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HDI rank 2004
133
Population (thousands) 2005
5,924
GNI pc US$ 2005
440
Life expectancy (years) 2005
55
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bedouin [bedu]
bedu see bedouin
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Blang see Pulang [Blang]
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Bolgars Volga
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Brass
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Crimean Tatars
Crioulo see Creoles Cape Verde
Croats [Croatians]
Csangos
Cuban Americans
Cubans
Cumbales
Cuna see Kuna [Cuna]
Cypriots
Czechs
Déang see Penglung [Déang]
Dagbai see Mole-Dagbai
Dagestani peoples
Dai see Tai [Dai]
Dalits [Harijan or Untouchables]
Dalmatians
Damara
Dan
Dan [Gio]
Danakils see Afar [Danakils]
Danes
Dani
Danu
Dao
Dargins
Dariganga Mongols
Darood
Darwazi
Daur
Dayaks [Dayak-Iban]
Daza (Toubou)
Dazagada see Daza (Toubou)
Degodia see Somalis Kenya
Dei
Delta peoples
Dendi
Dervishes see Bektashi [Dervishes]
Deti (San)
Diakhanke
Diawara
Dida
Diego Garcia Ilois
Digil-Mirifle
Digor [Ossetian Muslims]
Dineh
Dinka
Diola see Dioula [Diola Djula Joula]
Dioubu
Dioula [Diola Djula Joula]
Dir Hawiye see Hawiye
Dir Somalia
Diula; Djula see Dioula [Diola Djula Joula]
Djerma [Zerma]
Djibouti
Dodoth
Dogon
Dolgan
Dominica
Dominican Rep.
Dominicans
Don Cossacks
Don Cossacks [Kalmyks]
Dong
Dongxiang
Doya
Drung see Tulung [Drung]
Druzes
Dukhobor Christians
Dulangan (Lumad)
Dungans
Durbed Mongols
Dusun
Dyaks see Dayaks
Dyula see Dioula [Diola Djula Joula]
East African Asians
East Indians (Caribbean)
Easter Islanders see Rapanui
Eastern Churches see Armenians; Assyrians;
Eastern European Americans
Eastern European Canadians
Eastern Europeans
Ebrié [Kyama]
Ecuador
Edo [Bini]
Eenou [Crees]
Eeyou [Crees]
Efik
Egypt
Egyptians
Egyptians [Roma]
El Salvador
Ellis Islanders see Tuvaluans
Elsasserditsch
Embera
Emerillon
English-speakers see Anglophones
Ent
Enxet
Eq. Guinea
Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea
Eritreans
Erzya (Mordovans)
Eskimos see Inuit
Estate Tamils
Estonians
Etche
Ethiopia see Beta Israel
Ethiopians
Euro-Africans Benin
Europeans
Evenk Russian Fedn
Evenk [Ewenki] China and Tibet
Ewe
Ewe cluster Togo see Adja; Ewe; Fon; Mina;
Ewenki see Evenk [Ewenki]
Failis [Shíi Kurds]
Falasha see Beta Israel
Fang
Faroese
Felupe
Fernandinos
Fijians
Filhos da Terra see Forros [Filhos da Terra]
Filipino Americans
Filipinos
Finno-Ugric peoples
Finns
First Nations
First Nations (indigenous Canadians)
Flemings
Fon
Forros [Filhos da Terra]
Franco-Provençal-speaking Aostans
Francophone
