The Yi or Nuosu people (Nuosu: Yi: ꆈꌠ, ; see also § Names and subgroups) are an ethnic group in southern China. Numbering nine million people, they are the seventh largest of the 55 ethnic minority groups recognized by the Chinese government .

Yi, ethnic group of Austroasiatic origin living largely in the mountains of southwest China and speaking a Tibeto-Burman language. The Yi people numbered more than 7.5 million in the early 21st century. Their principal concentrations were in …

With a population of 6,5 Million, the Yi Nationality is one of the oldest minority groups in the southwest of China, mostly concentrated in the mountain areas of Yunnan, Sichuan, Guizhou provinces and the northeast of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.

Yi (pronounced YEE) are the seventh largest ethnic group and the sixth largest minority in China. They numbered 9,830,327 in 2020 and made up 0.70 percent of the total population of China in 2020 according to the 2020 Chinese census.

The Yi (彝族) are one of the largest minorities in China, with a total population of about 7,800,000 (in 2000), distributed in the provinces of Yunnan, Sichuan, Guangxi and Guizhou. The Yi engages in agriculture and animals husbandry, they are also good at arts and crafts including lacquer painting, embroidery, silverworks, carving etc.

Yi ethnic minority is reputed as a nation with a long history and splendid culture within South Western China.

2018年5月2日 · There are more Yi people than there are Norwegians, Swiss, Libyans or Tibetans – around nine million. They have one of the world’s only independent writing systems, derived from neither...

The Yi ethnic group is China’s sixth-largest minority, numbering approximately 9.8 million. They are predominantly distributed across Yunnan, Sichuan, Guizhou, and Guangxi, with the Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture serving as the largest Yi settlement in the country.

Yi society has traditionally been divided into three classes; 1) nobles (the Black Yi); 2) commoners (the White Yi) and 3) slaves. The members of each class engaged in similar agricultural and herding duties. The Black Yi owned more land than the other groups and they rented out land mainly in return for military service.

Chinese Yi ethnic minority, numbering 188,824, is widely distributed over northern China from the Ili area in the Xinjiang Uigur Autonomous Region in the west to the northeast provinces of Jilin and Liaoning.