Subgroups of the Han ethnicity
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In Mandarin: "minxi" (ethnic lineages) or "zuqun" (ethnic groups).
These two terms are mostly used in Mainland and Taiwan, respectively, referring to subgroups of the population known as the Han Chinese, whose mother tongue are languages of the Sinitic linguistic family, and who do not belong to one of People's Republic of China's 56 official minority ethnic groups of China.
Han subgroups are most easily grouped according to dialects, into several major groups:
- Northern and Northeastern
- Central Plain
- Shaanxi-Shanxi
- West of River
- Southwestern
- Huai-Yangtze
- Wu-Yue
- Hunan
- Ou-Yue
- Northern Min
- Eastern Min
- Southern Min
- Hakka
- Teochiu (Teochew)
- Cantonese
- Hainan
- Other minor subgroups like speakers of the Ping Chinese dialect, Danjia (Tanka), Peranakans, Chuanqing people of Guizhou who are in the process of being assimilated by their more dominant neighbors.
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