 Gelao
The group comprises 440,000 people, with the majority living
in the Wuchuan Gelao-Miao Autonomous County and the Daozhen
Gelao-Miao Autonomous County, Guizhou Province, and the rest
scattered in Yunnan Province and the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous
Region. The Gelao people generally use their own spoken language
and the written form of the Han Chinese.
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 Xibe
The group comprises more than 170,000 people mainly distributed
in the Qapqal Xibe Autonomous County of Ili Prefecture, the Xinjiang
Uygur Autonomous Region, and Liaoning, Jilin and Heilongjiang provinces.
The Xibe people have their own spoken and written language.
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 Achang
The group comprises more than 27,000 people living in compact communities
in Longchuan and Lianghe counties in the Dehong Dai-Jingpo Autonomous
Prefecture, Yunnan Province. The Achang people normally live in
villages separate from those of the Dai and Han peoples. They use
their own spoken language and the written form of the Han Chinese.
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 Pumi
With a population of over 29,000, the group lives mainly in the
northwestern mountains of Yunnan Province. Forefathers of the
Pumi people moved to Yunnan from the remote northwest, making
the group one of the ethnic minorities migrating the longest distance.
The Pumi people use their own spoken language and the written
form of the Han Chinese.
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 Nu
The group comprises more than 27,000 people living together with
other ethnic groups along the banks of the Nujiang River in Yunnan
Province. The Nu people use their own spoken language and the written
form of the Han Chinese.
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 Uzbek
With a population of 14,000, the group lives harmoniously with Uygur
and Kazakh ethnic groups in the southern and northern parts of the
Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. The Uzbek people have their own
spoken and written language.
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 Russian
The group comprises some 13,000 people, with the majority living
in Ili, Tacheng, Altay and Urumqi, the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous
Region, and the rest scattered in Heilongjiang Province and the
Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. The Russian people have their
own spoken and written language.
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 Ewenki
The group comprises 26,000 people mainly distributed in Hulun Buir
League, the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, and in some areas
of Heilongjiang Province. The Ewenki is the only ethnic group in
China raising the reindeer. The Ewenki people use their own spoken
language and the written form of the Mongolian and the Han Chinese.
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 Naxi
With a population of 270,000, the group lives mainly in Lijiang
Prefecture, Yunnan Province. The Dongba Script created by the Naxi
people more than 1,000 years ago is now the only well preserved
pictographic writing in the world. The Naxi people generally use
their own spoken language and the written form of the Han Chinese.
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 Bonan
With a population of 12,000, the group lives in Gansu Province.
Compared with others, it is a new ethnic group formed through constant
association and intermarriage between the Islamic Mongols and the
Hui, Han, Tibetan and Tu peoples since the Yuan Dynasty (1271-1368).
The Bonan people generally use their own spoken language and the
written form of the Han Chinese.
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 De'ang
With a population of 15,000, the group lives in Yunnan Province.
The De'ang people generally use their own spoken language and the
written form of the Han Chinese.
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 Yugur
The group comprises more than 12,000 people mainly distributed
in the Sunan Yugur Autonomous County and Huangnibao Yugur Township
of Jiuquan City, Gansu Province. The Yugur people generally
use their own spoken language and the written form of the Han
Chinese.
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 Tatar
An Islamic group with a population of 5,000, the Tatar people live
mainly in Yining, Tacheng and Urumqi, the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous
Region. They have their own spoken and written language.
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 Lhoba
Comprising merely 2,300 people, it is the smallest ethnic minority
group in China. Living in Mainling, Medog, Zayu, Lhunze and Nangxian
counties and some other areas of Nyingchi Prefecture, the Tibet
Autonomous Region, the Lhoba people use their own spoken language
and the written forms of the Tibetan and the Han Chinese.
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 Jino
With a population of 18,000, the group lives in Jino Ethnic Township
of Jinghong County in the Xinshuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture,
Yunnan Province. The Jino people generally use their own spoken
language and the written form of the Han Chinese.
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 Derung
The group comprises 5,800 people inhabiting in compact communities
along the banks of Dulonghe River in west Yunnan Province. The Derung
people use their own spoken language and the written form of the
Han Chinese.
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 Oroqen
With a population of 7,000, the group lives mainly in Hulun Buir
League, the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. The Oroqen people
generally use their own spoken language and the written form of
the Han Chinese.
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 Hezhen
The group comprises 4,200 people living along the banks of Heilongjiang
and Wusulijiang rivers in east Heilongjiang Province. The Hezhen
is the only ethnic group in China mainly engaged in fishing. The
Hezhen people generally use their own spoken language and the
written form of the Han Chinese.
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 Moinba
The group comprises 7,500 people mainly distributed in Medog and
Cona counties, the Tibet Autonomous Region, who use their own spoken
language and the written form of the Tibetan.
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 Gin
The group comprises 18,000 people living in the four natural villages
of Wanwei, Shanxin, Wutou and Tanji of Fangchenggang City, south
Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. The Gin people use their own spoken
language and the written form of the Han Chinese.
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