Ethnicity
|
Language(s)
|
Primary homeland
|
Subgroups, tribes & castes
|
Religion(s)
|
ǃKung
|
Kxʼa →
ǃKung
[note 1]
|
Namibia (
Kalahari Desert)
|
|
Animism
|
Abagusii
|
Niger–Congo →
Bantu →
Gusii
|
Kenya (
Kisii County)
|
|
Christianity,
Traditional African religion
|
Abazins
|
Northwest Caucasian →
Abazgi →
Abaza
|
Russia (
Abazinia)
|
Significant populations in
Turkey,
Egypt, and
Russia
|
Islam →
Sunni Islam
|
Abelam
|
Sepik →
Ndu →
Abelam
|
Papua New Guinea (
East Sepik)
|
|
Christianity
|
Abenaki
|
Algic →
Algonquian →
Western Abenaki, formerly
Algic →
Algonquian →
Eastern Abenaki
|
Canada (
Quebec),
United States (
Maine,
New Hampshire,
Vermont)
|
|
Abenaki religion
|
Abkhazians
|
Northwest Caucasian →
Abazgi →
Abkhaz
|
Georgia (
Abkhazia)
[note 2]
|
Sadz,
Afro-Abkhazians
|
Christianity →
Eastern Orthodoxy,
Islam →
Sunni Islam
|
Acehnese
|
Austronesian →
Chamic →
Acehnese
|
Indonesia (
Aceh)
|
Significant populations in Australia, Canada, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and the United States
|
Islam →
Sunni Islam
|
Achagua
|
Arawakan →
Upper Amazon Arawakan →
Achagua
|
Colombia (
Meta),
Venezuela
|
|
Traditional religion,
Christianity →
Catholicism
|
Acholi
|
Nilo-Saharan →
Nilotic →
Acholi
|
South Sudan,
Uganda (
Acholiland)
|
|
Christianity
|
Adjoukrou
|
Niger–Congo →
Kwa →
Adjukru
|
Ivory Coast (
Dabou)
|
|
Christianity
|
Afar
|
Afro-Asiatic →
Cushitic →
Afar
|
Djibouti,
Eritrea,
Ethiopia (
Afaria)
|
|
Islam
|
Afemai
|
Niger–Congo →
Edoid →
Afenmai
|
Nigeria (
Edo State)
|
|
Christianity
|
Afghan Tatars
|
Turkic →
Kipchak →
Tatar → Afghan Tatar;
Indo-European →
Iranian →
Dari,
Pashto;
Turkic →
Karluk →
Uzbek;
Turkic →
Oghuz →
Turkmen
|
Afghanistan (
Afghan Turkestan)
|
|
Islam →
Sunni Islam →
Hanafi
|
African-Americans
|
Indo-European →
Germanic →
English;
Indo-European →
French Creole →
Louisiana Creole;
Indo-European →
English Creole →
Gullah,
Afro-Seminole Creole;
Francosign → ASLic →
American Sign →
Black American Sign
|
United States,
Mexico (
Coahuila)
|
Black Southerners,
Creoles of color,
Freedmen (including
Black Seminoles (including
Mascogos),
Cherokee Freedmen,
Choctaw Freedmen,
Creek Freedmen),
Gullah,
Samaná Americans,
Affrilachians, along with
significant populations in
France,
Africa (including
Ghana),
Israel, and
Canada
|
Christianity →
Protestantism →
Black church;
Hoodoo
|
Afrikaners
|
Indo-European →
Germanic →
Dutch →
Afrikaans
|
South Africa
|
Boers,
Afrikaner-Jews
|
Christianity →
Protestantism →
Calvinism
|
Afro-Argentines
|
Indo-European →
Romance →
Spanish →
Argentinian Spanish
|
Argentina
|
|
Christianity →
Catholicism
|
Afro-Brazilians
|
Indo-European →
Romance →
Portuguese,
Indo-European →
Romance →
Cafundo
|
Brazil
|
Zambo
|
Christianity →
Catholicism
|
Afro-Turks
|
Turkic →
Oghuz →
Turkish
|
Turkey
|
|
Islam
|
Afro-Virgin Islanders
|
Indo-European →
English-based creoles →
Virgin Islands Creole; formerly
Indo-European →
Zeelandic-based creoles →
Negerhollands
|
Virgin Islands (
United Kingdom,
United States),
SSS islands (
Netherlands,
France)
|
|
Christianity
|
Agaw
|
Afro-Asiatic →
Cushitic →
Agaw
[note 1]
|
Horn of Africa (
Ethiopia,
Eritrea)
[note 3]
|
Bilen,
Ximre,
Awi,
Qemant
|
Christianity →
Oriental Orthodoxy
|
Aghuls
|
Northeast Caucasian →
Lezgic →
Aghul
|
Russia (
Dagestan)
|
|
Islam →
Sunni Islam
[1]
|
Ahiarmiut
|
Eskaleut →
Inuit →
Inuktitut →
Ahiarmiut
[2]
|
Canada (
Kivalliq Region)
|
|
|
Ahom
|
Kra–Dai →
Tai →
Ahom
[note 4]
|
India (
Assam)
|
|
Hinduism
|
Aikana
|
Aikana language
|
Brazil (
Rondonia)
|
|
Animism
|
Aimaq
|
Indo-European →
Iranian →
Persian →
Aimaq
|
Afghanistan
|
Aimaq Hazara,
Firozkohi,
Jamshidi,
Aimaq Kipchaks,
Timuri,
Taymani
|
Islam →
Sunni Islam
|
Ainus
|
Ainu →
Hokkaido Ainu; formerly
Ainu →
Sakhalin Ainu,
Kuril Ainu
|
Japan (
Hokkaido,
Tōhoku region),
Russia (
Sakhalin,
Kamchatka Peninsula,
Khabarovsk Krai),
Kuril Islands (
Russia or
Japan)
|
Hokkaido Ainu (including
Ishikari Ainu,
Menasunkur Ainu, and
Sumunkur Ainu),
Tokyo Ainu,
Sakhalin Ainu, and
Russian Ainu
|
Animism →
Ainu folk religion,
Buddhism →
Nichiren Shōshū,
Shinto,
Christianity →
Eastern Orthodoxy →
Russian Orthodoxy
|
Aja
|
Niger–Congo →
Kwa →
Adja
|
Benin,
Togo
|
|
West African Vodun
|
Aka
|
Niger–Congo →
Bantu →
Aka
|
Central African Republic,
Republic of the Congo
|
|
Traditional Aka religion
[3]
|
Akans
|
Niger–Congo →
Kwa →
Central Tano,
[note 1]
[note 5]
Niger–Congo →
Kwa →
Avikam–
Alladian,
[note 1]
Niger–Congo →
Kwa →
Potou,
[note 1]
Niger–Congo →
Kwa →
Abé,
Niger–Congo →
Kwa →
Abidji,
Niger–Congo →
Kwa →
Attie,
Niger–Congo →
Kwa →
Ega
[4]
Francosign →
American Sign →
Ghanaian Sign,
Adamorobe Sign,
Nanabin Sign
|
Ghana (
Gold Coast)
[note 6]
|
Abbé,
Abidji,
Ahafo,
Ahanta,
Akuapem,
Akwamu,
Akyem,
Alladian,
Anyi,
Ashanti,
Assin,
Attie,
Avikam,
Baoulé,
Bonos,
Chakosi,
Egas,
Evalue,
Fante,
M'Bato,
Nzema,
Sefwi (including
House of Israel),
Tchaman,
Wasa
|
Christianity
|
Akha
|
Sino-Tibetan →
Loloish →
Akha
|
China (
Pu'er and
Xishuangbanna)
[note 7]
|
Akeu
|
Animism
|
Akhvakhs
|
Northeast Caucasian →
Avar–Andic →
Akhvakh
|
Russia (
Dagestan)
|
|
Islam
|
Akie
|
Nilo-Saharan →
Nilotic →
Akie,
Nilo-Saharan →
Nilotic →
Maasai
[5]
|
Tanzania (
Manyara Region)
|
|
Traditional Akie religion
[6]
|
Alabamas
|
Muskogean → Alabama–Koasati →
Alabama
[note 8]
|
United States (
Alabama–Quassarte Tribal Town,
Alabama–Coushatta Reservation)
[note 9]
|
|
Christianity →
Protestantism,
Ethnic religion
|
Alaskan Creoles
|
Indo-European →
Slavic →
Russian →
Alaskan Russian, formerly
Indo-European and
Eskaleut →
Russian and
Aleut →
Mednyj Aleut
|
United States (
Alaska)
|
|
Christianity →
Eastern Orthodoxy →
Russian Orthodoxy
|
Alavi Bohras
|
Indo-European →
Indo-Aryan →
Gujarati →
Lisan ud-Dawat
|
India (
Gujarat)
|
|
Islam →
Shia Islam →
Isma'ilism
|
Albanians
|
Indo-European →
Albanoid →
Albanian,
[note 1]
Albanian Sign Language,
Francosign → Austro-Hungarian Sign →
Yugoslav Sign Language
|
Albania,
Kosovo,
North Macedonia (
Ilirida),
Greece (
Chameria),
Serbia (
Preševo Valley)
|
Ghegs (including
Arbanasi and
Kosovars),
Tosks (including
Arbereshe,
Cham Albanians,
Arvanites), along with
significant populations in
Turkey,
Egypt,
Syria,
France, the
United Kingdom
Italy,
Spain,
Germany, the
Netherlands,
Austria,
Belgium,
Nordic countries,
Switzerland,
Greece (including
Western Thrace),
Ukraine,
Romania,
Hungary,
Croatia,
Montenegro,
Bosnia and Herzegovina,
Serbia,
Bulgaria,
North Macedonia,
Australia,
Canada, and the
United States
|
Islam →
Sunni Islam,
Islam →
Sufism →
Bektashism,
Christianity
|
Aleuts
|
Eskaleut →
Aleut
|
Aleutian Islands (
United States,
Russia)
|
Agdaagux Tribe
|
Christianity →
Eastern Orthodoxy
|
Alexandrian Greek Christians
|
Afro-Asiatic →
Arabic →
Egyptian Arabic, historically
Indo-European →
Hellenic
|
Egypt
|
|
Christianity →
Eastern Orthodoxy →
Greek Orthodoxy →
Greek Orthodox Church of Alexandria,
Catholicism →