Francophones
French
French Canadians
French-speakers see Francophones
Friesland see Frisians
Frisians
Friulians
Fuegians Qawasqar/Yamana
Fula [Fulani]
Fulbé (Fula)
Fur
Futunans
G//ana (San)
G/wi (San)
Ga
Gabbra
Gabooye
Gadabourse
Gaddang (Igorot)
Gaelic-speakers (Irish)
Gaelic-speakers (Scots)
Gagauz [Gagauz Turks]
Gagu
Galibi
Galicians
Gallego see Galicians
Gambia [Peul]
Gando
Gaoshan
Gar´ýfuna
Garinagu
Gating see Roma [Romany] Spain
Gbandi
Gbaye
Gefu [Adare]
Gelao see Kelao [Gelao]
Georgians
Gerard M-F Hill
Gerbao see Yao [Gerbao]
German-speakers
Germans
Gilbertese see Banabans; i-Kiribati
Gio
Gisu
Goans
Gola
Goldi [Hezhen Hoche]
Goranci [Albanian Slav Muslims]
Gorane see Daza (Toubou)
Gorani see Gurani
Gosha (Bantu)
Grebo
Greece see Pomaks
Greek Cypriots UK
Greek rite Christians
Greek-speakers
Greeks
Greenlanders
Gros Ventre
Guadeloupe
Guajá [Awá]
Guajajara
Guajiro [Wayúu]
Guam
Guambiano
Guaraný
Guatemalans
Gube
Guere
Guerze see Kpelle
Guiangga (Lumad)
Guidaigosode
Guineans
Gujaratis
Gurage
Gurani language
Guro [Kweni]
Gurung
Gurunsi
Guyanese
Gyeli
Gypsies see Roma [Romany]
Hadza
Haida Natives
Haitians
Hajong
Halang (Lao Theung)
Halang Doan (Lao Theung)
Han Chinese see Chinese (Han)
Hanafi
Hanafi see Sunni Muslims
Hanbali
Hanbali see Sunni Muslims
Hani
Harar see Adare
Haratin [Berbers]
Hare Krishna
Haredim
Harijans see Dalits
Harkis
Hausa
Hausa Togo; Kotokoli
Hawaíians (Polynesian)
Hawila
Hawiye
Hazaras
Hei//om
Hengchun (Ami)
Herero
Hezhen see Goldi [Hezhen Hoche]
Highlanders
Hill Hindus
Himba
Hindus
Hindustanis [Suriname Asian Indians]
Hispanics see Latinos
Hmong [Meo or Miao] (Lao Soung)
Ho (Lao Soung)
Hoche see Goldi [Hezhen Hoche]
Holy Spirit Movt
Hong Kong Chinese see Chinese (Hong
Hong Kong [Malaysians]
Hopi
Hoti
Hsiukuluan (Ami)
Huambisa
Hui [Huihui]
Huli see Hawila
Hunde
Hungarians
Hurinin
Hutus
i-Kiribati [Gilbertese]
Ibadis
Ibaloi (Igorot)
Iban see Dayaks
Ibibio-Efik
Ibo [Igbo]
Ibrahimiya [Shíi sect]
Idáan
Ifugao (Igorot)
Igbo (Ibo)
Igorot
Iit (Inuit)
Ijaw
Ilanon (Moros) Philippines
Illanun Sabah
Ilois of Diego Garcia
Ilongot (Igorot)
Imazighen [Berbers]
Impunyu
Imraguen
Inari Sami
India see Adivasis
Indian Tamils
Indians (American)
Indians (Asian)
indigenous
indigenous peoples
Indo-Caribbeans see East Indians (Caribbean)
Indo-Fijians
Indochinese Americans
Indochinese New Zealanders
Indochinese see also Lao Soung; Lao
Indonesians
Ingarikó
Ingush
Inner Mongolians see Mongols [Mongolians]
Innu [Montagnais]
Inughuit (Inuit)
Inuit
Iranians
Iraq Shammar
Iraq [Kurds]
Iraqis
Ireland
Irians West
Irir
Irish
Irish Americans
Irish Republic
Iroquois
Isaaq
