people
Yi woman in Yunnan
Regions with significant populations
China
9 million (2010)
Vietnam
4,827 (2019)[1]
Languages
Yi, Southwestern Mandarin
Religion
Majority: Bimoism (native Yi variety of Shamanism); minority: Taoism
Related ethnic groups
Bamar (Burman), Nakhi, Qiang, Tujia
Yi people
Chinese name
Chinese
彝族
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin
Yízú
Wade–Giles
Yi2-tsu2
Nuosu
Simplified Chinese
诺苏
Traditional Chinese
諾蘇
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin
Nuòsū
Wade–Giles
No4-su1
Lolo
Chinese
倮倮
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin
Luǒ luǒ
Wade–Giles
Lo3-lo3
Burmese name
Burmese
ယီလူမျိုး
Vietnamese name
Vietnamese
Lô Lô
Thai name
Thai
โล-โล
Nuosu name
Nuosu
ꆈꌠꉙ
Black Nuosu Yi of Daliangshan
The Yi or Nuosu people (Nuosu: ꆈꌠ, [nɔ̄sū]; see also § Names and subgroups) are an ethnic group in southern China. Numbering nine million people, they are the seventh largest of the 55 ethnic minority groups recognized by the Chinese government. They live primarily in rural areas of Sichuan, Yunnan, Guizhou, and Guangxi, usually in mountainous regions. The Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture is home to the largest population of Yi people within China, with two million Yi people in the region. In neighbouring Vietnam, as of 2019[update], there are 4,827 Lô Lô people (a subgroup of the Yi) living in the Hà Giang, Cao Bằng, and Lào Cai provinces, in the country's north.
The Yi speak various Loloish languages, closely related to Burmese. The prestige variety is Nuosu, which is written in the Yi script.
^"Report on Results of the 2019 Census". General Statistics Office of Vietnam. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
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