Melkite Catholicism
|
Altaians
|
Turkic →
Kipchak →
Southern Altai,
Turkic →
Siberian Turkic →
Northern Altai
|
Russia (
Altai Republic and
Altai Krai),
Mongolia (
Altai Mountains),
China (
Altay Prefecture)
|
|
Altai faith
|
Alur
|
Nilo-Saharan →
Nilotic →
Alur
|
Uganda (
West Nile sub-region),
Democratic Republic of the Congo (
Ituri Province)
|
|
Christianity
|
Alutiiq
|
Eskaleut → Eskimo →
Alutiiq
|
United States (
Alaska)
|
Chugach
|
Christianity
|
Alyutors
|
Chukotko-Kamchatkan →
Chukotkan →
Alyutor
|
Russia (
Koryak Okrug)
|
|
Shamanism,
Christianity →
Eastern Orthodoxy
|
Ambonese
|
Austronesian →
Malayic →
Ambonese Malay
|
Indonesia (
Ambon Island)
|
|
Christianity →
Protestantism →
Calvinism
|
Ambundu
|
Niger–Congo →
Bantu →
Kimbundu
|
Angola
|
|
Christianity,
Traditional African religions
|
Americo-Liberians
|
Indo-European →
Germanic →
English,
Indo-European →
Germanic →
English →
Merico,
Indo-European →
Germanic →
English →
Liberian Kreyol
|
Liberia
|
|
Christianity →
Protestantism
|
Amhara
|
Afro-Asiatic →
Semitic →
Ethiopic →
Amharic
|
Ethiopia (
Amharia)
|
|
Christianity →
Oriental Orthodoxy
|
Amis
|
Austronesian →
Formosan →
Amis
|
Taiwan (
Taitung and
Hualien Counties)
|
|
Animism,
Christianity
|
Amish
|
Indo-European →
Germanic →
Pennsylvania Dutch,
Indo-European →
Germanic →
Alemannic German →
Alsatian
|
United States (
Pennsylvania)
|
Old Order Amish (including
Swiss Amish,
Nebraska Amish,
Swartzentruber Amish,
Buchanan Amish,
Andy Weaver Amish,
Troyer Amish,
Byler Amish,
Renno Amish,
Holmes Old Order Amish,
Elkhart-LaGrange Amish,
Lancaster Amish, and
Tobe Amish),
New Order Amish,
|
Christianity →
Anabaptism
|
Amung
|
Trans-New Guinea →
Amung
|
Indonesia (
Mimika,
Puncak)
|
|
Christianity
|
Andalusians
|
Indo-European →
Romance →
Spanish →
Andalusian Spanish
|
Spain (
Andalusia)
|
|
Christianity →
Catholicism
|
Andis
|
Northeast Caucasian →
Avar–Andic →
Andi
|
Russia (
Dagestan)
|
|
Islam
|
Aneuk Jamee
|
Austronesian →
Malayic →
Minangkabau →
Aneuk Jamee
[note 10]
|
Indonesia (
Aceh)
|
|
Islam
|
Anglo Afro-Caribbean
|
Indo-European →
Germanic →
English →
Caribbean English →
English-based creoles
|
Anguila,
Antigua and Barbuda,
The Bahamas,
Barbados,
Belize,
Bermuda,
British Virgin Islands,
Cayman Islands,
Dominica,
Grenada,
Guyana,
Jamaica,
Montserrat,
San Andres y Providencia,
Saint Kitts and Nevis,
Saint Lucia,
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines,
Trinidad and Tobago,
Turks and Caicos Islands and
U.S. Virgin Islands
|
Afro-Antiguans and Barbudans,
Afro-Bahamians,
Afro-Barbadians,
Afro-Bermudians,
Afro-Dominicans,
Afro-Grenadians,
Afro-Guyanese,
Afro-Jamaicans,
Afro-Kittitians and Nevisians,
Afro-Saint Lucians,
Afro-Trinidadians and Tobagonians,
Afro-Vincentians,
Belizean Creole,
Raizal
|
Christianity →
Protestantism →
Anglicanism,
Methodism,
Calvinism,
Baptist;
Catholicism
|
Anglo-Americans
|
Indo-European →
Germanic →
English →
United States English
|
United States of America
|
New England Americans,
Middle Atlantic Americans,
Midwestern Americans,
Southern Americans,
Western Americans
|
Christianity →
Protestantism →
Anglicanism,
Methodism,
Calvinism;
Catholicism
|
Anglo-Burmese
|
Indo-European →
Germanic →
English,
Sino-Tibetan →
Lolo-Burmese →
Burmese,
Sino-Tibetan →
Tibeto-Burman →
Karenic →
Karen
|
Myanmar
|
Significant population in
Western Australia
|
Christianity (
Anglicanism,
Roman Catholicism,)
Buddhism
|
Anglo-Canadians
|
Indo-European →
Germanic →
English →
Canadian English,
Francosign →
American Sign
|
Canada
|
Ontarian,
Anglo-Quebecers,
Nova Scotians,
New Brunswickers,
Manitoban,
British Columbians,
Prince Edward Islanders,
Saskatchewanians,
Albertans,
Newfoundlanders,
Labradorians,
Northwest Territorians,
Yukoners,
Anglo-Nunavummiut
|
Christianity →
Protestantism →
Anglicanism,
Methodism,
Calvinism;
Catholicism
|
Anglo-Celtic Australians
|
Indo-European →
Germanic →
English →
Australian English
|
Australia
|
|
Christianity
|
Anglo-Indians
|
Indo-Europeans →
Germanic →
English
|
India
|
Significant populations in the
United Kingdom,
Australia, and
Bangladesh
|
Christianity
|
Anglo-Irish
|
Indo-European →
Germanic →
English →
Hiberno-English,
Francosign →
Irish Sign,
BANZSL →
British Sign,
BANZSL →
British Sign →
Northern Ireland Sign
|
Ireland
|
|
Christianity →
Protestantism →
Anglicanism
|
Anglo-New Zealanders
|
Indo-European →
Germanic →
English →
New Zealand English
|
New Zealand
|
|
Christianity →
Protestantism →
Anglicanism
|
Angu
|
Trans-New Guinea →
Angan
[note 1]
|
Papua New Guinea (
Kratke Range)
|
|
Animism
|
Antiochian Greek Christians
|
Afro-Asiatic →
Arabic →
Levantine Arabic, historically
Indo-European →
Hellenic
|
Levant (
Lebanon,
Syria,
Israel,
Jordan,
Turkey)
|
|
Christianity →
Eastern Orthodoxy →
Greek Orthodoxy →
Greek Orthodox Church of Antioch,
Catholicism →
Melkite Catholicism
|
Anuak
|
Nilo-Saharan →
Nilotic →
Anuak
|
Ethiopia (
Anuakia),
South Sudan (lan
Boma)
|
|
Christianity
|
Apache
|
Na-Dene →
Athabaskan →
Apachean
[note 1]
[note 11]
|
United States (
Apacheria)
|
Chiricahua,
Jicarilla,
Lipan,
Mescalero,
Salinero,
Plains Apache,
Western Apache
|
Native American religions →
Native American Church
|
Apanyekra
|
Macro-Je →
Je →
Canela
|
Brazil (
Northeast Region)
|
|
Ethnic religion
|
Apinajé
|
Macro-Je →
Je →
Apinayé
|
Brazil (
Tocantins)
|
|
Animism
|
Arabs
|
Afro-Asiatic →
Semitic →
Arabic,
[note 1]
Arab Sign,
[note 1]
Al-Sayyid Bedouin Sign, formerly
Afro-Asiatic →
Arabic →
Siculo-Arabic and
Afro-Asiatic →
Arabic →
Shirvani Arabic
|
Arabian Peninsula
[7] and
Syrian Desert
[8]
|
Bedouins (including
Al-Sayyid Bedouins,
Palestinian Bedouins (including
Jahalin Bedouins),
Negev Bedouins, and
Galilee Bedouins),
Israeli-Arabs,
Palestinians (including
Palestinian Bedouins (including
Jahalin Bedouins),
Palestinian Metawalis, and
Afro-Palestinians),
Egyptian Arabs,
Maghrebi Arabs,
Dawada,
Iranian Arabs (including
Khuzestani Arabs,
Khorasani Arabs,
Huwalas, and
Khamseh Arabs),
Sudanese Arabs,
Marsh Arabs,
Arab Christians
[9] (including
Antiochians,
Jerusalemites, and
Alexandrians),
Alawites,
Druze,
[10]
Hadharem,
Mhallami,
Rashaida,
Baggara Arabs,
Abbala Arabs,
Azawagh Arabs,
Diffa Arabs,
Manga Arabs,
Ababda,
Arab-Persians,
Arab-Berbers, with
diaspora populations (including the
Palestinian diaspora) in
Europe (including the
United Kingdom, the
Caucasus,
Sweden,
Spain),
Turkey,
Pakistan (including
Palestinians),
India,
Colombia,
Chile (including
Palestinians),
Nicaragua,
Brazil (including
Palestinians),
Mexico (including
Palestinians),
Venezuela, the
United States (including
Palestinians),
Canada,
Haiti (including
Palestinians),
Cuba,
El Salvador (including
Palestinians),
Australia (including
Palestinians),
New Zealand,
Singapore
|
Islam →
Sunni Islam,
Sufism,
Shia Islam →
Twelver Shi'ism,
Isma'ilism →
Tayyibi Isma'ilism →
Sulaymani,
Zaydism,
Ibadism
|
Aragonese
|
Indo-European →
Romance →
