Bai - Definition and Overview

Bai (白族; pinyin: bái zú) is one of the 56 ethnic groups officially recognized by the People's Republic of China. Population (2000): 1,858,063.

Bai people live mostly in the provinces of Yunnan (Dali area), and in neighboring Guizhou (Bijie area) and Hunan (Sangzhi area) provinces.

An estimated 900,000 (as of 1990) of the Bai speak the language, also called Bai, a member of the tibeto-burman language family. The SIL code for Bai is PIQ.

See also

• Nanzhao
• Kingdom of Dali

External links

• http://www.china.org.cn/e-groups/shaoshu/shao-2-bai.htm
• http://alcor.eastasiagroup.net/bai/en/
• Ethnologue (http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=PIQ)