Islam see also Ahl-i Haqq; Ahmadiyas;
Islam see Ibadis; Khariji; Muslims (various);
Ismáilis
Ismáilis see Shíi Muslims see also Druzes
Isneg (Igorot)
Israel/West Bank
Israelis USA
Issaks
Issas
Istrians
Italian-speakers Switzerland
Italians
Itelmen
Ithnáasharis
Ithnáasharis see Shíi Muslims
Jaffna Tamils
Jahai (Negritos)
Jahut (Senoi)
Jakun (Melau Asli)
Jama Mapun (Moros)
Jamaicans
Japanese
Japanese Americans
Jarai
Jarawa
Javanese Suriname
Jehovah´s Witnesses
Jews
Jing
Jinghpaw (Kachin)
Jingpo
Jino
Jokun [Jukun]
Jola see Dioula [Diola Djula Joula]
Jonam
Joula see Dioula [Diola Djula Joula]
Ju/Hoansi (San)
Jukun see Jokun
Jumma
Jurassiens
Kabardino-Balkar
Kabards
Kabyles (Berbers)
Kachin
Kadazun-Dusun
Kaharingan cult
Kaiowá
Kakaiya
Kakwa
Kalaalit [Greenland Inuit]
Kalanga
Kalangan (Lumad)
Kalash
Kale Roma
Kalenjin
Kalibari
Kalinga (Igorot)
Kalmykia
Kalmyks
Kamba
Kanak (Melanesians)
Kanienekaha see Kanienkehaka
Kanienkehaka
Kanienkehaka [Mohawks]
Kankanay (Igorot)
Kanuri
Karachai
Karaini
Karaite
Karaite Jews
Karakachans [Sarkatsans]
Karakalpaks
Karamojong
Karapapakh (Azeri Turks)
Karelians
Karen
Karenni
Kariña
Karo (Batak)
Kartveli see Georgians
Kasaians
Kashmiris
Kashubs
Katang (Lao Theung)
Kavango
Kayan (Karenni)
Kayan (Orang Ulu Dayaks)
Kayapó
Kayow (Karenni)
Kazakhs
Kazaks see Kazakhs
Kedayan (Orang Ulu Dayaks)
Kekchi Maya
Kel Tamashek see Tuareg [Berbers]
Kelabit (Orang Ulu Dayaks)
Kelao [Gelao]
Kensiu (Negritos)
Kenyah (Orang Ulu Dayaks)
Ket
Kgalagari see Bakgalagdi [Kgalagari]
Khakass
Khampa
Khana see Ogoni [Khana]
Khants
Khariji [Kharijites]
Khasi
Khassonke
Khmer
Khmer Islam
Khmer Leou
Khmu (Lao Theung)
Kho [A´Kha] (Lao Soung)
Khoikhoi
Khojas
Khwe
Kikongo-speakers
Kikuyu
Kimbanguists
Kintak (Negritos)
Kipchak
Kirdi
Kirghiz see Kyrgyz
Kiribati
Kiribati [Gilbertese] see Banabans; i-Kiribati
Kirmanji language
Kisii Kenya
Kissi
Koba see Yeei [BaYeyi Koba]
Kogi
Kokang
Kokang Chinese
Komi
Komi-Permiaks
Kong)
Konkomba
Kono
Koochis
Korea
Korean Americans
Koreans
Koriaks
Kotoko
Kotokoli
Kotokoli cluster Togo see Bassari Togo;
Kouyou (M´boshi)
Kpelle [Guerze]
Kraelians
Krahn [Wee]
Krio see Creoles Sierra Leone
Kru
Ktai
Kuban
Kuban Cossacks
Kuki [Shinlung]
Kulaman (Lumad)
Kulango
Kumyks
Kuna [Cuna]
Kunama
Kuoy
Kuranko
Kurdmanzh see Kurds
Kurds
Kurmanji see Kirmanji
Kurtey
Kuwaa
Kvens
Kwa
Kwaib see Caribs
Kwe (San)
Kwe see also Khwe
Kweni see Guro [Kweni]
Kwisi
Kyama see Ebrié [Kyama]
Kyrgyz
Kyurin see Lezgins
Lómué Mozambique
Labwor
Lacandones
Ladakhis
Ladino language
Ladins Central
Ladins Eastern see Friulians
Lagoon peoples
Lahu
Lak dialect
Laka
Lakota
Laks Dagestan
Lamba
Lampung
Landler
Langi