Aragonese,
Indo-European →
Romance →
Spanish
|
Spain (
Aragon)
|
|
Christianity →
Catholicism
|
Arameans (Syriacs)
|
Afro-Asiatic →
Semitic →
Neo-Aramaic
[note 1]
|
Syria (
Qalamoun mountains),
Israel
|
|
Christianity →
Eastern Christianity →
Syriac Christianity
|
Arapaho
|
Algic →
Algonquian →
Arapahoan →
Arapaho
|
United States (
Colorado,
Wyoming)
|
|
Christianity,
Native American Church
|
Arará
|
Indo-European →
Romance →
Spanish →
Cuban Spanish
|
Cuba
|
|
Animism
|
Argobba
|
Afro-Asiatic →
Ethiopic →
Argobba
[note 12]
|
Ethiopia (
Afar,
Harari,
Amhara, and
Oromia Regions)
[note 3]
|
|
Islam →
Sunni Islam
|
Armenians
|
Indo-European →
Armenian,
[note 1]
Northwest Caucasian →
Circassian,
[note 1]
Armenian Sign language, formerly
Harsneren language,
Turkic →
Kipchak →
Armeno-Kipchak
|
Armenia,
Azerbaijan,
Turkey
[note 13]
|
Turkish Armenians (including
Armenians in Istanbul,
Hemshin, and
Hidden Armenians),
Cherkesogai,
Armeno-Tats,
Zoks,
Hayhurum,
Karabakhis and historically
Udis and
Turkic peoples who adhered to the
Armenian Apostolic Church, along with
significant populations in
Russia,
Belarus,
Bulgaria,
Czech Republic,
Serbia,
Poland,
Greece,
Hungary,
Moldova,
Romania,
Ukraine (including
Crimea),
Cyprus, the
United States,
Canada,
Mexico,
Argentina,
Brazil,
Uruguay,
France,
Spain, the
United Kingdom
Sweden,
Switzerland,
Italy,
Malta,
Georgia (including
Samtskhe–Javakheti,
Abkhazia, and
Tbilisi),
Azerbaijan, (including
Baku),
Egypt,
Lebanon,
Pakistan,
Iran,
Qatar,
Iraq,
Kuwait,
Syria, the
United Arab Emirates,
Israel,
Jordan,
Ethiopia,
China,
India,
Bangladesh,
Myanmar,
Singapore,
Australia,
Austria,
Belgium,
Israel,
Palestine, the
Netherlands, and
Germany
|
Christianity →
Oriental Orthodoxy,
Catholicism →
Eastern Catholicism →
Armenian Catholicism
|
Aromanians
|
Indo-European →
Romance →
Aromanian
|
Balkans (
Greece,
Albania,
North Macedonia,
Serbia,
Bulgaria,
Romania)
[note 3]
|
Significant populations in
Greece,
Albania,
Romania,
Bulgaria,
Serbia, and
North Macedonia, along with
diaspora populations
|
Christianity →
Eastern Orthodoxy
|
Arrernte
|
Pama-Nyungan →
Arandic →
Arrernte
|
Australia (
Arrernte Land)
|
|
Alcheringa
|
Ashkali
|
Indo-European →
Albanian
|
Kosovo
|
|
Islam →
Sunni Islam
|
Asmat
|
Trans–New Guinea →
Asmat–Kamrau →
Asmat
[note 1]
|
South Papua
|
|
Christianity
|
Assiniboine
|
Siouan →
Western Siouan →
Assiniboine
|
Canada (
Manitoba,
Saskatchewan,
Alberta),
United States (
North Dakota,
Montana)
|
Bizebina, Insaombi, Wokpanbi
|
Traditional Assiniboine religion
|
Assyrians
|
Afro-Asiatic →
Semitic →
Neo-Aramaic
[note 1]
[note 14]
|
Assyria (
Iraq,
Iran,
Syria,
Turkey)
[note 15]
|
Iraqi Assyrians,
Turkish Assyrians,
Syrian Assyrians and
Iranian Assyrians. Groupings include
Chaldean Assyrians from
Nineveh and
Bohtan,
Syriac Assyrians from Tur Abdin,
Citadel Christians,
Hakkari and
Urmia tribes including;
Tyari,
Jilu,
Baz,
Tkhuma,
Nochiya. Majority in
diaspora
|
Christianity →
Eastern Christianity →
Syriac Christianity
|
Asturians
|
Indo-European →
Romance →
Asturleonese →
Asturian,
Indo-European →
Romance →
Galician and
Asturleonese →
Eonavian
[note 16]
|
Spain (
Asturias)
|
Eonavians
|
Christianity →
Catholicism
|
Atacama
|
Kunza
|
Chile (
Atacama Desert,
Altiplano),
Argentina (
Altiplano),
Bolivia (
Antofagasta Region)
|
|
Inca Religion
|
Atayals
|
Austronesian →
Formosan →
Atayal,
Japonic →
Japanese-based creoles →
Yilan Creole Japanese
|
Taiwan
|
|
Animism,
Christianity
|
Ati
|
Ati language
|
Western Visayas
|
|
Animism,
Christianity
|
Atikamekw
|
Algic →
Algonquian →
Atikamekw
|
Canada (
Nitaskinan)
|
|
Christianity→
Roman Catholicism,
Ethnic religion
|
Atoni
|
Austronesian →
Timoric →
Uab Meto
|
Indonesia (
West Timor),
East Timor (
Oecusse)
|
Amarasi
|
Christianity
|
Atyap
|
Niger–Congo →
Plateau →
Atyap
|
Nigeria (
Kaduna State)
|
|
Christianity
|
Austral Islanders
|
Austronesian →
Malayo-Polynesian →
Polynesian →
Austral
|
France (
Austral Islands)
|
|
Christianity
|
Austrians
|
Indo-European →
Germanic →
Bavarian,
Francosign → Austro-Hungarian Sign →
Austrian Sign
|
Austria
|
|
Christianity →
Catholicism
|
Avars
|
Northeast Caucasian →
Avar–Andic →
Avar,
Northeast Caucasian →
Lezgic →
Archi
|
Russia (
Dagestan)
|
Archis
|
Islam →
Sunni Islam
|
Awa
|
Barbacoan →
Awan →
Awa
|
Colombia (
Narino),
Ecuador (
Carchi)
|
|
Christianity
|
Awadhis
|
Indo-European →
Indo-Aryan →
Awadhi
|
India (
Awadh)
|
Barhai
|
Hinduism
|
Aymara
|
Aymaran →
Aymara
|
Bolivia,
Peru,
Chile
|
|
Christianity →
Catholicism
|
Aynu
|
Turkic and
Indo-European →
Karluk and
Iranian →
Uyghur and
Persian →
Aynu,
Turkic →
Karluk →
Uyghur
|
China (
Xinjiang)
|
|
Islam →
Sunni Islam →
Alevism
|
Azerbaijanis
|
Turkic →
Oghuz →
Azeri
[note 1]
|
Azerbaijan,
Iran (
Iranian Azerbaijan)
|
Ayrums,
Baharlu,
Bayat,
Karadaghis,
Qajars,
Kuresunni,
Padar,
Qarapapaqs,
Shahsevan,
Terekeme,
Yeraz,
Afshar (including
Javanshir Qizilbash),
Iranian Azeris, along with
significant populations in
Georgia,
Russia, and historically
Armenia
|
Islam →
Shia Islam
|
Babur and Bura
|
Afro-Asiatic →
Chadic →
Bura
|
Nigeria (
Borno State and
Adamawa State)
|
Babur, Bura
|
Islam
|
Bagvalals
|
Northeast Caucasian →
Avar–Andic →
Bagvalal
|
Russia (
Dagestan)
|
|
Islam →
Sunni Islam
|
Baining
|
East New Britain →
Baining
|
Papua New Guinea (
Gazelle Peninsula)
|
|
Christianity,
Pomio Kivung
|
Baharna
|
Afro-Asiatic →
Arabic →
Bahrani Arabic
|
Bahrain
|
Significant population in
Kuwait
|
Islam →
Shia Islam
|
Bahnar
|
Austroasiatic →
Bahnaric →
Bahnar
|
Vietnam (
Central Highlands)
|
|
Animism
|
Bai
|
Sino-Tibetan →
Macro-Bai →
Bai
[note 1]
|
China (
Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture,
Bijie,
Sangzhi County)
|
|
Buddhism,
Benzhuism,
Daoism
|
Bakarwal
|
Indo-European →
Indo-Aryan →
Gujari → Bakarwal
|
India or
Pakistan (
Kashmir)
|
|
Islam
|
Bakossi
|
Niger–Congo →
Bantu →
Akoose
|
Cameroon (
Bakossi Mountains)
|
|
Christianity →
Catholicism
|
Balanta
|
Niger–Congo →
West Atlantic →
Senegambian →
Balanta
[note 1]
|
Guinea-Bissau,
Senegal,
The Gambia
|
|
Traditional African religions
|
Balinese
|
Austronesian →
Balinese
|
Indonesia (
Bali)
|
Bali Aga
|
Hinduism →
Balinese Hinduism
|
Balkars
|
Turkic →
Kipchak →
Balkar
|
Russia (
Kabardino-Balkaria)
|
|
Islam →
Sunni Islam
|
Balochs
|
Indo-European →
Iranian →
Balochi
|
Balochistan (
Pakistan (
Balochistan),
Iran (
Sistan and Baluchestan),
Afghanistan) (
Balochistan)
|
Askani,
Bajkani,
Bangulzai,
Barazani,
Bhurgari,
Bugti,
Buledi,
Chandio,
Darzada,
Dehwar,
Dodai,
Dombki,
Gabol,
Ghazini,
Jamali,
Jatoi,
Kalmati,
Khetran,
Kunara,
Langhani,
Lango,
Lashkrani,
Loharani,
Lund,
Marri,
Mazari,
Mengal,
Mirali,
Mugheri,
Muhammad Shahi,
Mullazai,
Nothazai,
Pitafi,
Qaisrani,
Rind,
Sadozai,
Sethwi,
Shaikhzadah,
Talpur,
Tauki,
Umrani,
Yarahmadzai,
Zardari,
Makrani, along with
significant populations in
the United Arab Emirates (including
Al Balushi) and
Turkmenistan
|
