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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/1b/Semi-protection-shackle.svg/20px-Semi-protection-shackle.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/1b/Semi-protection-shackle.svg/30px-Semi-protection-shackle.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/1b/Semi-protection-shackle.svg/40px-Semi-protection-shackle.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="512" /></a></span></div></div> </div> <div id="siteSub" class="noprint">From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</div> </div> <div id="contentSub"><div id="mw-content-subtitle"></div></div> <div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p><p><b>Ethnic groups in South Asia</b> are <a href="/wiki/Ethnolinguistics" title="Ethnolinguistics">ethnolinguistic</a> groupings within the diverse populations of <a href="/wiki/South_Asia" title="South Asia">South Asia</a>, including the countries of <a href="/wiki/Bangladesh" title="Bangladesh">Bangladesh</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bhutan" title="Bhutan">Bhutan</a>, <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a>, <a href="/wiki/Maldives" title="Maldives">Maldives</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nepal" title="Nepal">Nepal</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pakistan" title="Pakistan">Pakistan</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka" title="Sri Lanka">Sri Lanka</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-UN_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UN-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Afghanistan" title="Afghanistan">Afghanistan</a> is variously considered to be a part of both <a href="/wiki/Central_Asia" title="Central Asia">Central Asia</a> and South Asia, which means <a href="/wiki/Afghans" title="Afghans">Afghans</a> are not always included among South Asians, but when they are, South Asia has a total population of about 2.04 billion.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-BSA_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BSA-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Lindsay2001_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lindsay2001-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The majority of the population fall within three large <a href="/wiki/Language_family" title="Language family">linguistic groups</a>: <a href="/wiki/Indo-Aryan_peoples" title="Indo-Aryan peoples">Indo-Aryan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dravidian_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Dravidian people">Dravidian</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Iranic_peoples" class="mw-redirect" title="Iranic peoples">Iranic</a>. These groups are also further subdivided into numerous sub-groups, castes and tribes. Indo-Aryans form the predominant ethnolinguistic group in India (<a href="/wiki/North_India" title="North India">North India</a>, <a href="/wiki/East_India" title="East India">East India</a>, <a href="/wiki/West_India" class="mw-redirect" title="West India">West India</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Central_India" title="Central India">Central India</a>), Bangladesh, Pakistan, Nepal, Sri Lanka, and the Maldives.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Dravidians form the predominant ethnolinguistic group in <a href="/wiki/South_India" title="South India">southern India</a>, the northern and eastern regions of Sri Lanka and a small pocket of Pakistan.<sup id="cite_ref-SwanSmith2001_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SwanSmith2001-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Iranic_peoples" class="mw-redirect" title="Iranic peoples">Iranic peoples</a> also have a significant presence in South Asia, the large majority of whom are located in Afghanistan and the northwestern and western parts of Pakistan.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Minority groups not falling within either large group mostly speak languages belonging to the <a href="/wiki/Austroasiatic_languages" title="Austroasiatic languages">Austroasiatic</a> and <a href="/wiki/Tibeto-Burman_languages" title="Tibeto-Burman languages">Tibeto-Burman</a> language families, and largely live around <a href="/wiki/Ladakh" title="Ladakh">Ladakh</a> and <a href="/wiki/Northeast_India" title="Northeast India">Northeast India</a>, Nepal, Bhutan, and the <a href="/wiki/Chittagong_Hill_Tracts" title="Chittagong Hill Tracts">Chittagong Hill Tracts</a> of Bangladesh. The <a href="/wiki/Andamanese" class="mw-redirect" title="Andamanese">Andamanese</a> (Sentinel, Onge, Jarawa, and Great Andamanese) live in some of the Andaman Islands and speak a <a href="/wiki/Language_isolate" title="Language isolate">language isolate</a>, as do the <a href="/wiki/Kusunda_people" title="Kusunda people">Kusunda</a> in central Nepal,<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the <a href="/wiki/Vedda_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Vedda people">Vedda</a> in Sri Lanka, and the <a href="/wiki/Nihali" class="mw-redirect" title="Nihali">Nihali</a> of Central India, who number about 5,000 people. The people of the <a href="/wiki/Hunza_Valley" title="Hunza Valley">Hunza Valley</a> in Pakistan are another distinct population; they speak <a href="/wiki/Burushaski" title="Burushaski">Burushaski</a>, a language isolate. </p><p>The traditions of different ethnic groups in South Asia have diverged, influenced by external cultures, especially in the <a href="/wiki/Northwestern_South_Asia" title="Northwestern South Asia">northwestern parts</a> of South Asia and also in the border regions and busy ports, where there are greater levels of contact with external cultures. There is also a lot of genetic diversity within the region. For example, most of the ethnic groups of the <a href="/wiki/Northeast_India" title="Northeast India">northeastern parts</a> of South Asia are genetically related to peoples of <a href="/wiki/East_Asia" title="East Asia">East</a> or <a href="/wiki/Southeast_Asia" title="Southeast Asia">Southeast Asia</a>. There are also genetically isolated groups who have not been genetically influenced by other groups, such as the <a href="/wiki/Jarawas_(Andaman_Islands)" title="Jarawas (Andaman Islands)">Jarawa people</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Andaman_Islands" title="Andaman Islands">Andaman Islands</a>. The largest ethnolinguistic group in South Asia are the Indo-Aryans, numbering around 1 billion, and the largest subgroup are the native speakers of <a href="/wiki/Central_Indo-Aryan_languages" title="Central Indo-Aryan languages">Hindi languages</a>, numbering more than 470 million. </p><p>These groups are based solely on a linguistic basis and not on a genetic basis. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="List_of_ethnic_groups_on_the_basis_of_language">List of ethnic groups on the basis of language</h2></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:South_Asian_Language_Families.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/South_Asian_Language_Families.jpg/220px-South_Asian_Language_Families.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="240" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/South_Asian_Language_Families.jpg/330px-South_Asian_Language_Families.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/South_Asian_Language_Families.jpg/440px-South_Asian_Language_Families.jpg 2x" data-file-width="637" data-file-height="695" /></a><figcaption>South Asian language families</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Andamanese_groups">Andamanese groups</h3></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Andamanese_peoples" title="Andamanese peoples">Andamanese peoples</a></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Great_Andamanese" title="Great Andamanese">Great Andamanese</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Andaman_and_Nicobar_Islands" title="Andaman and Nicobar Islands">Andaman and Nicobar Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jangil" title="Jangil">Jangil</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Andaman_and_Nicobar_Islands" title="Andaman and Nicobar Islands">Andaman and Nicobar Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jarawa_(Andaman_Islands)" class="mw-redirect" title="Jarawa (Andaman Islands)">Jarawa</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Andaman_and_Nicobar_Islands" title="Andaman and Nicobar Islands">Andaman and Nicobar Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Onge_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Onge people">Onge</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Andaman_and_Nicobar_Islands" title="Andaman and Nicobar Islands">Andaman and Nicobar Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sentinelese_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Sentinelese people">Sentinelese</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Andaman_and_Nicobar_Islands" title="Andaman and Nicobar Islands">Andaman and Nicobar Islands</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Austroasiatic_people">Austroasiatic people</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Austroasiatic_peoples_of_South_Asia" class="mw-redirect" title="Austroasiatic peoples of South Asia">Austroasiatic peoples of South Asia</a></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Khasi_people" title="Khasi people">Khasi people</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Pnar_people" title="Pnar people">Pnar/Jaintia</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Munda_peoples" title="Munda