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The 'Bai' (; endonym in IPA: ) are one of the 56 ethnic groups officially recognized by the People's Republic of China. They numbered 1,858,063 as of 2000.
The Bai People hold the white colour in high esteem and call themselves "Baizi", "Baini" or "Baihuo", which means white people. In 1956, of their own will they were named the Bai Nationality by Chinese Authorities.
Bai Architecture
A tea-serving ceremonial ground.
Ladies decked out in Bai costumes.
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Location
Bai people live mostly in the provinces of Yunnan (Dali area), and in neighboring Guizhou (Bijie area) and Hunan (Sangzhi area) provinces. Of the 2 million Bai people, eighty percent live in concentrated communities in the Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture in Yunnan Province.[1]
Language
An estimated 1,240,000 (as of 2003) of the Bai speak the Bai language in all its varieties. The tongue is either a member of the Sinitic branch or the Tibeto-Burman branch of Sino-Tibetan language family or possibly part of an independent branch of the this family.
Notes
1. [1]
See also
★ Nanzhao
★ Kingdom of Dali
External links
★ ''The bai ethnic minority''
★ ''Bai culture''
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