Islam →
Sunni Islam
|
Balondo-ba-Konja
|
Niger–Congo →
Bantu →
Londo
|
Cameroon
|
|
Creationism →
Balondo-ba-Konja religion
|
Balti
|
Sino-Tibetan →
Tibetic →
Balti
|
Pakistan (
Gilgit-Baltistan)
|
|
Islam →
Shia Islam
|
Bamars
|
Sino-Tibetan →
Burmese
|
Myanmar
|
Taungyo,
Yaw,
Intha,
Danu,
Anglo-Burmese
|
Buddhism →
Theravada Buddhism,
Burmese folk religion
|
Bambara
|
Niger–Congo →
Mande →
Manding →
Bambara
|
Mali
|
|
Islam
|
Bamileke
|
Niger–Congo →
Grassfields →
Bamileke
[note 1]
|
Cameroon (
West and
Northwest regions)
|
Mengaka,
Ngiemboon,
Ngombale,
Ngomba,
Ngwe,
Yemba,
Fe'fe',
Ghomala',
Kwaʼ,
Nda'nda',
Medumba
|
Christianity
|
Bamum
|
Niger–Congo →
Grassfields →
Bamum
|
Cameroon (
West Region)
|
|
Islam
|
Banda
|
Niger–Congo →
Ubangian →
Banda
[note 1]
|
Central African Republic,
South Sudan,
Democratic Republic of the Congo
|
Central Banda,
South Banda,
West Banda
|
Christianity
|
Bangweulu Twa
|
Niger–Congo →
Bantu →
Bemba
|
Zambia (
Bangweulu Wetlands)
|
|
Traditional African Religion
|
Baniwa
|
Arawakan →
Upper Amazon Arawakan →
Karu
|
Brazil (
Amazonas),
Colombia (
Amazonas),
Venezuela (
Amazonas)
|
|
Traditional religion
Christianity →
Catholicism
|
Banjara
|
Indo-European →
Rajasthani →
Lambadi
|
India (
Mewar)
|
|
Hinduism
|
Banjarese
|
Austronesian →
Malayic →
Malay →
Banjarese
|
Indonesia (
South Kalimantan)
|
|
Islam →
Sunni Islam
|
Barak Turkmens
|
Turkic →
Oghuz →
Turkish
|
Turkey,
Syria
|
|
Islam →
Sunni Islam
|
Bari
|
Nilo-Saharan →
Nilotic →
Bari
|
South Sudan (
Central Equatoria),
Uganda
|
Pojulu,
Kakwa,
Nyangwara,
Mandari,
Kuku
|
Christianity
|
Bariba
|
Niger–Congo →
Gur →
Bariba
|
Borgu (
Benin,
Nigeria)
|
|
Islam
|
Bashkirs
|
Turkic →
Kipchak →
Bashkir
|
Russia (
Bashkortostan)
|
|
Islam →
Sunni Islam
|
Basques
|
Basque
[note 17]
|
Basque Country (
Spain,
France)
|
Navarreans,
Alavans,
Biscayans,
Gipuzkoans,
Northern Basques, along with
significant populations in
Argentina,
Chile,
Colombia, the
United States,
Canada,
Mexico,
Venezuela, and
Uruguay
|
Christianity →
Catholicism
|
Bassa
|
Niger–Congo →
Kru →
Bassa
|
Liberia (
Bassaland)
|
|
Christianity →
Protestantism →
Anglicanism
|
Basters
|
Indo-European →
Germanic →
Afrikaans
|
Namibia
|
|
Christianity →
Protestantism
|
Batak
|
Austronesian →
Northwest Sumatra–Barrier Islands →
Batak
[note 1]
|
Indonesia (
North Sumatra)
|
Angkola,
Karo,
Mandailing,
Pakpak,
Simalungun,
Toba,
Alas,
Kluet,
Singkil
|
Christianity →
Protestantism →
Lutheranism
|
Bateri
|
Indo-European →
Dardic →
Bateri
|
Pakistan (
Kohistan)
|
|
Islam →
Sunni Islam
|
Batwa
|
Niger–Congo →
Bantu →
Kirundi,
Niger–Congo →
Bantu →
Kiga
|
African Great Lakes
|
|
Traditional African religion
|
Bauzi
|
East Geelvink Bay →
Bauzi
|
Indonesia (
Papua)
|
|
Animism
|
Bazigar
|
Indo-European →
Indo-Aryan →
Bazigar
|
India (
Punjab,
Haryana,
Uttar Pradesh,
Delhi,
Chandigarh,
Himachal Pradesh,
Jammu and Kashmir,
Rajasthan),
Pakistan (
Punjab)
|
|
Hinduism
|
Beja
|
Afro-Asiatic →
Cushitic →
Beja
|
Sudan,
Egypt,
Eritrea
|
Bishari,
Hadendoa,
Hedareb,
Amarar,
Beni-Amer
|
Islam →
Sunni Islam
|
Belarusians
|
Indo-European →
Slavic →
Belarusian,
[note 18]
Indo-European →
Slavic →
Trasianka
|
Belarus
|
Significant populations in the
United States,
Ukraine, and
Russia
|
Christianity →
Eastern Orthodoxy
|
Belizean Creoles
|
Indo-European →
Germanic →
English →
Belizean Creole
|
Belize
|
|
Christianity →
Protestantism,
Rastafari
|
Bemba
|
Niger–Congo →
Bantu →
Bemba
|
Zambia (
Northern,
Luapula, and
Copperbelt Provinces),
Democratic Republic of the Congo (
Katanga Province)
|
|
Christianity →
Protestantism
|
Bembe
|
Niger–Congo →
Bantu →
Bembe
|
Democratic Republic of the Congo,
Tanzania
|
|
Christianity →
Protestantism,
Traditional African religions
|
Bena
|
Niger–Congo →
Bantu →
Bena
|
Tanzania (
Njombe Region)
|
|
Christianity →
Roman Catholicism
|
Bengalis
|
Indo-European →
Indo-Aryan →
Bengali,
Indo-European →
Indo-Aryan →
Sylheti,
Indo-European →
Indo-Aryan →
Hindustani →
Dhakaiya Urdu
|
Bengal (
Bangladesh,
India (
West Bengal))
|
Bengali Muslims,
Bengali Hindus,
Bengali Buddhists,
Bengali Christians, along with the
Bengali Hindu diaspora, (
British Bangladeshis,
Middle Eastern Bangladeshis,
Malaysian Bangladeshis,
Bangladeshi Canadians,
Italo-Bangladeshis,
Polish Bangladeshis,
Bangladeshi New Zealanders,
Bangladeshi Australians,
Maldivian Bangladeshis,
Japanese Bangladeshis,
Bengali Americans and
Bangladeshi Americans),
Bangals,
Ghotis,
Dhakaiyas,
Mahifarash,
Shershabadia,
Mahimal, and
Sylhetis
|
Islam →
Sunni Islam,
Hinduism
|
Berbers
|
Afro-Asiatic →
Berber,
[note 1]
Afro-Asiatic →
Semitic →
Arabic,
[note 1]
Songhay →
Northern Songhay →
Tagdal
|
Maghreb
|
Central Atlas Berbers,
Chaouis,
Kabyle,
Kountas,
Chenouas,
Ghomaras,
Godala,
Hawwara,
Matmatas,
Mozabite,
Nafusis,
Rifians,
Shilha,
Siwi,
Tuaregs,
Awjila,
Arab-Berbers,
Sanhaja Berbers,
Jerba,
Zayanes,
Igdalen, with
significant populations in
Belgium,
France,
Canada, the
Netherlands, the
United States,
Western Sahara,
Mauritania, Burkina Faso (including
Tuaregs), Niger (including
Tuaregs), and
Mali
|
Islam →
Sunni Islam,
Ibadism
|
Berom
|
Niger–Congo →
Plateau →
Berom
|
Niger (
Plateau State)
|
|
Christianity
|
Berta
|
Nilo-Saharan →
Berta
|
Ethiopia (
Benishangul-Gumuz Region),
South Sudan
|
|
Islam
|
Betawis
|
Austronesian →
Malayic →
Malay →
Betawian
|
Indonesia (
Jakarta)
|
|
Islam →
Sunni Islam
|
Beti
[note 19]
|
Niger–Congo →
Bantu →
Ewondo,
Niger–Congo →
Bantu →
Eton
|
Cameroon
|
Ewondo,
Eton
|
Christianity
|
Bezhta
|
Northeast Caucasian →
Tsezic →
Bezhta
|
Russia (
Tsuntinsky District)
|
|
Islam →
Sunni Islam
|
Bhils
|
Indo-European →
Indo-Aryan →
Bhil
[note 1]
|
India (
Madhya Pradesh,
Gujarat,
Rajasthan,
Maharashtra)
|
Barda,
Bhagalia,
Bhilala,
Bhil Gametia,
Bhil Garasia,
Bhil Kataria,
Bhil Mama,
Bhil Mavchi,
Dholi Bhil,
Dungri Bhil,
Damor,
Dungri Garasia,
Mewasi Bhil,
Nirdhi Bhil,
Rawal Bhil,
Tadvi Bhil,
Vasava,
Bhil Meena,
Chaudhri,
Bagdi
|
Hinduism
|
Bhojpuris
|
Indo-European →
Indo-Aryan →
Bihari →
Bhojpuri
|
India,
Nepal
|
Paswan,
Teli
|
Hinduism,
Jainism
|
Bhumijs
|
Austroasiatic →
Munda →
Bhumij
[note 20]
|
India (
West Bengal,
Odisha,
Jharkhand)
|
|
Sarnaism
|
Bicolanos
|
Austronesian →
Philippine →
Bikol
[note 1]
|
Philippines (
Bicol Region)
|
Central Bikol,
Sorsoganons,
Catandunganons,
Rinconada,
Albayanon
|
Christianity →
Catholicism
|
Bidayuh
|
Austronesian →
Malayo-Polynesian →
Land Dayak
[note 1]
|
Malaysia (
Sarawak)
|
Kendayan,
Selako,
Bakatiʼ,
Sara Bakati',
Laraʼ,
Bukar–Sadong,
Biatah,
Tringgus,
Jagoi,
Jangkang,
Kembayan,
Semandang,
Ribun,
Nyaduʼ,
Sanggau
|
Christianity
|
Bilala
|
Nilo-Saharan →
Central Sudanic →
Naba
|
Chad (
Lake Fitri)
|
|
Islam
|
Bimanese
|
Austronesian →
Malayo-Polyneisan →
Bima
|
Indonesia (
Sumbawa Island)
|
|
Islam
|
Bishnupriya Manipuris
|
Indo-European →
Indo-Aryan →
Bishnupriya Manipuri
|
India (
Manipur),
Bangladesh
|
|
Hinduism →
Vaishnavism
|
Bissa