peoples">Munda peoples</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bhumij_people" title="Bhumij people">Bhumij people</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bonda_people" title="Bonda people">Bonda people</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ho_people" title="Ho people">Ho people</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Juang_people" title="Juang people">Juang people</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kharia_people" title="Kharia people">Kharia people</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Korku_people" title="Korku people">Korku people</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mahle_people" title="Mahle people">Mahle people</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Munda_people" title="Munda people">Munda people</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Santali_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Santali people">Santali people</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sora_people" title="Sora people">Sora people</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nicobarese_people" title="Nicobarese people">Nicobarese people</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shompen_people" title="Shompen people">Shompen people</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Austronesian_people">Austronesian people</h3></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lankan_Malays" title="Sri Lankan Malays">Sri Lankan Malays</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Urak_Lawoi" title="Urak Lawoi">Urak Lawoi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moken" title="Moken">Moken</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Dravidian_people">Dravidian people</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Dravidian_peoples" title="Dravidian peoples">Dravidian peoples</a></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Badagas" title="Badagas">Badagas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brahui_people" title="Brahui people">Brahui people</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kondha" class="mw-redirect" title="Kondha">Dongria Kondha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gondi_people" title="Gondi people">Gondi people</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Irulas" class="mw-redirect" title="Irulas">Irulas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kannadigas" title="Kannadigas">Kannadigas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khonds" title="Khonds">Khonds</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kodava_people" title="Kodava people">Kodava</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kurukh_people" title="Kurukh people">Kurukh/Oraon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malayali" class="mw-redirect" title="Malayali">Malayali</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malto_people" title="Malto people">Malto people</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sauria_Paharia_people" title="Sauria Paharia people">Sauria Paharia people</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tamil_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Tamil people">Tamil people</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Tamil_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Tamil people">Indian Tamils</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Indian_Tamils_of_Sri_Lanka" title="Indian Tamils of Sri Lanka">Indian Tamils of Sri Lanka</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lankan_Tamils" title="Sri Lankan Tamils">Sri Lankan Tamils</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Telugu_people" title="Telugu people">Telugu people</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Toda_people" title="Toda people">Toda people</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tulu_people" title="Tulu people">Tulu people</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Indo-Aryan_people">Indo-Aryan people</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Indo-Aryan_peoples" title="Indo-Aryan peoples">Indo-Aryan peoples</a></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Major_Indo-Aryan_languages.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Major_Indo-Aryan_languages.png/200px-Major_Indo-Aryan_languages.png" decoding="async" width="200" height="209" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Major_Indo-Aryan_languages.png/300px-Major_Indo-Aryan_languages.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Major_Indo-Aryan_languages.png/400px-Major_Indo-Aryan_languages.png 2x" data-file-width="572" data-file-height="599" /></a><figcaption>The extent of Indo-Aryan languages in South Asia</figcaption></figure> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Assamese_people" title="Assamese people">Assamese people</a><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Awadhi_people" title="Awadhi people">Awadhi people</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Banjara" title="Banjara">Banjara people</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bhojpuri_people" title="Bhojpuri people">Bhojpuri people</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bengalis" title="Bengalis">Bengali people</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bhil_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Bhil people">Bhil people</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brokpa_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Brokpa people">Brokpa people</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chitrali_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Chitrali people">Chitrali people</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chittagonian_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Chittagonian people">Chittagonian people</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deccani_Muslims" class="mw-redirect" title="Deccani Muslims">Deccani people</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dhivehi_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Dhivehi people">Dhivehi people</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dogra_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Dogra people">Dogra people</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Garhwali_people" title="Garhwali people">Garhwali people</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gujarati_people" title="Gujarati people">Gujarati people</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Haryanvi_people" title="Haryanvi people">Haryanvi people</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hazarawal_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Hazarawal people">Hazarewal/Hindkowans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indus_Kohistani_people" title="Indus Kohistani people">Indus Kohistani people</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kalash_people" title="Kalash people">Kalash people</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kamrupi_people" title="Kamrupi people">Kamrupi people</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kashmiri_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Kashmiri people">Kashmiri people</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khas_people" title="Khas people">Khas people</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kho_people" title="Kho people">Kho people</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Konkani_people" title="Konkani people">Konkani people</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kumaoni_people" title="Kumaoni people">Kumaoni people</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kutchi_people" title="Kutchi people">Kutchi people</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maithili_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Maithili people">Maithili people</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maldivians" title="Maldivians">Maldivian people</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marathi_people" title="Marathi people">Marathi people</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Magahi_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Magahi people">Magahi people</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meena" title="Meena">Meena people</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nagpuria_people" title="Nagpuria people">Nagpuria people</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Odia_people" title="Odia people">Odia people</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pahari_people_(Kashmir)" title="Pahari people (Kashmir)">Pahari people (Kashmir)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pahari_people_(Nepal)" title="Pahari people (Nepal)">Pahari people (Nepal)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parsi_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Parsi people">Parsi people</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Punjabi_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Punjabi people">Punjabi people</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rajbongshi_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Rajbongshi people">Rajbongshi people</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rajasthani_people" title="Rajasthani people">Rajasthani people</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Marwaris" class="mw-redirect" title="Marwaris">Marwaris</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rohingya_people" title="Rohingya people">Rohingya