Langue d´Oc see Occitan-speakers
Langya (Lao Theung)
Lanoh (Negritos)
Lao Soung
Lao Theung
Laotian Americans
Lapps see Sami
Lari (Bakongo)
Lashu (Kachin)
Latin-Cypriots
Latinas
Latinos
Latuka
Latvians
Lawangan (Dayaks)
Laz Georgia
Laz language Turkey
Lebanese
Lebu
Lemko Ruthenians
Lenca
Lepcha
Letzeburgish-speakers
Lezgins [Lezgi]
Lhoba see Lopa [Lhoba]
lhotshampa
Li
Likoula (M´boshi)
Limba Sierra Leone
Limbu
Lipovans
Lisu (Kachin)
Lithuanians
Livs [Livonians] Latvia
Lobi
Loko [Lokko]
Lolo (Lao Soung)
Loma
Lomwe Malawi
Lopa [Lhoba]
Lorrain-speakers
Lothringer Platt
Lovari (Roma)
Loven (Lao Theung)
Lozi [Barotse]
Luba (Kasaians)
Lue Tai
Lugbara
Luhya
Lulua (Kasaians)
Lumad
Lunda
Lundayeh
Luo
Luri
Luvale
Luxembourgers
Luxembourgish- or Letzeburgish-speakers
M´boshi
métis
métis Canada
Ma [Mano]
Maanyan (Dayaks)
Maasai
Macanese
Macassarese see Makasarese
Macau
Macedonia [Torbeshi]
Macedonians
Madáin see marsh Arabs [Madáin]
Madeirans
Madi
Madurese
Magar
Magguangan (Lumad)
Maguindanao (Moros)
Mah Meri (Senoi)
Mahi
Maillote residents
Maithili (Terai Hindus)
Majerteen
Makasarese
Makrani (Baluchis)
Maktabi
Maku Nukak
Makuxi
Malaya
Malaya [Semang]
Malayalis
Malays
Mali [Peul]
Maliki
Maliki see Sunni Muslims
Malinké
Maluku see Moluccans South
Mamanwa (Lumad)
Man see Yao [Man] (Lao Soung)
Manadonese
Manchu [Manchurians]
Manchuria Mongolia and Sinkiang
Mandé-Fu
Mandé-Ta
Mandaeans see Sabians
Mandailing (Batak)
Mandaya (Lumad)
Mande see Manding [Mande]
Mande-speakers see Busani; Dioula; Senoufo
Mandi Bangladesh
Manding [Mande]
Mandinka [Manding] Sierra Leone
Mandyako
Manga
Mangit
Mangkaak see Bengkahak [Mangkaak]
Maninka
Manipur Jews
Manitoba
Manja
Mano
Manobo (Lumad)
Mansi
Manx
Maonan
Maori
Maori (Cook Island)
Mapuche
Marano
Marano (Moros)
Marendje
Mari
Marma
Maronites
Maroons [Bush Negroes or Creoles]
Marranos see Jews Spain [Marranos];
marsh Arabs [Madáin]
Marshall Islands
Martinique
Maru (Kachin)
Masai see Maasai
Maskoy
Massa [Banana]
Mataco [Wichi]
Maure
Mauritania Haratin
Maya
Mazateco language
Mazda-yasnie [Zoroastrians]
Mbanderu [Herero]
Mbororo
Mboum
Mbukushu
Mbundu see Ovimbundu
Mbyá
Mei see Hmong [Meo or Miao] (Lao Soung)
Melabugnan (Moros)
Melanesians
Melau Asli
Melillans
Melkite
Mempa [Monba]
Mende
Mendruq (Negritos)
Menkragnotý (Kayapó)
Mennonites
Meo see Hmong [Meo or Miao] (Lao Soung)
Meriam (Torres Strait Islanders)
Meru
Meshuhrarim
Meskhetians [Meskhetian Turks]
mestiços Mozambique
mestizos
Mexican Americans
Mexico [mestizos]
Miao see Hmong [Meo or Miao] (Lao Soung)
Micronesians
Middle Eastern Americans
Middle Eastern peoples Caribbean
Middle Volga Tatars
Migdan
migrant workers