|
Niger–Congo →
Mande →
Bissa
|
Burkina Faso
|
|
Islam
|
Blaan
|
Austronesian →
Philippine →
Blaan
|
Philippines (
Soccsksargen)
|
|
Anitism
|
Black Nova Scotians
|
Indo-European →
Germanic →
English
|
Canada (
Nova Scotia)
|
|
Christianity →
Protestantism →
Baptist
|
Blackfoot
|
Algic →
Algonquian →
Blackfoot
|
Canada (
Alberta),
United States (
Montana)
|
Kainai Nation,
Piegan Blackfeet,
Piikani Nation,
Siksika Nation
|
Native American Church,
Christianity
|
Boa
|
Niger–Congo →
Bantu →
Boa
|
Democratic Republic of the Congo (
Bas-Uele)
|
|
Christianity
|
Bodo
|
Sino-Tibetan →
Sal →
Bodo
|
India (
Bodoland)
|
Mech,
Kachari
|
Bathouism,
Hinduism
|
Bokota
|
Chibchan →
Buglere
|
Panama (
Bocas del Toro)
|
|
Native American religion
|
Bondei
|
Niger–Congo →
Bantu →
Sueta →
Bondei
|
Tanzania (
Pangani District)
|
|
Islam,
Traditional African religions
|
Bororo
|
Macro-Je →
Bororoan →
Bororo
|
Brazil (
Mato Grosso)
|
|
Animism
|
Bosniaks
|
Indo-European →
Slavic →
Shtokavian →
Bosnian
|
Bosnia and Herzegovina,
Sandžak (
Serbia,
Montenegro)
|
Significant populations in
Serbia,
Turkey,
Austria,
Germany and the
United States
|
Islam →
Sunni Islam
|
Botlikhs
|
Northeast Caucasian →
Avar–Andic →
Botlikh
|
Russia (
Dagestan)
|
|
Islam →
Sunni Islam
[11]
|
Bouyei
|
Kra–Dai →
Tai →
Bouyei
|
China (
Guizhou)
|
Giay
|
Moism
|
Bozo
|
Niger–Congo →
Mande →
Bozo
|
Mali
|
|
Islam
|
Brahuis
|
Dravidian →
Northern Dravidian →
Brahui
|
Pakistan (
Balochistan)
|
Raisani,
Jhalawan,
Sarawan,
Mengal (including
Zagar and
Zakria Zae),
Sasoli
|
Islam →
Sunni Islam →
Hanafi
|
Bretons
|
Indo-European →
Celtic →
Breton
[note 21]
|
France (
Brittany)
|
Significant populations in
Canada and the
United States
|
Christianity →
Catholicism
|
Bribri
|
Chibchan →
Talamanca →
Bribri,
Bribri Sign language
|
Costa Rica (
Cordillera de Talamanca)
|
|
Talamancan mythology
|
Bru
|
Austroasiatic →
Katuic →
Bru
|
Laos (
Savannakhet province),
Vietnam (
Quảng Binh and
Quảng Trị provinces)
|
|
Satsana Phi,
Buddhism →
Theravada Buddhism
|
Bruneian
|
Austronesian →
Bruneian
|
Brunei
|
Kedayan Bruneian
|
Sunni Islam
|
Bubi
|
Niger–Congo →
Bantu →
Bube
|
Equatorial Guinea (
Bioko)
|
|
Christianity →
Catholicism
|
Budu
|
Niger–Congo →
Bantu →
Budu
|
Democratic Republic of the Congo (
Wamba Territory)
|
|
Christianity
|
Budukhs
|
Northeast Caucasian →
Lezgic →
Budukh
|
Azerbaijan (
Buduq)
|
|
Islam →
Sunni Islam
|
Buduma
|
Afro-Asiatic →
Chadic →
Yedina
|
Lake Chad (
Chad,
Nigeria,
Cameroon)
|
|
Islam
|
Buginese
|
Austronesian →
South Sulawesi →
Buginese
|
Indonesia (
South Sulawesi)
|
|
Islam,
Christianity,
folk religion
|
Bulgarians
|
Indo-European →
Slavic →
Bulgarian,
Francosign →
Bulgarian Sign
|
Bulgaria
|
Pomaks,
Paulicians,
Macedonian Bulgarians,
Bessarabian Bulgarians,
Dobrujan Bulgarians,
Thracian Bulgarians, along with
significant populations in
Turkey,
Ukraine and Moldova,
Romania and Serbia,
Croatia,
Germany,
Spain, and the
United States
|
Christianity →
Eastern Orthodoxy
|
Bunak
|
Trans–New Guinea →
Timor–Alor–Pantar →
Bunak
|
Indonesia (
West Timor),
East Timor
|
|
Christianity →
Roman Catholicism
|
Bunun
|
Austronesian →
Formosan →
Bunun
|
Taiwan (
Nantou)
|
|
Animism,
Christianity
|
Burghers
|
Indo-European →
Indo-Aryan →
Sinhala,
Indo-European →
Germanic →
English,
Indo-European →
Romance →
Portuguese →
Sri Lankan Portuguese Creole
|
Sri Lanka
|
Dutch Burghers,
Portuguese Burghers
|
Christianity
|
Burushos
|
Burushaski
|
Pakistan (
Gilgit-Baltistan)
|
|
Islam →
Shia Islam →
Isma'ilism
|
Buryats
|
Mongolic → Central Mongolic →
Buryat;
[note 1]
Mongolic → Central Mongolic →
Khalkha → Sartul, Tsongol
|
Russia (
Buryatia)
|
|
Buddhism →
Tibetan Buddhism,
Shamanism →
Mongolian shamanism,
Christianity →
Eastern Orthodoxy
|
Butonese
|
Austronesian →
Celebic →
Butonese
[note 1]
|
Indonesia (
Buton)
|
|
Islam
|
Bwa
|
Niger–Congo →
Gur →
Bwa
[note 1]
|
Burkina Faso,
Mali
|
|
Traditional African religions
|
Bwatiye
|
Afro-Asiatic →
Chadic →
Bacama
|
Nigeria (
Adamawa State)
|
|
Christianity,
Neo-Pentecostalism
|
Cabiyari
|
Arawakan →
Upper Amazon Arawakan →
Cabiyari
|
Colombia (
Vaupes)
|
|
Christianity
|
Caddo
|
Caddoan →
Caddo
|
United States (
Oklahoma)
|
|
Peyote religion,
Christianity
|
Cahuilla
|
Uto-Aztecan →
Cupan →
Cahuilla
|
United States (
California)
|
Pass Cahuilla (including
Agua Caliente Cahuilla,
Morongo Cahuilla), Mountain Cahuilla (including
Cahuilla Band of Indians,
Los Coyotes Cahuilla,
Ramona Cahuilla,
Santa Rosa Cahuilla), Desert Cahuilla (including
Augustine Cahuilla,
Cabazon Cahuillla,
Torres Martinez Desert Cahuilla)
|
Christianity →
Roman Catholicism,
Moravian,
Protestantism,
Ethnic religion
|
Caldoche
|
Indo-European →
Romance →
French,
Francosign →
French Sign
|
France (
New Caledonia)
|
|
Christianity →
Catholicism
|
Camminanti
|
Indo-European →
Romance →
Sicilian → Baccagghiu
|
Italy (
Sicily)
|
|
Christianity →
Catholicism
|
Canary Islanders
|
Indo-European →
Romance →
Spanish →
Canarian Spanish,
Silbo Gomero,
Isleño Spanish
|
Spain (
Canary Islands)
|
Isleños (including
Louisiana Isleños)
|
Christianity →
Catholicism
|
Cape Coloureds
|
Indo-European →
Germanic →
Afrikaans,
Kaaps,
English
|
South Africa (
Western Cape)
|
|
Christianity
|
Cape Malays
|
Indo-European →
Germanic →
Afrikaans,
Kaaps,
English
|
South Africa (
Western Cape)
|
|
Islam
|
Cape Verdeans
|
Indo-European →
Romance →
Portuguese →
Cape Verdean Creole
|
Cabo Verde
|
|
Christianity →
Catholicism
|
Caipiras
|
Indo-European →
Romance →
Portuguese →
Caipira, formerly
Tupian →
Tupi–Gurani →
Tupinambá →
Paulista General Language,
Indo-European →
Italian-based creoles →
Italo-Paulista
|
Brazil (
Centro-Sul)
|
|
Christianity→
Catholicism
|
Carolinians
|
Austronesian →
Micronesian →
Carolinian
|
United States (
Northern Mariana Islands)
|
|
Christianity →
Catholicism
|
Catalans
|
Indo-European →
Romance →
Catalan,
LSCic →
Catalan Sign
|
Catalan Countries (
Spain,
France,
Andorra,
Italy)
|
Balears,
Algherese,
Andorrans,
Roussillonese with significant populations in the
United States
|
Christianity →
Catholicism
|
Cayuga
|
Iroquoian → Northern Iroquoian →
Cayuga
|
Canada (
Ontario),
United States (
New York,
Oklahoma)
|
|
Longhouse Religion
|
Chaga
|
Niger–Congo →
Bantu →
Chaga
[note 1]
|
Tanzania
|
|
Christianity,
Islam,
Traditional African religions
|
Chagossians
|
Indo-European →
Bourbonnais Creole →
Chagossian Creole
|
Chagos Archipelago
[note 22]
|
|
Christianity,
Rastafari
|
Chaharmahali Turks
|
Turkic →
Oghuz →
Chaharmahali Turkic
|
Iran (
Chaharmahal)
|
|
Islam →
Shia Islam →
Twelver Shi'ism
|
Chakmas
|
Indo-European →
Indo-Aryan →
Chakma
|
Bangladesh (
Chittagong Hill Tracts)
|
|
Buddhism →
Theravada Buddhism
|
Chamalals
|
Northeast Caucasian →
Avar–Andic →
Chamalal
|
Russia (
Tsumadinsky District)
|
|
Islam→
Sunni Islam,
Animism
|
Chamorro
|
Austronesian →
Malayo-Polynesian →
Chamorro
|
United States (
Mariana Islands)
|
|