people</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sindhi_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Sindhi people">Sindhi people</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Memons" class="mw-redirect" title="Memons">Memons</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saraiki_people" title="Saraiki people">Saraiki people</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saurashtra_people" title="Saurashtra people">Saurashtra people</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sinhalese_people" title="Sinhalese people">Sinhalese people</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shina_people" title="Shina people">Shina people</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sylheti_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Sylheti people">Sylheti people</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tirahi" title="Tirahi">Tirahi people</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tharu_people" title="Tharu people">Tharu people</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Torwali_people" title="Torwali people">Torwali people</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Iranic_people">Iranic people</h3></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Baloch_people" title="Baloch people">Baloch people</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hazara_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Hazara people">Hazara people</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Irani_(India)" class="mw-redirect" title="Irani (India)">Irani people</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pashtun_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Pashtun people">Pashtun people</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Rohilla" title="Rohilla">Rohilla people</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tajiks_of_Pakistan" class="mw-redirect" title="Tajiks of Pakistan">Tajiks of Pakistan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wakhi_people" title="Wakhi people">Wakhi people</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yidgha-Munji_people" title="Yidgha-Munji people">Yidgha-Munji people</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Nuristani_people">Nuristani people</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Nuristani_peoples" class="mw-redirect" title="Nuristani peoples">Nuristani peoples</a></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Nuristani_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Nuristani people">Nuristani people</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kata_people" title="Kata people">Kata people</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kom_people_(Afghanistan)" title="Kom people (Afghanistan)">Kom people</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mumo" title="Mumo">Mumo people</a></li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Semitic_people">Semitic people</h3></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Arabs" title="Arabs">Arabs</a> or <a href="/wiki/Jews" title="Jews">Jews</a> and mixed <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Arab_(Gujarat)" class="mw-redirect" title="Arab (Gujarat)">Arabs in Gujarat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lankan_Moors" title="Sri Lankan Moors">Sri Lankan Moors</a> (trace ancestry to Arab traders who settled in Sri Lanka and native Tamil women)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iraqi_biradri" class="mw-redirect" title="Iraqi biradri">Iraqi biradri</a> - a community of Muslims in north India (trace ancestry from Arab tribe of <a href="/wiki/Bani_Tamim" class="mw-redirect" title="Bani Tamim">Bani Tamim</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Labbay" title="Labbay">Labbay</a> Arab traders who settled in South India</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Konkani_Muslims" title="Konkani Muslims">Konkani Muslims</a> trace their ancestry to Arab traders.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mappila_Muslims" class="mw-redirect" title="Mappila Muslims">Mappila Muslims</a> trace their ancestry to Arab traders.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chaush" title="Chaush">Chaush</a> trace ancestors to traders from <a href="/wiki/Yemen" title="Yemen">Yemen</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Syrian_Malabar_Nasranis" class="mw-redirect" title="Syrian Malabar Nasranis"> Nasrani Mapilla</a> who trace their origins to Jewish traders</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Knanaya" title="Knanaya">Knanaya</a> Syriac Christians who trace their origins to Mesopotamia</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thangal" class="mw-redirect" title="Thangal">Thangal</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indian_Jews" class="mw-redirect" title="Indian Jews">Indian Jews</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cochin_Jews" title="Cochin Jews">Cochin Jews</a> (Malayali Jews)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bene_Israel" title="Bene Israel">Bene Israel</a> (Marathi Jews)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baghdadi_Jews" title="Baghdadi Jews">Baghdadi Jews</a> (<a href="/wiki/Arab_Jews" title="Arab Jews">Arab Jews</a> in <a href="/wiki/Bengal" title="Bengal">Bengal</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bnei_Menashe" title="Bnei Menashe">Bnei Menashe</a> (<a href="/wiki/Mizo_people" title="Mizo people">Mizo</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kuki_peoples" class="mw-redirect" title="Kuki peoples">Kuki</a> Jews)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bene_Ephraim" title="Bene Ephraim">Bene Ephraim</a> (Telugu Jews)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paradesi_Jews" title="Paradesi Jews">Paradesi Jews</a> (<a href="/wiki/European_Jews" class="mw-redirect" title="European Jews">European Jews</a> in India)</li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Tai_people">Tai people</h3></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ahom_people" title="Ahom people">Ahom people</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tai_Aiton_people" title="Tai Aiton people">Tai Aiton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tai_Phake_people" title="Tai Phake people">Tai Phake</a> or Tai Phakial</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Tibeto-Burman_people">Tibeto-Burman people</h3></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bodo%E2%80%93Kachari_people" title="Bodo–Kachari people">Bodo–Kachari people</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bodo_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Bodo people">Bodo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dimasa_people" title="Dimasa people">Dimasa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Garo_people" title="Garo people">Garo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hajong_people" title="Hajong people">Hajong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sonowal_Kacharis" class="mw-redirect" title="Sonowal Kacharis">Sonowal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sutiya_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Sutiya people">Sutiya</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chakma_people" title="Chakma people">Chakma people</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chepang_people" title="Chepang people">Chepang</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gurung" class="mw-redirect" title="Gurung">Gurung</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khowa_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Khowa people">Khowa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kirati_people" title="Kirati people">Kirati people</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Rai_(ethnic_group)" class="mw-redirect" title="Rai (ethnic group)">Rai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Limbu_people" title="Limbu people">Limbu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yakkha_people" title="Yakkha people">Yakkha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sunuwar_people" title="Sunuwar people">Sunuwar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jirel_people" title="Jirel people">Jirel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hayu_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Hayu people">Hayu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dhimal" title="Dhimal">Dhimal</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lepcha_people" title="Lepcha people">Lepcha people</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Magar_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Magar people">Magar people</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Memba" class="mw-redirect" title="Memba">Memba</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meitei_people" title="Meitei people">Meitei people</a> (<a href="/wiki/Manipuri_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Manipuri people">Manipuri people</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naga_people" title="Naga people">Naga people</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/An%C4%81l_people" title="Anāl people">Anāl people</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Angami_Naga" title="Angami Naga">Angami Naga</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Southern_Angami" title="Southern Angami">Southern Angami</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ao_Naga" title="Ao Naga">Ao Naga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chakhesang_Naga" title="Chakhesang Naga">Chakhesang Naga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chang_Naga" title="Chang