Yao people

Yao people
瑶族
A Yao woman, Tiantouzhai, Longji Terraces, China, November 2010
Total population
3,500,000+
Regions with significant populations
 China: 2,796,003 (2010)
 Vietnam: 891,151 (2019)[1]
Languages
Mienic languages, Bunu, Pa-Hng, Lakkja, Mandarin Chinese, Shaozhou Tuhua, Badong Yao, Yeheni, Vietnamese, English
Religion
Predominantly Yao folk religion, minority Buddhism
Yao people
Chinese name
Chinese瑶族
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinYáo zú
IPA[jǎʊ tsǔ]
Wu
Romanizationyau zoh
Hakka
RomanizationYâu-tshu̍k
Yue: Cantonese
Yale Romanizationyìuh juhk
Jyutpingjiu4 zuk6
Southern Min
Hokkien POJIâu-cho̍k
Teochew Peng'imIêu-tsôk
Eastern Min
Fuzhou BUCIèu-cŭk
Vietnamese name
Vietnamese alphabetngười Dao
Hán-Nôm𠊛猺

The Yao people (simplified Chinese: 瑶族; traditional Chinese: 瑤族; pinyin: Yáozú) or Dao (Vietnamese: người Dao) is a classification for various ethnic minorities in China and Vietnam. Their majority branch is also known as Mien. They are one of the 56 officially recognized ethnic groups in China and reside in the mountainous southwest and south of the country. They also form one of the 54 ethnic groups officially recognized by Vietnam. They numbered 2,796,003 in the 2010 Chinese census and 891,151 in the 2019 Vietnamese census. An estimated 60,000 Yao of the Iu Mien branch reside in the United States, mostly in the Western coastal states.[1]

  1. ^ a b Census 01/04/2019. p. 44. General Directorate for Statistics of Vietnam, 19/12/2019. accessdate 1/09/2020.