Christianity →
Catholicism
|
Chams
|
Austronesian →
Chamic →
Cham
[note 1]
|
Champa (
Cambodia,
Vietnam),
China (
Hainan)
|
Churu,
Jarai,
Rade,
Raglai,
Utsuls
|
Islam →
Sunni Islam,
Shia Islam →
Bani Islam,
Hinduism
|
Chaoui
|
Afro-Asiatic →
Berber →
Shawiya
|
Algeria (
Aurès)
|
|
Islam→
Sunni Islam
|
Charrúa
|
Charruan languages
[note 1]
|
Uruguay
|
Chaná
|
Animism
|
Chechens
|
Northeast Caucasian →
Nakh →
Chechen
|
Russia (
Chechnya,
Aukh),
Georgia (
Pankisi)
|
Kists,
Chechen Kurds,
Aukhs, with
significant populations in
Austria,
France,
Jordan,
Syria,
Turkey, and the
United States
|
Islam →
Sunni Islam
|
Chehalis
|
Formerly
Salishan →
Coast Salish →
Lower Chehalis,
Salishan →
Coast Salish →
Upper Chehalis
|
United States (
Washington)
|
Lower Chehalis,
Upper Chehalis
|
Ethnic religion
|
Chelkans
|
Turkic →
Siberian Turkic →
Northern Altai → Chelkan
|
Russia (
Altai Republic,
Kemerovo Oblast)
|
|
Christianity →
Eastern Orthodoxy,
Burkhanism,
Shamanism
|
Chepang
|
Sino-Tibetan →
Chepangic →
Chepang
|
Nepal
|
|
Hinduism
|
Chenouas
|
Afro-Asiatic →
Berber →
Chenouas
|
Algeria (
Mount Chenoua)
|
|
Islam →
Sunni Islam
|
Cherokee
|
Iroquoian → Southern Iroquoian →
Cherokee
[note 8]
|
United States (
North Carolina,
Tennessee)
[note 9]
|
Cherokee Nation,
Eastern Band,
United Keetoowah Band,
Cherokee Freedmen
|
Christianity,
Four Mothers Society
|
Chewa
|
Niger–Congo →
Bantu →
Chewa
|
Malawi,
Zambia,
Zimbabwe,
Mozambique
|
|
Christianity,
Traditional African religions
|
Cheyennes
|
Algic →
Algonquian →
Cheyenne,
Plains Indian Sign Language
[note 8]
|
United States (
Montana,
Oklahoma)
|
|
Native American religion,
Native American Church,
Christianity
|
Chickasaw
|
Muskogean → Western Muskogean →
Chickasaw
|
United States (
Mississippi,
Alabama,
Tennessee)
[note 9]
|
|
Ethnic religion,
Christianity→
Protestantism
|
Chinese Tatars
|
Turkic →
Kipchak →
Tatar,
Sino-Tibetan →
Chinese →
Mandarin
|
China (
Xinjiang)
|
|
Islam →
Sunni Islam
|
Choctaw
|
Muskogean →
Choctaw
[note 8]
|
United States (
Alabama,
Florida,
Mississippi,
Louisiana)
[note 9]
|
Choctaw Freedmen
|
Christianity,
Choctaw religion
|
Chokwe
|
Niger–Congo →
Bantu →
Chokwe
|
Angola,
Democratic Republic of the Congo,
Zambia
|
|
Christianity
|
Cholanaikkans
|
Dravidian →
South Dravidian I →
Cholanaikkan
|
India (
Kerala)
|
|
|
Cho Ro
|
Austroasiatic →
Bahnaric →
Chrau
|
Vietnam, (
Dong Nai,
Binh Duong,
Binh Phuoc,
Ba Ria-Vung Tau)
|
|
Animism,
Theravada
|
Chuanqing
|
Sino-Tibetan →
Sinitic →
Mandarin Chinese →
Southwestern Mandarin
|
China (
Guizhou)
|
|
Ethnic religion
|
Chukchis
|
Chukotko-Kamchatkan →
Chukotkan →
Chukchi
|
Chukchia
|
|
Christianity →
Eastern Orthodoxy →
Russian Orthodoxy,
Shamanism
|
Chulyms
|
Turkic →
Siberian Turkic →
Chulym
|
Russia (
Tomsk Oblast,
Krasnoyarsk Krai)
|
|
Christianity →
Eastern Orthodoxy →
Russian Orthodoxy
|
Chumash
|
Chumashan languages
[note 1]
[note 23]
|
United States (
California)
|
|
Christianity,
Native American religion
|
Chutiya
|
Sino-Tibetan →
Sal →
Deori
[note 4]
|
India (
Assam)
|
Deori
|
Ekasarana Dharma
|
Chuukese
|
Austronesian →
Micronesian →
Chuukese
|
Federated States of Micronesia (
Chuuk Lagoon)
|
|
Christianity →
Catholicism
|
Chuvans
|
Indo-European →
Slavic →
Russian,
Chukotko-Kamchatkan →
Chukotkan →
Chukchi, formerly
Yukaghir →
Chuvan
|
Russia (
Chukotka)
|
|
Christianity →
Eastern Orthodoxy →
Russian Orthodoxy
|
Chuvash
|
Turkic →
Oghur →
Chuvash
|
Russia (
Chuvashia)
|
Virjal,
Anatri
|
Christianity →
Eastern Orthodoxy
|
Cinta Larga
|
Tupian →
Monde →
Cinta Larga
|
Brazil (
Amazon rainforest)
|
|
Indigenous religion,
Santo Daime
|
Circassians
|
Northwest Caucasian →
Circassian
[note 1]
|
Russia (
Circassia)
[note 2]
|
Abzakhs,
Adygeans,
Besleneys,
Bzhedugs,
Chemirgoys,
Cherkess,
Kabardians,
Natukhajs,
Shapsugs,
Ubykhs,
Makhosh, and
Hatuqways, with
significant populations in
Turkey,
Israel,
Syria,
Jordan,
Iran,
Germany,
Iraq,
Bulgaria, the
United States,
Egypt,
Libya, and
Saudi Arabia
|
Islam →
Sunni Islam →
Hanafi,
Sufism →
Naqshbandi
|
Cirebonese
|
Austronesian →
Malayo-Polynesian →
Cirebonese
|
Indonesia (
Cirebon)
|
|
Islam
|
Clatsop
|
Chinookan,
Wakashan, and
Indo-European →
Lower Chinook,
Nootka Jargon,
Germanic, and
Italic →
Chinook Jargon; formerly
Chinookan →
Lower Chinook → Clatsop
|
United States (
Oregon)
|
|
|
Cocopah
|
Yuman →
Cocopah
|
Mexico (
Baja California,
Sonora),
United States (
Arizona)
|
|
Native American religion
|
Cocos Malays
|
Malay creoles →
Cocos Malay
|
Australia (
Cocos (Keeling) Islands)
|
significant populations in
Malaysia
|
Islam →
Sunni Islam
|
Cofan
|
Cofan language
|
Ecuador (
Sucumbios),
Colombia (
Putumayo)
|
|
Animism
|
Cook Islanders
|
Austronesian →
Polynesian →
Cook Islands Māori,
Austronesian →
Polynesian →
Penrhyn,
Austronesian →
Polynesian →
Rakahanga-Manihiki,
Austronesian →
Polynesian →
Pukapukan
|
Cook Islands
|
|
Christianity →
Protestantism
|
Comanche
|
Uto-Aztecan →
Numic →
Comanche,
Indo-European →
Germanic →
English
|
United States (
Comancheria)
|
|
Native American Church,
Christianity
|
Comorians
|
Niger–Congo →
Bantu →
Comorian
[note 1]
|
Comoros,
France (
Mayotte)
|
Grande Comorians,
Anjouans,
Mohélians,
Maorais, Significant population in
Metropolitan France
|
Islam →
Sunni Islam
|
Conch
|
Indo-European →
Germanic →
English,
English creole →
Bahamian Creole
|
Bahamas
|
|
Christianity
|
Confederados
|
Indo-European →
Germanic →
English →
American English
|
Brazil (
Santa Barbara d'Oeste,
Americana)
|
|
Christianity →
Protestantism
|
Copts
|
Afro-Asiatic →
Coptic,
[note 24]
Egyptian Sign
|
Egypt,
Sudan,
Libya
|
Sudan and
Libya along with the
Coptic diaspora
|
Christianity →
Coptic Orthodoxy
|
Cornish
|
Indo-European →
Celtic →
Cornish,
[note 25]
Indo-European →
Germanic →
English →
Cornish English,
BANZSL →
British Sign
|
United Kingdom (
Cornwall)
|
Significant populations in the
United States and
Australia
|
Christianity →
Protestantism →
Anglicanism,
Methodism
|
Corsicans
|
Indo-European →
Romance →
Corsican
[note 21]
|
France (
Corsica)
|
Corsican Americans (including
Corsican Puerto Ricans)
|
Christianity →
Catholicism
|
Coushatta
|
Muskogean → Alabama–Koasati →
Koasati
|
United States (
Coushatta Indian Reservation,
Alabama–Coushatta Reservation,
Alabama–Quassarte Tribal Town)
|
|
Christianity
|
Cree
|
Algic →
Algonquian →
Cree
[note 1]
[note 26]
|
Canada (
Alberta,
Saskatchewan,
Manitoba,
Ontario,
Quebec,
Newfoundland and Labrador)
|
James Bay Cree,
Moose Cree,
Swampy Cree,
Woodland Cree,
Papaschase
|
Christianity
|
Crimean Tatars
|
Turkic →
Kipchak → Kipchak-Cuman →
Middle Crimean Tatar,
Turkic →
Kipchak → Kipchak-Nogai →
Northern Crimean Tatar,
Turkic →
Oghuz →
Balkan Gagauz →
Southern Crimean Tatar,
Indo-European →
Indo-Aryan →
Balkan Romani → Crimean Romani
|
Ukraine (
Crimea)
|
Steppe, Mountain, and Southcoast tribes,
Crimean Roma, along with
Significant populations in
Turkey,
Romania, and
Uzbekistan.