Naga">Chang Naga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chiru_Naga" class="mw-redirect" title="Chiru Naga">Chiru Naga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chothe_people" title="Chothe people">Chothe people</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khiamniungan_people" title="Khiamniungan people">Khiamniungan Naga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Konyak_Naga" title="Konyak Naga">Konyak Naga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lainong_Naga" title="Lainong Naga">Lainong Naga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lamkang_people" title="Lamkang people">Lamkang people</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lotha_Naga" title="Lotha Naga">Lotha Naga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mao_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Mao people">Mao people</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maram_people" title="Maram people">Maram people</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maring_people" title="Maring people">Maring people</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Monsang_people" title="Monsang people">Monsang people</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moyon_Naga_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Moyon Naga people">Moyon Naga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nocte_people" title="Nocte people">Nocte Naga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Para_Naga" title="Para Naga">Para Naga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Poumai_people" title="Poumai people">Poumai people</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Phom_Naga" title="Phom Naga">Phom Naga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pochury_Naga" title="Pochury Naga">Pochury Naga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rengma_Naga" title="Rengma Naga">Rengma Naga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sangtam_Naga" title="Sangtam Naga">Sangtam Naga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/S%C3%BCmi_Naga" title="Sümi Naga">Sümi Naga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tangkhul_people" title="Tangkhul people">Tangkhul people</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tangsa_Naga" title="Tangsa Naga">Tangsa Naga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tarao_people" title="Tarao people">Tarao people</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thangal_people" title="Thangal people">Thangal people</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tikhir_Naga" title="Tikhir Naga">Tikhir Naga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tutsa_Naga" title="Tutsa Naga">Tutsa Naga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wancho_Naga" title="Wancho Naga">Wancho Naga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yimkhiung_Naga" title="Yimkhiung Naga">Yimkhiung Naga</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chirr_Naga" title="Chirr Naga">Chirr Naga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Makury_Naga" title="Makury Naga">Makury Naga</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zeliangrong" title="Zeliangrong">Zeliangrong</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Inpui_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Inpui people">Inpui people</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liangmai_people" title="Liangmai people">Liangmai people</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rongmei_people" title="Rongmei people">Rongmei people</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zeme_people" title="Zeme people">Zeme Naga</a></li></ul></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Newar_people" title="Newar people">Newar people</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nishi_(tribe)" class="mw-redirect" title="Nishi (tribe)">Nishi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tamang_people" title="Tamang people">Tamang</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thakali_people" title="Thakali people">Thakali</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tibetans" class="mw-redirect" title="Tibetans">Tibetans</a> and <a href="/wiki/Standard_Tibetan" class="mw-redirect" title="Standard Tibetan">Tibetan-speaking</a> peoples <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ladakh#Demographics" title="Ladakh">Tibetan Ladakhis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uttarakhandi_Bhotiya" class="mw-redirect" title="Uttarakhandi Bhotiya">Uttarakhandi Bhotiya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sikkimese_people" title="Sikkimese people">Sikkimese people</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bhutia" title="Bhutia">Bhutias</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Monpa_people" title="Monpa people">Monpa</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Takpa" class="mw-redirect" title="Takpa">Takpa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tshangla" class="mw-redirect" title="Tshangla">Tshangla</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sherpas" class="mw-redirect" title="Sherpas">Sherpas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bhotiya" title="Bhotiya">Bhotiyas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sherdukpen" class="mw-redirect" title="Sherdukpen">Sherdukpen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aka_(tribe)" class="mw-redirect" title="Aka (tribe)">Aka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Miji_people" title="Miji people">Miji</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tibetan_Muslim" class="mw-redirect" title="Tibetan Muslim">Tibetan Muslim</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Purigpa" title="Purigpa">Burig</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Balti_people" title="Balti people">Baltis</a></li></ul></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tripuri_people" title="Tripuri people">Tripuri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karbi_people" title="Karbi people">Karbi people</a> or <a href="/wiki/Mikir" class="mw-redirect" title="Mikir">Mikir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thami" title="Thami">Thami</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zo_people" title="Zo people">Zo people</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bawm_people" title="Bawm people">Bawm people</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chin_people" title="Chin people">Chin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kuki_people" title="Kuki people">Kuki</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Halam_tribe" title="Halam tribe">Halam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hrangkhol_people" title="Hrangkhol people">Hrangkhol</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mizo_people" title="Mizo people">Mizo</a></li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Turkic_people">Turkic people</h3></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Turks_in_India" title="Turks in India">Turks in India</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rowther" title="Rowther">Rowther</a> are alleged descendants of <a href="/wiki/Seljuk_Empire" title="Seljuk Empire">Seljuk Turks</a> in <a href="/wiki/Turco-Persian_tradition" title="Turco-Persian tradition">Turko-Persian tradition</a>. They have since become the tradition of Turko-Indian in 12th Century.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mughal_(tribe)" class="mw-redirect" title="Mughal (tribe)">Mughal (Moghul)</a> (A <a href="/wiki/Sunni" class="mw-redirect" title="Sunni">Sunni</a> <a href="/wiki/Islamic" class="mw-redirect" title="Islamic">Islamic</a> dynasty of Asia which originated in Central Asia) <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chughtai" title="Chughtai">Chughtai</a> <a href="/wiki/Tartars" class="mw-redirect" title="Tartars">Tartars</a> (Those people who originated in <a href="/wiki/Uzbekistan" title="Uzbekistan">Uzbekistan</a> and fought for <a href="/wiki/Chagatai_Khan" title="Chagatai Khan">Chagatai Khan</a> who was son of <a href="/wiki/Genghis_Khan" title="Genghis Khan">Genghis Khan</a>).</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barlas" title="Barlas">Barlas</a> (A <a href="/wiki/Turkification" title="Turkification">Turkified</a> Mongol tribe to which <a href="/wiki/Babur" title="Babur">Babur</a> belonged)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Changezi" title="Changezi">Changezi</a> (Those who were in army of <a href="/wiki/Hulagu_Khan" class="mw-redirect" title="Hulagu Khan">Hulagu Khan</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Turkic_people_in_Pakistan" class="mw-redirect" title="Turkic people in Pakistan">Turkic people in Pakistan</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kyrgyz_in_Pakistan" title="Kyrgyz in Pakistan">Kyrgyz in Pakistan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Turkmen_in_Pakistan" title="Turkmen in Pakistan">Turkmen in Pakistan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uyghurs_in_Pakistan" title="Uyghurs in Pakistan">Uyghurs in Pakistan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uzbeks_in_Pakistan" title="Uzbeks in Pakistan">Uzbeks in Pakistan</a></li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Afro-Asian_groups">Afro-Asian groups</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Afro-Asians_in_South_Asia" title="Afro-Asians in South Asia">Afro-Asians in South Asia</a></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chaush" title="Chaush">Chaush</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sheedi" class="mw-redirect" title="Sheedi">Sheedis/Siddis</a>, an ethnic community of <a href="/wiki/Black_African" class="mw-redirect" title="Black African">Black African</a> descent, found primarily in Pakistan, Gujarat, and Karnataka.