Mina
Minahasans
Minangkabau
Mingrelians
Minianka
Mirifle see Digil-Mirifle
Miskitu
mixed-race peoples
Mixtec language
Mizrachim see Jews Mizrachim
Mizrachim [Oriental or Sephardim]
Moba
Moba cluster see Konkomba; Moba
Mocový
Mohajirs
Mohammedans see also Ahl-i Haqq;
Mohammedans see Ibadis; Khariji; Muslims
Mohawk
Mohegan [Mohican]
Mohican see Mohegan
Moldovans
Mole-Dagbai
Moluccans
Mon
Monégasque
Mon-Khmer see Lao Theung
Monba see Mempa [Monba]
Mongols [Mongolians]
Monom (Lao Theung)
Montagnais see Innu [Montagnais]
Montenegrins
Moors see also Moros; Muslims (various)
Moors see Saharawi (Berbers)
Mopan Maya
Moravians
Mordovans
Mormons
Moroccans
Moros
Moru
Moshka (Mordovans)
Moslems see also Ahl-i Haqq; Ahmadiyas;
Moslems see Ibadis; Khariji; Muslims
Mossi
Mosuo
Moundang
Mountain Jews
Moxeño
Mozabites (Berbers)
Mozambicans
Mpukushu see Mbukushu
Muhajirs see Mohajirs
Muhammadans see also Ahl-i Haqq;
Muhammadans see Ibadis; Khariji; Muslims
Mulam
mulatto Cuba
Muong
Murut (Orang Ulu Dayaks)
Muslim
Muslim Slavs
Muslims (various)
Muslims see also Ahl-i Haqq; Ahmadiyas;
Muslims see Ibadis; Khariji; Shíi; Sunni
Mustális
Mwali islanders
N. Marianas
N/Oakhwe (San) Botswana
Nagas
Nagorno-Karabagh
Nahua
Nahuatl language
Nama
Nambiquara
Nanai
Nande
Nandevi Guaraný
Napore
Naron (San)
Naskapi
Nasrani see Melkites
Native peoples see indigenous peoples
Nauru
Navajo
Naxi
Ndau
Ndebele
Ndowe
Negidal
Negritos
Negroes [Berbers] Montenegro
negros
negros nativos
Nekrasovtsi [Old Believers]
Nembe
Nenets
Nepali-speakers Bhutan
Nepalis South Korea
Nestorians see Assyrians
New Brunswick (Acadians)
Newars (Hill Hindus)
Ngaju Dayak
Nganasan
Ngeh (Lao Theung)
Ngobe-Bugle
Ngoni
Ngung Bo (Lao Theung)
Nha Heun (Lao Theung)
Nharo
Niger [Kel Tamashek]
Nigerians Equatorial Guinea
Nigritos see Negritos
Niueans
Nivkhi
Nkumbi see Nyaneka-Nkumbi
Noar (Lao Theung)
Nogai
non-Issa
Norfolk Islanders
North Africans
north-westerners Uganda
Northern Irish
northerners
Nova Scotia
Nu China and Tibet
Nuba Sudan
Nubi Uganda
Nubians
Nuer
Nukak (Maku)
Nung-Rawang (Kachin)
Nupe
Nuristanis
Nusayris see Alawis
Nyaneka-Nkumbi
Nyanga Zaire
Nyanja
Occitan-speakers
Ogadeni
Ogoni [Khana]
Okiek
Okinawans
Okrika
Old Believers [Nekrasovtsi]
Old Russians Finland
Onge
Oranchun [Oroqen]
Orang Asli
Orang Kanaq (Melau Asli)
Orang Laut (Melau Asli)
Orang Ulu (Dayaks)
Oringa Lugbara
Orma
Oroch
Orok
Oromo
Oroqen see Oranchun [Oroqen]
Orthodox
Orthodox Christians
Orthodox [Suryani]
Ossetians
Ossetians; Protestants; Syriac Christians
Otavalo Quichua
Otomi language
Ouatchi
Outer Islanders
Ovimbundu Angola
Oyampi
P´u Noi (Lao Theung)
Paaung