|
Islam →
Sunni Islam
|
Croats
|
Indo-European →
Slavic →
Shtokavian,
Chakavian,
Kajkavian,
Torlakian,
Burgenland Croatian, and
Slavomolisano;
Francosign → Austro-Hungarian Sign →
Yugoslav Sign
[note 1]
|
Croatia,
Bosnia and Herzegovina (
Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina)
|
Bunjevci,
Krashovani,
Janjevci,
Šokci,
Bosnian Croats,
Croat Muslims, along with
significant populations in
Italy (including
Molise Croats),
Austria,
United States,
Chile,
Argentina,
Germany,
Australia and
Canada
|
Christianity →
Catholicism
|
Crow
|
Siouan →
Western Siouan →
Crow
|
United States (
Montana)
|
|
Christianity,
Crow religion
|
Czechoslovaks
|
Indo-European →
Slavic →
Czech,
Indo-European →
Slavic →
Slovak
|
Czech Republic,
Slovakia
|
Significant populations in
Canada and the
United States
|
Christianity→
Roman Catholicism
|
Czechs
|
Indo-European →
Slavic →
Czech
|
Czech Republic
|
Bohemians,
Chodové, along with
significant populations in
United States and
Canada
|
Christianity →
Catholicism
[note 27]
|
Dagaaba
|
Niger–Congo →
Gur →
Dagaare
|
Ghana,
Burkina Faso
|
|
Christianity,
Traditional African religions
|
Dagombas
|
Niger–Congo →
Gur →
Dagbani
|
Ghana (
Kingdom of Dagbon)
|
|
Islam →
Sunni Islam
|
Damara
|
Khoe →
Khoekhoe
|
Namibia (
Damaraland)
|
|
Christianity
|
Damia
|
Indo-European →
Indo-Aryan →
Dameli
|
Pakistan (
Chitral District)
|
|
|
Danes
|
Indo-European →
Germanic →
Danish,
Indo-European →
Germanic →
East Danish,
Indo-European →
Germanic →
Jutish,
Francosign →
DTSic →
Danish Sign
|
Danish Realm (
Denmark)
|
Significant populations in the
United States,
Canada,
Greenland, and
Germany.
|
Christianity →
Protestantism →
Lutheranism
|
Dani
|
Trans-New Guinea →
West Papuan Highlands →
Dani
|
Papua New Guinea (
Baliem Valley)
|
Indonesia (
Highland Papua)
|
Christianity→
Protestantism,
Islam
|
Dargins
|
Northeast Caucasian →
Dargin
[note 1]
|
Russia (
Dagestan)
|
Kaitags,
Kubachis,
Itsaris,
Chirags
|
Islam →
Sunni Islam
|
Daurs
|
Mongolic →
Dagur
|
China (
Inner Mongolia,
Heilongjiang,
Xinjiang)
|
|
Shamanism
|
Dawoodi Bohra
|
Indo-European →
Indo-Aryan →
Gujarati →
Lisan ud-Dawat
|
India,
Pakistan
|
|
Islam →
Shia →
Isma'ilism →
Tayyibi Isma'ilism
|
Deccani
|
Indo-European →
Indo-Aryan →
Hindustani →
Deccani
|
India (
Deccan)
|
Hyderabadi
|
Islam →
Sunni Islam,
Sufism,
Shia Islam →
Isma'ilism →
Nizari Isma'ilism
|
Deg Xitʼan
|
Na-Dene →
Athabaskan →
Deg Xinag
|
United States (
Alaska)
|
|
Christianity
|
Denaʼina
|
Na-Dene →
Athabaskan →
Denaʼina
|
United States (
Alaska)
|
|
Christianity→
Orthodox Christianity,
Animism
|
Dhimal
|
Sino-Tibetan →
Dhimalish →
Dhimal
|
Nepal
|
|
Hinduism,
Kiratism
|
Dinka
|
Nilo-Saharan →
Nilotic →
Dinka
|
South Sudan
|
|
Christianity,
Dinka religion
|
Dobrujan Tatars
|
Turkic →
Kipchak →
Dobrujan Tatar,
Indo-European →
Romance →
Romanian
|
Romania (
Constanța County)
|
|
Islam →
Sunni Islam
|
Dogon
|
Niger–Congo →
Dogon,
[note 1]
Bangime,
Tebul Sign
|
Mali (
Bandiagara Escarpment)
|
Ampari Dogon (including Nyamboli),
Tebul U,
Mombo Dogon,
Escarpment Dogon (including
Tommo So),
Jamsai Dogon,
Nanga Dogon,
Yanda Dogon,
Walo,
Beente,
Duleri Dogon,
Pinia,
Bondum Dogon,
Dogul Dogon,
Budu,
Western Plains Dogon,
Toro-tegu Dogon,
Bangande
|
Traditional African religions
|
Dogras
|
Indo-European →
Indo-Aryan →
Dogri
|
India (
Jammu Division)
|
|
Hinduism
|
Dolgans
|
Turkic →
Siberian Turkic →
Dolgan
|
Russia (
Krasnoyarsk Krai)
|
|
Christianity →
Eastern Orthodoxy →
Russian Orthodoxy,
Shamanism
|
Doms
|
Indo-European →
Indo-Aryan →
Domari,
Indo-European →
Indo-Aryan →
Garachi
|
Azerbaijan,
Middle East,
North Africa
|
Garachi, with significant populations in
Egypt,
Israel,
Libya,
Sudan,
Syria, and
Tunisia
|
Islam,
Judaism
|
Dominickers
|
|
United States (
Holmes County, Florida)
|
|
|
Dongxiangs
|
Mongolic →
Shirongolic →
Santa
|
China, (
Gansu)
|
|
Sunni Islam
|
Doukhobors
|
Indo-European →
Slavic →
Russian
|
Russia
|
|
Christianity →
Spiritual Christianity
|
Druze
|
Afro-Asiatic →
Arabic →
Levantine Arabic,
DGSic →
Israeli Sign
|
Levant (
Syria,
Lebanon,
Israel,
Jordan)
|
Lebanese Druze,
Syrian Druze,
Israeli Druze,
Jordanian Druze
|
Druzism
[12]
[13]
|
Dubla
|
Indo-European →
Indo-Aryan →
Bhil →
Dubli
[note 28]
|
Gujarat (
India)
|
|
Hinduism
|
Dukha
|
Turkic →
Siberian Turkic → Taiga Sayan Turkic →
Dukhan
|
Mongolia (
Khövsgöl Province)
|
|
Shamanism →
Dukha indigenous religion
|
Dutch
|
Indo-European →
Germanic →
Dutch,
Francosign →
Dutch Sign
|
Netherlands
|
|
Christianity
[note 27]
|
Dutch Afro-Caribbean
|
Indo-European →
Romance →
Portuguese and
Spanish-based creoles →
Papiamento
|
Aruba,
Bonaire,
Curacao,
Saba,
Sint Eustatius,
Sint Maarten
|
|
Christianity →
Catholicism
|
Dwe'e
|
Niger–Congo →
Bantu →
Nzime
|
Cameroon
|
|
Christianity
|
Dyula
|
Niger–Congo →
Mande →
Manding →
Dyula
|
Burkina Faso,
Ivory Coast,
Mali
|
|
Islam →
Sunni Islam
|
East Indian Catholics
|
Indo-European →
Indo-Aryan →
East Indian Mahratti
|
India (
Seven Islands of Bombay)
|
|
Christianity →
Catholicism
|
Ebira
|
Niger–Congo →
Nupoid →
Ebira
|
Nigeria (
Kogi State)
|
|
Islam
|
Edo
|
Niger–Congo →
Edoid →
Edo
|
Nigeria (
Edo State)
|
Ika,
Emai
|
Christianity
|
Efik
|
Niger–Congo →
Cross River →
Ibibio-Efik →
Efik
|
Nigeria (
Cross River State)
|
|
Christianity,
Efik religion
|
Egyptians
|
Afro-Asiatic →
Arabic →
Egyptian Arabic,
Afro-Asiatic →
Arabic →
Sa'idi Arabic,
Egyptian Sign, formerly
Afro-Asiatic → Egyptian →
Ancient Egyptian
|
Egypt
|
Sa'idi
|
Islam →
Sunni Islam
|
Ekari
|
Trans-New Guinea →
Ekari
|
Indonesia (
Wissel Lakes)
|
|
Christianity
|
Ekoi
|
Niger–Congo →
Bantoid →
Jagham
|
Nigeria,
Cameroon
|
|
Christianity,
Ekoi religion
|
Elbegli
|
Turkic →
Oghuz →
Turkish
|
Turkey (
Kilis,
Gaziantep,
Sivas),
Syria (
Aleppo),
Iran (
South Azerbaijan)
[14]
[15]
|
|
Islam →
Sunni Islam
|
Embera
|
Choco →
Embera
[note 1]
|
Colombia (
Choco Department),
Panama (
Darien,
Embera)
|
|
Shamanism
|
Enets
|
Uralic →
Samoyedic →
Enets
[note 1]
|
Russia (
Krasnoyarsk Krai)
|
|
Shamanism
|
English
|
Indo-European →
Germanic →
English,
BANZSL →
British Sign
|
United Kingdom (
England,
Little England beyond Wales)
|
New Forest commoners,
Berwickers
|
Christianity →
Protestantism →
Anglicanism
|
Erzyas
|
Uralic →
Mordvinic →
Erzya
|
Russia (
Mordovia)
|
Shoksha
|
Christianity→
Russian Orthodox,
Protestantism→
Lutheranism,
Erzyas native religion
|
Esan
|
Niger–Congo →
Edoid →
Esan
|
Nigeria (
Esanland)
|
|
Christianity
|
Estonians
|
Uralic →
Finnic →
Estonian,
Uralic →
Finnic →
South Estonian,
Francosign →
RSLic →
Estonian Sign
|
Estonia,
Setomaa (
Estonia and
Russia),
Latvia (
Ludza,
Gauja)
|
Setos,
Võros,
Hiiumaans,
Saaremaans,
Ludza Estonians,
Gauja Estonians, with significant populations in
Argentina,
Australia,
Canada,
Finland, Georgia (including
Abkhazia), the
United States
|
Christianity →
Protestantism →
Lutheranism
[note 27]
|
Eurasian Singaporeans
|
Indo-European →
Germanic →
English
|
Singapore
|
|
Christianity
|
Evenks
|
Tungusic → Northern Tungusic →
Evenki,
Tungusic → Northern Tungusic →
Negidal
|
Russia,
China
|
Negidals
|
Shamanism
|
Evens
|
Tungusic → Northern Tungusic →
Even,
Turkic →
Siberian Turkic →
Yakut
|
Russia (
Kamchatka Krai,
Magadan Oblast,
Sakha)
|
|
Shamanism
|
Ewe
|
Niger–Congo →
Kwa →
Gbe →
Ewe
|
Togo,
Ghana
|
Anlo Ewe,
Waci
|
Christianity,
West African Vodun
|
Falkland Islanders
|
Indo-European →
Germanic →
English →
Falkland Islands English
|
British Overseas Territories (
Falkland Islands)
|
|
Christianity
|
Fang
|
Niger–Congo →
Bantu →
Fang
|
Equatorial Guinea (
Rio Muni),
Gabon
|
|
Christianity
|
Faroe Islanders
|
Indo-European →
Germanic →
Faroese,
Indo-European →
Germanic →
Danish →
Gøtudanskt
|
Danish Realm (
Faroe Islands)
|
|
Christianity →
Protestantism →
Lutheranism
|
Fijians
|
Austronesian →
Malayo-Polynesian →
Fijian
|
Fiji
|
Fijian Americans,
Fijian Australians,
Fijian British
|
Christianity →
Protestantism →
Methodism
|
Finnish Tatars
|
Turkic →
Kipchak →
Tatar →
Mishar Tatar,
Indo-European →
Slavic →
Russian
|
Finland
|
|
Islam →
Sunni Islam
|
Finns
|
Uralic →
Finnic →
Finnish,
Meänkieli,
Siberian Ingrian Finnish,
Indo-European →
Germanic →
Finland Swedish,
SSLic →
FSLic
[note 1]
|
Finland,
Russia (
Ingria,
Siberia),
Sweden,
Norway
|
Forest Finns,
Tornedalians,
Ingrian Finns (including
Siberian Finns (including
Korlaks),
Savonians,
Tavastians,
Finns proper,
Ostrobothnians,
Finnish Karelians,
Finland Swedes,
Kainuu, and
Murmansk Finns, along with significant populations in
Sweden,
Switzerland,
Australia,
United States (including
Findians),
Argentina, and
Canada (including
Findians).