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Kaffir_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Sri Lanka Kaffir people">Sri Lanka Kaffirs</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="European_and_Eurasian_people">European and Eurasian people</h3></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Anglo-Burmese" class="mw-redirect" title="Anglo-Burmese">Anglo-Burmese</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anglo-Indian" class="mw-redirect" title="Anglo-Indian">Anglo-Indian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Armenians_in_Bangladesh" class="mw-redirect" title="Armenians in Bangladesh">Bangladeshi-Armenians</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burgher_people" title="Burgher people">Burgher people</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/French_people_in_India" title="French people in India">French-Indian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luso-Indian" title="Luso-Indian">Luso-Indian</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="East_Asian_people">East Asian people</h3></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Chinese">Chinese</h4></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chinese_people_in_Bangladesh" title="Chinese people in Bangladesh">Bangladeshi Chinese</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chinese_community_in_India" class="mw-redirect" title="Chinese community in India">Indian Chinese</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chinese_people_in_Pakistan" title="Chinese people in Pakistan">Pakistani Chinese</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chinese_people_in_Sri_Lanka" title="Chinese people in Sri Lanka">Sri Lankan Chinese</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Linguistic_isolate_groups">Linguistic isolate groups</h3></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hunza_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Hunza people">Hunza people</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kusunda_people" title="Kusunda people">Kusunda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nihali_language" title="Nihali language">Nahali</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vedda_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Vedda people">Vedda</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Diaspora">Diaspora</h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/South_Asian_diaspora" title="South Asian diaspora">South Asian diaspora</a></div> <p>Many South Asian ethnic groups and nationalities have substantial diasporas. </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/South_Asian_American" class="mw-redirect" title="South Asian American">South Asian American</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bangladeshi_American" class="mw-redirect" title="Bangladeshi American">Bangladeshi American</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bengali_American" class="mw-redirect" title="Bengali American">Bengali American</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gujarati_Americans" title="Gujarati Americans">Gujarati American</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indian_American" class="mw-redirect" title="Indian American">Indian American</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Indo-Caribbean_American" class="mw-redirect" title="Indo-Caribbean American">Indo-Caribbean American</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indo-Fijian#Diaspora" class="mw-redirect" title="Indo-Fijian">Indo-Fijian American</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nepalese_American" class="mw-redirect" title="Nepalese American">Nepalese American</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Afghan_Americans" title="Afghan Americans">Afghan Americans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bhutanese_Americans" title="Bhutanese Americans">Bhutanese Americans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maldivian_Americans" title="Maldivian Americans">Maldivian Americans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pakistani_American" class="mw-redirect" title="Pakistani American">Pakistani American</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Punjabi_American" class="mw-redirect" title="Punjabi American">Punjabi American</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sindhi_Americans" title="Sindhi Americans">Sindhi American</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lankan_American" class="mw-redirect" title="Sri Lankan American">Sri Lankan American</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tamil_American" class="mw-redirect" title="Tamil American">Tamil American</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Telugu_Americans" title="Telugu Americans">Telugu American</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Asian_Canadian" class="mw-redirect" title="South Asian Canadian">South Asian Canadian</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bangladeshi_Canadian" class="mw-redirect" title="Bangladeshi Canadian">Bangladeshi Canadian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indo-Canadian" class="mw-redirect" title="Indo-Canadian">Indo-Canadian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nepalese_Canadian" class="mw-redirect" title="Nepalese Canadian">Nepalese Canadian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pakistani_Canadian" class="mw-redirect" title="Pakistani Canadian">Pakistani Canadian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Afghan_Canadian" class="mw-redirect" title="Afghan Canadian">Afghan Canadian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lankan_Canadian" class="mw-redirect" title="Sri Lankan Canadian">Sri Lankan Canadian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tamil_Canadian" class="mw-redirect" title="Tamil Canadian">Tamil Canadian</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_South_Asian" class="mw-redirect" title="British South Asian">British South Asian</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/British_Bangladeshi" class="mw-redirect" title="British Bangladeshi">British Bangladeshi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Indian" class="mw-redirect" title="British Indian">British Indian</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/British_Indo-Caribbean_people" title="British Indo-Caribbean people">British Indo-Caribbean people</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Nepalese" class="mw-redirect" title="British Nepalese">British Nepalese</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Pakistani" class="mw-redirect" title="British Pakistani">British Pakistani</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Afghans" class="mw-redirect" title="British Afghans">British Afghans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Tamil" class="mw-redirect" title="British Tamil">British Tamil</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lankans_in_the_United_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="Sri Lankans in the United Kingdom">Sri Lankans in the United Kingdom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mauritians_in_the_United_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="Mauritians in the United Kingdom">Mauritians in the United Kingdom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Asian-Scots" class="mw-redirect" title="Asian-Scots">Asian-Scots</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Asian_Australian" class="mw-redirect" title="South Asian Australian">South Asian Australian</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bangladeshi_Australian" class="mw-redirect" title="Bangladeshi Australian">Bangladeshi Australian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indian_Australian" class="mw-redirect" title="Indian Australian">Indian Australian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nepalese_Australian" class="mw-redirect" title="Nepalese Australian">Nepalese Australian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pakistani_Australian" class="mw-redirect" title="Pakistani Australian">Pakistani Australian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lankan_Australian" class="mw-redirect" title="Sri Lankan Australian">Sri Lankan Australian</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indian_New_Zealanders" title="Indian New Zealanders">Indian New Zealanders</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malaysian_Indian" class="mw-redirect" title="Malaysian Indian">Malaysian Indian</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Tamil_Malaysians" title="Tamil Malaysians">Tamil Malaysians</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chitty" title="Chitty">Chitty</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indians_in_Singapore" class="mw-redirect" title="Indians in Singapore">Indians in Singapore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nepalis_in_Singapore" title="Nepalis in Singapore">Nepalis in Singapore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nepalese_people_in_Malaysia" title="Nepalese people in Malaysia">Nepalese people in Malaysia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indian_Indonesian" class="mw-redirect" title="Indian Indonesian">Indian Indonesian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indo-Mauritian" class="mw-redirect" title="Indo-Mauritian">Indo-Mauritian</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bihari_Mauritian" class="mw-redirect" title="Bihari