Pacific Islanders
Pacoh (Lao Theung)
Paez
Pagarogaro (Butaul Paiwan)
Paitan
Paiwan
Pakhtuns see Pathans [Pakhtuns]
Pakistanis
Pakpak (Batak)
Paku (Karenni)
Palauans Guam
Palestinians
Palikur
Pamiri
Pamiri Tajiks
Panaré
Panjsheris
Pao
Paoan [Bonan]
Papago
Papeis see Papel; Papel [Papeis Pepel]
Papel [Papeis Pepel]
Papuans
Parilarilao (Butaul Paiwan)
Parsis [Parsees]
Pashtuns
Pathans [Pakhtuns]
Paumaumaq (Butaul Paiwan)
Pech
Pedi
Pehuenche (Mapuche)
Peinan (Ami)
Pemón
Penan (Orang Ulu Dayaks)
Penglung [Déang]
Pepel see Papel; Papel [Papeis Pepel]
Peranakan
Persians see Iranians
Peruvians
Peul [Fula]
Peulh [Mbororo]
Philippines see Filipinos
Philippines [Igorot]
Philippines [Moros]
Phou Tai
Phuan
Phutai
Piaroa
Picard-speakers
pieds noir
Pilagua
Pingpu
Pipil
Pitjantjatjara (Aborigines)
Pocomam
Pokot
Poland [Lemko Ruthenes]
Poles
Polynesians
Pomaks [Muslim Slavs]
Pontic Greeks
Poor Whites Barbados
Portuguese
Poturs [Muslim Macedonians]
Primi see Pumi [Primi]
primordial peoples see indigenous peoples
Protestants
Proto-Malay see Melau Asli
Provençal-speakers
Puerto Ricans
Pulang [Blang]
Pumi [Primi]
Punan (Orang Ulu Dayaks)
Punjabis
Pushtu see Pashtuns
Puyuma
Pwo (Karen)
Pygmies see Aka [BáAka]; BaBongo
Pygmies see also Bongo; Gyeli; Tikar
Qadiyanies see Ahmadiyas
Qashqái
Qawasqar (Fuegians)
Qiang
Qizilbash
Qizilbash Alevis
Quakers
Quebecers
Quechua [Quichua]
Quichua see Quechua [Quichua]
Quinquis
Réunion residents
Rahanwayn see Raxanwayn
Rai
Rajbansi
Rajput
Rakhine
Rama
Rapanui [Easter Islanders]
Rastafarians
Raute
Raval (Paiwan)
Raxanwayn
Red Tai see Tai Deng [Red Tai]
Rendille
Revi Ved
Rhaetians
Rohingya
Rohingya Muslims
Rom Romany see Roma [Romany]
Roma [Romany]
Romance-speakers
Romani see Roma [Romany]
Romanians
Romansh-speakers
Ronga
Roraima
Rotumans
Rroma
Rukai
Rumanians see Romanians
Russian Germans see Volga Germans
Russians
Rusyns see Ruthenes
Ruthenes [Rusyns or Ruthenians]
Rutuls
Saab
Saami see Sami Russian Fedn
Sabaeans
Sabah
Sabians of Harran
Sabians [Mandaeans]
Saharawi (Berbers)
Saho
Saisiyat
Sakuye
Salar
Salvadorans USA
Samaal see Darood; Hawiye; Isaq
Samal (Moros)
Samaritans
Samburu
Sami
Samoans
San Carlos Apache
San [Bushman]
Sanapan
Sangir (Moros)
Santal [Santhal]
Santeria religion
Santhal see Santal
Sapuan (Lao Theung)
Sara
Sarakole Sarakolle see Soninke [Sarakole]
Sarawak
Sardinia
Sardinians
Sarkatsans [Karakachans]
Sarliya-Kakaiya
Sasseng (Lao Theung)
Saxons Romania
Sayan (Lao Theung)
Schaghticoke
scheduled castes see Dalits
scheduled tribes see Adivasis
Schleswig Germans
Scientologists
Scots
Secoya
sects Iraq
Seklers
Selitar (Melau Asli)
Selkup
Semai (Senoi)
