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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 | |
| Tibetan, Bamar (Burman), Nakhi, Qiang, Tujia | |
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| Yi people | |||||||||
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| Chinese name | |||||||||
| Chinese | 彝族 | ||||||||
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| Nuosu | |||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 诺苏 | ||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 諾蘇 | ||||||||
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| Lolo | |||||||||
| Chinese | 倮倮 | ||||||||
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| Burmese name | |||||||||
| Burmese | ယီလူမျိုး | ||||||||
| Vietnamese name | |||||||||
| Vietnamese | Lô Lô | ||||||||
| Thai name | |||||||||
| Thai | โล-โล | ||||||||
| Nuosu name | |||||||||
| Nuosu | ꆈꌠꉙ | ||||||||
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.