Mauritian">Bihari Mauritian</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indo-Caribbean" class="mw-redirect" title="Indo-Caribbean">Indo-Caribbean</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Indians_in_Barbados" title="Indians in Barbados">Indians in Barbados</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indians_in_Belize" class="mw-redirect" title="Indians in Belize">Indians in Belize</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indians_in_the_Dominican_Republic" title="Indians in the Dominican Republic">Indians in the Dominican Republic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indians_in_French_Guiana" title="Indians in French Guiana">Indians in French Guiana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indo-Grenadians" title="Indo-Grenadians">Indo-Grenadians</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indians_in_Guadeloupe" class="mw-redirect" title="Indians in Guadeloupe">Indians in Guadeloupe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indo-Guyanese" title="Indo-Guyanese">Indo-Guyanese</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indo-Haitians" title="Indo-Haitians">Indo-Haitians</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indo-Jamaican" class="mw-redirect" title="Indo-Jamaican">Indo-Jamaican</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indo-Martiniquais" title="Indo-Martiniquais">Indo-Martiniquais</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indo-Saint_Lucian" class="mw-redirect" title="Indo-Saint Lucian">Indo-Saint Lucian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indo-Surinamese" title="Indo-Surinamese">Indo-Surinamese</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indo-Trinidadian_and_Tobagonian" class="mw-redirect" title="Indo-Trinidadian and Tobagonian">Indo-Trinidadian and Tobagonian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indo-Vincentian" title="Indo-Vincentian">Indo-Vincentian</a></li></ul></li> <li>Indians in South America <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Indians_in_Argentina" title="Indians in Argentina">Indians in Argentina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indians_in_Brazil" class="mw-redirect" title="Indians in Brazil">Indians in Brazil</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indians_in_Panama" title="Indians in Panama">Indians in Panama</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indians_in_Venezuela" title="Indians in Venezuela">Indians in Venezuela</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burmese_Indians" title="Burmese Indians">Burmese Indians</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Asians_in_Hong_Kong" title="South Asians in Hong Kong">South Asians in Hong Kong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Asians_in_the_Philippines" class="mw-redirect" title="South Asians in the Philippines">South Asians in the Philippines</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Asians_in_the_Netherlands" title="South Asians in the Netherlands">South Asians in the Netherlands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indians_in_Germany" title="Indians in Germany">Indians in Germany</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nepalis_in_Germany" title="Nepalis in Germany">Nepalis in Germany</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indian_diaspora_in_Southeast_Africa" title="Indian diaspora in Southeast Africa">Indian diaspora in Southeast Africa</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Indian_South_Africans" title="Indian South Africans">Indian South Africans</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Tamil_South_Africans" title="Tamil South Africans">Tamil South Africans</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indians_in_Botswana" title="Indians in Botswana">Indians in Botswana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indians_in_Kenya" title="Indians in Kenya">Indians in Kenya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indians_in_Madagascar" title="Indians in Madagascar">Indians in Madagascar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indo-Mauritian" class="mw-redirect" title="Indo-Mauritian">Indo-Mauritian</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bihari_Mauritian" class="mw-redirect" title="Bihari Mauritian">Bihari Mauritian</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indians_in_Mozambique" title="Indians in Mozambique">Indians in Mozambique</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indo-R%C3%A9unionnaise" class="mw-redirect" title="Indo-Réunionnaise">Indo-Réunionnaise</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indo-Seychellois" title="Indo-Seychellois">Indo-Seychellois</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indians_in_Tanzania" title="Indians in Tanzania">Indians in Tanzania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indians_in_Uganda" title="Indians in Uganda">Indians in Uganda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indians_in_Zambia" title="Indians in Zambia">Indians in Zambia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indians_in_Zimbabwe" title="Indians in Zimbabwe">Indians in Zimbabwe</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indians_in_Iran" title="Indians in Iran">Indians in Iran</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indians_in_Thailand" title="Indians in Thailand">Indians in Thailand</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indians_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="Indians in the United Arab Emirates">Indians in the United Arab Emirates</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indians_in_Vietnam" title="Indians in Vietnam">Indians in Vietnam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indians_in_Panama" title="Indians in Panama">Indians in Panama</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indian_diaspora_in_France" class="mw-redirect" title="Indian diaspora in France">Indian diaspora in France</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indians_in_Israel" title="Indians in Israel">Indians in Israel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indians_in_Italy" title="Indians in Italy">Indians in Italy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indians_in_Portugal" title="Indians in Portugal">Indians in Portugal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indian_community_in_Spain" class="mw-redirect" title="Indian community in Spain">Indian community in Spain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indians_in_Fiji" class="mw-redirect" title="Indians in Fiji">Indo-Fijian</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/South_Indians_in_Fiji" title="South Indians in Fiji">South Indians in Fiji</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lhotshampa" title="Lhotshampa">Lhotshampa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mahajir_(Pakistan)" class="mw-redirect" title="Mahajir (Pakistan)">Muhajir people</a></li></ul> <p>See also <a href="/wiki/Bangladeshi_diaspora" title="Bangladeshi diaspora">Bangladeshi diaspora</a>, <a href="/wiki/Non-resident_Indian_and_person_of_Indian_origin" class="mw-redirect" title="Non-resident Indian and person of Indian origin">Indian diaspora</a>, <a href="/wiki/Non_Resident_Nepali" class="mw-redirect" title="Non Resident Nepali">Nepalese diaspora</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pakistani_diaspora" title="Pakistani diaspora">Pakistani diaspora</a>, <a href="/wiki/Afghan_diaspora" title="Afghan diaspora">Afghan diaspora</a>, and . </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Ethnolinguistic_diasporas">Ethnolinguistic diasporas</h3></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bengali_diaspora" class="mw-redirect" title="Bengali diaspora">Bengali diaspora</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bihari_diaspora" title="Bihari diaspora">Bihari diaspora</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gujarati_diaspora" title="Gujarati diaspora">Gujarati diaspora</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kashmiri_diaspora" title="Kashmiri diaspora">Kashmiri diaspora</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malayali_diaspora" title="Malayali diaspora">Malayali diaspora</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maharashtra_Mandal" title="Maharashtra Mandal">Marathi diaspora</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mizo_diaspora" title="Mizo diaspora">Mizo diaspora</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Odia_diaspora" title="Odia diaspora">Odia diaspora</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Punjabi_diaspora" title="Punjabi diaspora">Punjabi diaspora</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sindhi_diaspora" title="Sindhi diaspora">Sindhi diaspora</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tamil_diaspora" title="Tamil diaspora">Tamil diaspora</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Puducherry_diaspora" title="Puducherry diaspora">Puducherry diaspora</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lankan_Tamil_diaspora" title="Sri Lankan Tamil diaspora">Sri Lankan Tamil diaspora</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tamil_Nadu_diaspora" title="Tamil Nadu diaspora">Tamil Nadu diaspora</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Telugu_diaspora" title="Telugu diaspora">Telugu diaspora</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sindhi_diaspora" title="Sindhi diaspora">Sindhi