Semang see also Negritos Malaya [Semang]
Semang see Orang Asli
Semelar (Melau Asli)
Semoq (Senoi)
Sena
Senegalese France
Senoi
Senoufo
Sentinelese Islanders
Sephardim see Jews Mizrachi
Serahuli
Serviçais
Seventh Day Adventists Armenia
Seychelles
Sgaw (Karen)
Shabak
Shabelle (Bantu)
Shafi´i
Shafi´i see Sunni Muslims
Shan
Shangaan
Shankalla Shankella see Berta
Shanpao
Shawiya (Berbers)
She
Sherbro
Sherpas
Shi´i
Shi´i Muslims
Shi´i; Sunni
Shidle (Bantu)
Shilluk
Shinlung
Shirazi
Shoshone Western
Shua (San)
Shua Arabs
Shuar
Shughnanis
Shui
Sibo [Xibe]
Sidama
Siena see Senoufo
Sierra Leone [Mandinka]
Sikhs
Silesians
Simelungen (Batak)
Sindhis
Sinti see Roma [Romany] Germany and
Siona
Skolt Sami
Slav-speaking Muslims see Muslim Slavs
Slavo-Macedonians Greece
So (Lao Theung)
Soddo
Somalis
Somba
Somono
Songhai
Songhai-Djerma
Soninke [Sarakole]
Sorani see Surani
Sorbs
Sork (Lao Theung)
Sorko
Sou (Lao Theung)
South Americans
South Indians (Asian) USA
South Jutland
South Moluccans
South Sea Islanders Australia
South Seas Chinese see Chinese (Nanyang)
South Slavs Albania
South Tyrol
South Tyrolese German-speakers
South-East Asia
southerners
Spain [Marranos]
Spanish
spiritualists Native American
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka [Moors]
Sri Lankan Tamils
Sri Lankans
St Kitts-Nevis
St Lucians Guadeloupe
Styrian Slovenes
Subanon (Lumad)
Subiya
Sudeten
Sudeten Germans
Sufis see Ahl-i Haqq; Alevis
Sulemani (Baluchis)
Suluk [Tausug]
Sumu
Sundanese
Sunni
Sunni Muslims
Surani language
Surinamese Netherlands
Suryani see Syriac Christians Orthodox
Susu
Svanetians [Svans]
Swabians
Swahili-speakers Somalia
Swedes Norway
Swedish-speakers Finland
Swiss Liechtenstein
Syrian Christians
Syrian Orthodox see Syrian Christians
Syrians
Tabasarans
Tadzhiks see Tajiks
Tagabili (Lumad)
Tagieri
Tahitians (Polynesians)
Tahtaci
Tahtaci and Yoruk
Tai Dam [Black Tai]
Tai Deng [Red Tai]
Tai Khao [White Tai]
Tai Neua
Tai Phong
Tai [Dai]
Taino-Arawak
Tainui (Waikato Maori)
Taiwanese see Chinese (Taiwan)
Tajiks
Takakaolo (Lumad)
Talandig (Lumad)
Talush see Talysh
Talysh
Tamajek [Tuareg]
Tamang
Tamashek see Tuareg [Berbers]
Tamils
Tanzania
Tapeba
Taposa
Tarahumara
Taranaki (Maori)
Tatars
Tatarstan
Tatoga
Taurepang
Tausug (Moros)
Tausug see also Suluk [Tausug]
Tawahka
Tawahka (Sumu)
Tay
Te Atiawa (Taranaki Maori)
Tebu
Teda (Toubou)
Tedagada see Teda
Teduray (Lumad)
Tegre
Temar (Senoi)
Temne
Temoq (Melau Asli)
Temperates
Temuan [Balandas] (Melau Asli)
Tepeth
Tepeth; Teuso
Terai Hindus
Terek Cossacks
Terekeme (Azeri Turks)
Teso
Tetete
Teti
Teuso
Thai Americans
Thai Chinese
Thai see also Tai
Thailand [Chao kao]
Thais