diaspora</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Indian_diaspora" title="South Indian diaspora">South Indian diaspora</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Other_diasporas">Other diasporas</h3></div> <p>Two (or possibly three) other people groups have ethnic and linguistic ties with the region: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dom_people" title="Dom people">Dom people</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Romani_people" title="Romani people">Romani people</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lom_people" title="Lom people">Lom people</a> (who speak a language both related to Indo-Aryan and Armenian)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Immigration_to_Bangladesh" title="Immigration to Bangladesh">Immigration to Bangladesh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Immigration_to_India" title="Immigration to India">Immigration to India</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Languages_of_South_Asia" title="Languages of South Asia">Languages of South Asia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Languages_of_Bangladesh" title="Languages of Bangladesh">Languages of Bangladesh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Languages_of_Bhutan" title="Languages of Bhutan">Languages of Bhutan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Languages_of_India" title="Languages of India">Languages of India</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maldives#Languages" title="Maldives">Languages of Maldives</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Languages_of_Nepal" title="Languages of Nepal">Languages of Nepal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Languages_of_Pakistan" title="Languages of Pakistan">Languages of Pakistan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Languages_of_Sri_Lanka" title="Languages of Sri Lanka">Languages of Sri Lanka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_indigenous_peoples#South_Asia" class="mw-redirect" title="List of indigenous peoples">List of indigenous peoples of South Asia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Scheduled_Tribes_in_India" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Scheduled Tribes in India">List of Scheduled Tribes in India</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scheduled_Castes_and_Scheduled_Tribes" title="Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes">Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Asian_diaspora" title="South Asian diaspora">South Asian diaspora</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Desi" title="Desi">Desi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ethnic_groups_in_Pakistan" title="Ethnic groups in Pakistan">Ethnic groups in Pakistan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ethnic_groups_in_Nepal" title="Ethnic groups in Nepal">Ethnic groups in Nepal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Genetics_and_archaeogenetics_of_South_Asia" title="Genetics and archaeogenetics of South Asia">Genetics and archaeogenetics of South Asia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Y-DNA_haplogroups_in_populations_of_South_Asia" title="Y-DNA haplogroups in populations of South Asia">Y-DNA haplogroups in populations of South Asia</a></li></ul> <p><b>National demographics:</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Demographics_of_Bangladesh" title="Demographics of Bangladesh">Demographics of Bangladesh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Demographics_of_Bhutan" title="Demographics of Bhutan">Demographics of Bhutan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Demographics_of_India" title="Demographics of India">Demographics of India</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Demographics_of_the_Maldives" title="Demographics of the Maldives">Demographics of the Maldives</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Demographics_of_Nepal" title="Demographics of Nepal">Demographics of Nepal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Demographics_of_Pakistan" 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group">Ethnoreligious group</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ethnographic_realism" title="Ethnographic realism">Ethnographic realism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Diaspora" title="Diaspora">Diaspora</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Immigration" title="Immigration">Immigration</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hyphenated_ethnicity" title="Hyphenated ethnicity">Hyphenated ethnicity</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indigenous_peoples" title="Indigenous peoples">Indigenous peoples</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/In-group_and_out-group" title="In-group and out-group">In-group and out-groups</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meta-ethnicity" title="Meta-ethnicity">Meta-ethnicity</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Metroethnicity" title="Metroethnicity">Metroethnicity</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Minority_group" title="Minority group">Minority group</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Minority_influence" title="Minority influence">Influence</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Monoethnicity" title="Monoethnicity">Monoethnicity</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nation" title="Nation">Nation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nationality" title="Nationality">Nationality</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Panethnicity" title="Panethnicity">Panethnicity</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Polyethnicity" title="Polyethnicity">Polyethnicity</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Population" title="Population">Population</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Race_(human_categorization)" title="Race (human categorization)">Race</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Supraethnicity" title="Supraethnicity">Supraethnicity</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Symbolic_ethnicity" title="Symbolic ethnicity">Symbolic ethnicity</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tribe" title="Tribe">Tribe</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Ethnology" title="Ethnology">Ethnology</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Anthropology" title="Anthropology">Anthropology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ethnic_studies" title="Ethnic studies">Ethnic studies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ethnoarchaeology" title="Ethnoarchaeology">Ethnoarchaeology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ethnobiology" title="Ethnobiology">Ethnobiology</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ethnobotany" title="Ethnobotany">Ethnobotany</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ethnoecology" title="Ethnoecology">Ethnoecology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ethnomycology" title="Ethnomycology">Ethnomycology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ethnozoology" title="Ethnozoology">Ethnozoology</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ethnocinema" title="Ethnocinema">Ethnocinema</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ethnogeology" title="Ethnogeology">Ethnogeology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ethnography" title="Ethnography">Ethnography</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Autoethnography" title="Autoethnography">Autoethnography</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clinical_ethnography" title="Clinical ethnography">Clinical</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Critical_ethnography" title="Critical ethnography">Critical</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Institutional_ethnography" title="Institutional ethnography">Institutional</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Netnography" title="Netnography">Netnography</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Online_ethnography" title="Online ethnography">Online</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Person-centered_ethnography" title="Person-centered ethnography">Person-centered</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Salvage_ethnography" title="Salvage ethnography">Salvage</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Transidioethnography" title="Transidioethnography">Transidioethnography</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Video_ethnography" title="Video ethnography">Video</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ethnohistory" title="Ethnohistory">Ethnohistory</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ethnolinguistics" title="Ethnolinguistics">Ethnolinguistics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ethnology" title="Ethnology">Ethnology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ethnomathematics" title="Ethnomathematics">Ethnomathematics</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ethnostatistics" title="Ethnostatistics">Ethnostatistics</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ethnomedicine" title="Ethnomedicine">Ethnomedicine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ethnomethodology" title="Ethnomethodology">Ethnomethodology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ethnomuseology" title="Ethnomuseology">Ethnomuseology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ethnomusicology" title="Ethnomusicology">Ethnomusicology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ethnophilosophy" title="Ethnophilosophy">Ethnophilosophy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ethnopoetics" title="Ethnopoetics">Ethnopoetics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ethnopsychopharmacology" title="Ethnopsychopharmacology">Ethnopsychopharmacology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ethnoscience" title="Ethnoscience">Ethnoscience</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ethnosemiotics" title="Ethnosemiotics">Ethnosemiotics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ethnotaxonomy" title="Ethnotaxonomy">Ethnotaxonomy</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_contemporary_ethnic_groups" title="List of contemporary ethnic groups">Groups by region</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b>World</b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_contemporary_ethnic_groups" title="List of contemporary ethnic groups">Contemporary ethnic groups</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_countries_by_ethnic_groups" title="List of countries by ethnic groups">Countries by ethnic groups</a></li></ul></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_ethnic_groups_of_Africa" title="List of ethnic groups of Africa">Africa</a></b></li> <li><b>Americas</b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Indigenous_peoples_of_the_Americas" title="Indigenous peoples of the Americas">Indigenous</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ethnic_origins_of_people_in_Canada" title="Ethnic origins of people in Canada">Canada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Demographics_of_Greenland#Ethnic_groups" title="Demographics of Greenland">Greenland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Demographics_of_Mexico#Ethnic_groups" title="Demographics of Mexico">Mexico</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Race_and_ethnicity_in_the_United_States" title="Race and ethnicity in the United States">United States</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indigenous_peoples_of_the_Caribbean" title="Indigenous peoples of the Caribbean">Caribbean</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ethnic_groups_in_Central_America" title="Ethnic groups in Central America">Central America</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ethnic_groups_in_South_America" class="mw-redirect" title="Ethnic groups in South America">South America</a></li></ul></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Ethnic_groups_in_Asia" title="Ethnic groups in Asia">Asia</a></b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ethnic_groups_of_Central_Asia" class="mw-redirect" title="Ethnic groups of Central Asia">Central Asia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ethnic_groups_of_East_Asia" class="mw-redirect" title="Ethnic groups of East Asia">East Asia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indigenous_peoples_of_Siberia" title="Indigenous peoples of Siberia">Northern Asia</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">South Asia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ethnic_groups_in_Southeast_Asia" title="Ethnic groups in Southeast Asia">Southeast Asia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ethnic_groups_in_the_Middle_East" title="Ethnic groups in the Middle East">West Asia</a></li></ul></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Ethnic_groups_in_Australia" class="mw-redirect" title="Ethnic groups in Australia">Australia</a></b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Australian_Aboriginal_group_names" title="List of Australian Aboriginal group names">Aboriginal groups</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Torres_Strait_Islanders" title="Torres Strait Islanders">Torres Strait Islanders</a></li></ul></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Ethnic_groups_in_Europe" title="Ethnic groups in Europe">Europe</a></b></li> <li><b>Oceania</b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Indigenous_peoples_of_Oceania" title="Indigenous peoples of Oceania">Indigenous</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Europeans_in_Oceania" title="Europeans in Oceania">European</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><a href="/wiki/Identity_(social_science)" title="Identity (social science)">Identity</a> and<br /> <a href="/wiki/Ethnogenesis" title="Ethnogenesis">ethnogenesis</a></div></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cross-race_effect" title="Cross-race effect">Cross-race effect</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cultural_assimilation" title="Cultural assimilation">Cultural assimilation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cultural_identity" title="Cultural identity">Cultural identity</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Demonym" title="Demonym">Demonym</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ethnic_identity_development" title="Ethnic identity development">Development</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Endonym_and_exonym" title="Endonym and exonym">Endonym</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ethnarch" title="Ethnarch">Ethnarch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ethnic_flag" title="Ethnic flag">Ethnic flag</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ethnic_option" title="Ethnic option">Ethnic option</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ethnic_origin" class="mw-redirect" title="Ethnic origin">Ethnic origin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ethnic_religion" title="Ethnic religion">Ethnic religion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Race_and_ethnicity_in_censuses" title="Race and ethnicity in censuses">Ethnicity in censuses</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ethnofiction" title="Ethnofiction">Ethnofiction</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ethnonym" title="Ethnonym">Ethnonym</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Folk_religion" title="Folk religion">Folk religion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Historical_race_concepts" title="Historical race concepts">Historical</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Imagined_community" title="Imagined community">Imagined community</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kinship" title="Kinship">Kinship</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Legendary_progenitor" title="Legendary progenitor">Legendary progenitor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Linguistic_homeland" title="Linguistic homeland">Linguistic homeland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mores" title="Mores">Mores</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mythomoteur" title="Mythomoteur">Mythomoteur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nation-building" title="Nation-building">Nation-building</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nation_state" title="Nation state">Nation state</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_language" title="National language">National language</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_myth" title="National myth">National myth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Origin_myth" title="Origin myth">Origin myth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pantribal_sodality" title="Pantribal sodality">Pantribal sodality</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Statistext" title="Statistext">Statistext</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tribal_name" title="Tribal name">Tribal name</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tribalism" title="Tribalism">Tribalism</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Detribalization" title="Detribalization">Detribalization</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neotribalism" title="Neotribalism">Neotribalism</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/White_ethnic" title="White ethnic">White ethnic</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Multinational_state" title="Multinational state">Multiethnic society</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Consociationalism" title="Consociationalism">Consociationalism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cultural_appropriation" title="Cultural appropriation">Cultural appropriation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Diaspora_politics" title="Diaspora politics">Diaspora politics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dominant_minority" title="Dominant minority">Dominant minority</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ethnic_democracy" title="Ethnic democracy">Ethnic democracy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ethnic_enclave" title="Ethnic enclave">Ethnic enclave</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ethnic_interest_group" title="Ethnic interest group">Ethnic interest group</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ethnic_majority" title="Ethnic majority">Ethnic majority</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ethnic_media" title="Ethnic media">Ethnic media</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ethnic_nationalism" title="Ethnic nationalism">Ethnic nationalism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ethnic_pornography" title="Ethnic pornography">Ethnic pornography</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ethnic_theme_park" title="Ethnic theme park">Ethnic theme park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ethnoburb" 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