Thakali
Thakuris (Hill Hindus)
Thap (Lao Theung)
Tharu
The (Lao Theung)
Theung; Tai; Thai; Vietnamese
Tibet
Tibetans
Tibeto-Burmese
Ticino-dwellers
Tidung
Tikar
Tikuna
Timorese
Timu (Nuba)
Tinguian (Igorot)
Tiruray [Teduray] (Lumad)
Tiv
Tlingit Natives
Toba (Batak)
Toba Argentina
Toba-Maskoy
Tofalar
Tokelauans
Toktop
Tolish see Talysh
Tolupan Xicaque
Tonga
Tonga Zimbabwe
Tongans
Topnaars [!Gaonin]
Torbeshi
Torres Strait Islanders
Totobiegosode
Totok
Totonaca language
Toubou [Toubouri]
Travellers
Tremenbe
Trinidadan East Indians Canada
Trinidadans UK
Tripura
Tsáchila
Tsimshian Natives
Tsonga [XiShangana]
Tsou
Tswana
Tu
Tuareg [Berbers]
Tucano see Tukano
Tucayana Amazonica
Tucouleur
Tujia
Tukano
Tulung [Drung]
Tumal
Tumbuka
Tunisians
Tupi
Turkana
Turkey [Arabs]
Turkey [Azeris]
Turkey [Nasrani]
Turkish
Turkish Cypriots
Turkmen
Turkomans
Turks
Turks & Caicos Is
Tutsis
Tuva
Tuva see Tuvans
Tuvaluans [Ellis Islanders] Nauru
Tuvans
Twa
Twa [Batwa]
Tyroleans
Tzeltal language
Tzotzil language
Udegei
Udmurt Rep.
Udmurts
Ugandan Asians
Uighurs
Ukrainians
Ulchi
Uniate Catholics [Melkite]
United Arab Emirates
Untouchables see Dalits
Up Country Tamils
Upa
Uru
Urueu-Wau-Wau
Uzbeks
Va see Wa [Va]
Vai
Valencianos
Vanuatu
Vasekele see !Xu [Vasekele]
Vaupe´s Indians
Veddhas [Waaniy-a-Laato]
Ven (Lao Theung)
Venda
Venezuela
viejos
Vietnamese
Vietnamese Americans
Vili (Bakongo)
Vlachs
Vlasi see Vlachs Greece
Volga
Volga Bolgars
Volga Germans
Volga Tatars
Voltaic peoples
Wa Burma
Wa [Va] China and Tibet
wa-Gosha see Gosha
Wahhabi
Waikato (Maori)
Wakhi
Wallisians
Walloons
Walsers
Wanniy-a-Laato see Veddhas
Waorani
Wapixana
Warao
Wayúu [Guajiro]
Wayana
Wazaiara [Awá-Guajá]
Welsh
West Asians Canada
West Indians see Afro-Caribbeans
West Irian
West Irians
West Papua
Western
Western Igbo
Western Samoa
Western Samoans
Western Shoshone
White Jews
White Tai see Tai Khao [White Tai]
Whites
Wichi
Woga
Wolof
Wounan (Choco´ )
Xi Tsua
Xibe see Sibo [Xibe]
Xicaque (Tolupan)
Xinjiang
XiShangana see Tsonga [XiShangana]
Yabarana
Yakan (Moros)
Yakuts
Yamalo-Nenets
Yamana (Fuegians)
Yami
Yanomami
Yao Malawi
Yao [Gerbao] China and Tibet
Yao [Man] (Lao Soung)
Yazgulami
Yazidis
Yazidis [Yezidis]
Yeei [BaYeyi Koba]
Yekuana
Yemenis
Yezidis see Yazidis
Yi [Lolo]
Yibir
Yoruba
Yoruk
Yuan Chu Min
Yuan Laos
Yugur
Yukagir
Yuki
Yukpa
Yunnanese Chinese
Zairians [Zaireans or Zairois]
Zapotec
Zarathustrians see Mazda-yasnie
Zaydis
Zaza language
Zenu
Zerma see Djerma
Zhuang see Chuang [Zhuang]
Zimbabweans South Africa
Zingari see Roma [Romany]
Zoroastrians see Mazda-yasnie
Zulus
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