|
Christianity →
Protestantism →
Lutheranism
|
Fipa
|
Niger–Congo →
Bantu (
Zone M) →
Fipa,
Niger–Congo →
Bantu →
Mambwe-Lungu
|
Rukwa Region,
Tanzania (
Sumbawanga Rural District,
Nkasi District)
|
|
Christianity →
Catholicism
|
Flemings
|
Indo-European →
Germanic →
Dutch →
Flemish,
Indo-European →
Germanic →
West Flemish,
Indo-European →
Germanic →
Zeelandic,
Francosign → Belgian Sign →
Flemish Sign
|
Belgium (
Flanders,
Brussels),
France (
French Flanders),
Netherlands (
Zeelandic Flanders)
|
|
Christianity →
Catholicism
|
Fon
|
Niger–Congo →
Kwa →
Gbe →
Fon
|
Dahomey (
Benin)
|
|
Christianity →
Catholicism,
West African Vodun
|
French
|
Indo-European →
Romance →
French,
Francosign →
French Sign
|
France
|
|
Christianity →
Catholicism
|
French Afro-Caribbean
|
Indo-European →
Romance →
French →
Antillean Creole
|
France (
French West Indies),
Dominica,
Haiti,
Saint Lucia
|
Guadeloupeans,
Martinicans,
Saint-Martinois,
Barthelemois,
Afro-French Guianans,
Dominicans,
Haitians,
Saint Lucians
|
Christianity →
Catholicism,
Haitian Vodou
|
French Canadians
|
Indo-European →
Romance →
French →
Canadian French,
Francosign →
French Sign and
American Sign →
Quebec Sign
|
Canada
|
Quebecois,
Acadians (including
Chiac),
Franco-Terreneuvians,
Franco-Ontariens,
Franco-Manitobains,
Fransaskois,
Franco-Albertains,
Franco-Colombiens,
Franco-Yukonnais,
Franco-Tenois,
Franco-Nunavois,
Brayons,
Muskrat French,
French-Canadian Americans
|
Christianity →
Catholicism
|
French Louisianians
|
Indo-European →
French Creole →
Louisiana Creole,
Indo-European →
Romance →
Louisiana French,
Indo-European →
Romance →
French →
Missouri French,
Indo-European →
Germanic →
English →
Cajun English, formerly
Indo-European →
French Creole →
Alabama Creole
|
United States (
Louisiana,
Alabama, and
Missouri)
|
Louisiana Creoles (including
Louisiana Cajuns and
Louisiana Creoles of color),
Alabama Creoles (including
Alabama Cajuns), and
Missouri Creoles
|
Christianity →
Catholicism,
Louisiana Voodoo
|
Frisians
|
Indo-European →
Germanic →
Frisian,
[note 1]
Indo-European →
Germanic →
East Frisian Low Saxon,
Indo-European →
Germanic →
Dutch →
West Frisian Dutch
|
Frisia (
Netherlands,
Germany, historically
Denmark)
|
Westlauwers Frisians,
East Frisians,
North Frisians,
Saterland Frisians, with significant populations in the
United States
|
Christianity →
Protestantism →
Calvinism,
Christianity →
Protestantism →
Lutheranism
[note 27]
[16]
|
Friulians
|
Indo-European →
Romance →
Friulian
|
Italy (
Friuli)
|
|
Christianity →
Catholicism
|
Fula
|
Atlantic–Congo →
Senegambian →
Fula
[note 1]
|
West Africa (
Guinea,
Senegal,
Mali,
Mauritania,
Nigeria,
Cameroon,
Niger,
Burkina Faso,
Benin,
Chad)
[note 29]
|
Wodaabe,
Maasina Fulfulde
|
Islam
|
Fur
|
Nilo-Saharan →
Fur
|
Sudan (
Darfur)
|
|
Islam →
Sunni Islam
|
Fuyu Kyrgyz
|
Turkic →
Siberian Turkic →
Fuyu Kyrgyz
|
Fuyu County (
Qiqihar,
Heilongjiang,
China)
|
|
Buddhism →
Vajrayana →
Tibetan Buddhism
|
Ga-Adangbe
|
Niger–Congo →
Kwa →
Ga–Dangme
[note 1]
|
Greater Accra (
Ghana)
|
Ga,
Adangbe
|
Christianity
|
Gabrieleños
|
Indo-European →
Germanic →
English,
Indo-European →
Romance →
Spanish,
Uto-Aztecan →
Takic →
Gabrieleno
[note 30]
|
|
|
Native American religion, Christianity
|
Gade
|
Niger–Congo →
Nupoid →
Gade
|
Nigeria (
Niger State)
|
|
|
Gagauz
|
Turkic →
Oghuz →
Gagauz
|
Moldova (
Gagauzia,
Taraclia,
Basarabeasca),
Ukraine (
Budjak)
|
|
Christianity →
Eastern Orthodoxy
|
Gajal
|
Turkic →
Oghuz →
Turkish,
Indo-European →
Slavic →
Bulgarian
|
Bulgaria (
Ludogorie),
Turkey (
East Thrace)
|
|
Islam →
Sunni Islam
|
Galela
|
West Papuan →
North Halmahera →
Galela
|
Indonesia (
North Maluku)
|
|
Islam,
Christianity
|
Galicians
|
Indo-European →
Romance →
Galician,
Indo-European →
Romance →
Spanish →
Castrapo
|
Spain (
Galicia)
|
Couto Mistans
|
Christianity →
Catholicism
|
Gamilaraay
|
Pama-Nyungan →
Wiradhuric →
Gamilaraay
|
Australia (
New South Wales,
Queensland)
|
|
Alcheringa
|
Ganda
|
Niger–Congo →
Bantu →
Great Lakes →
Luganda
|
Uganda (
Buganda)
|
Abayudaya
|
Christianity
|
Garhwalis
|
Indo-European →
Indo-Aryan →
Garhwali
|
India (
Uttarakhand)
|
|
Hinduism
|
Garifunas
|
Arawakan →
Ta-Arawakan →
Garifuna
[note 31]
|
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
[note 32]
|
Significant populations in the
United States
|
Christianity →
Catholicism
|
Garos
|
Sino-Tibetan →
Sal →
Garo
|
India (
Garo Hills)
|
|
Christianity,
Songsarek
|
Gaviao (Je)
|
Macro-Je →
Je →
Para Gaviao →
Parkateje,
Macro-Je →
Je →
Para Gaviao →
Pykobje
|
Brazil (
Pará,
Maranhao)
|
Parkateje,
Pykobje
|
Animism
|
Gaviao (Rondonia)
|
Tupian →
Monde →
Gaviao of Jiparana
|
Brazil (
Rondonia)
|
|
Animism
|
Gayonese
|
Austronesian →
Northwest Sumatra–Barrier Islands →
Gayo
|
Indonesia (
Bener Meriah,
Central Aceh, and
Gayo Lues Regencies)
|
|
Islam
|
Gbagyi
|
Niger–Congo →
Nupoid →
Gwari
|
Nigeria
|
|
Traditional African religions
|
Gbaya
|
Niger–Congo →
Ubangian →
Gbaya
[note 1]
|
Central African Republic,
Cameroon
|
Bokoto,
Kara,
Buli (including
Toongo),
Ali,
Mandja,
Gbaya-Bossangoa,
Bozom,
Mbodomo,
Gbanu,
Bangandu
|
Islam
|
Gedeo
|
Afro-Asiatic →
Cushitic →
Gedeo
|
Ethiopia (
Gedeo)
|
|
Christianity →
Protestantism →
P'ent'ay
|
Gelao
|
Kra–Dai →
Kra →
Gelao
[note 1]
[note 33]
|
China (
Guizhou)
|
|
Taoism,
Buddhism
|
Georgians
|
Kartvelian languages,
[note 1]
Northeast Caucasian →
Nakh →
Bats,
Georgian Sign
|
Georgia,
Azerbaijan (
Saingilo),
Turkey (
Artvin Province)
|
Adjarians,
Mingrelians,
Svans,
Tushetians,
Meskhetians,
Imerkhevians,
Ingiloys,
Bats,
[note 34] with
significant populations in
Turkey (including
Chveneburi,
France,
Belgium,
Poland,
Russia,
Spain,
Ukraine, the
United States, and
Iran
|
Christianity →
Eastern Orthodoxy
|
Germans
|
Indo-European →
Germanic →
German,
DGSic →
German Sign
|
Germany
|
Bavarians,
Swabians
|
Christianity
|
Ghomaras
|
Afro-Asiatic →
Berber →
Ghomaras
|
Morocco (
Rif)
|
|
Islam →
Sunni Islam
|
Ghorbati
|
Indo-European →
Iranian →
Persian,
Ghorbati
[note 1]
|
Central Asia
|
Mugats
|
Islam →
Shia Islam
|
Gibraltarians
|
Indo-European →
Romance →
Spanish →
Llanito,
Indo-European →
Germanic →
English →
Gibraltarian English,
BANZSL →
British Sign
[17]
|
British Overseas Territories (
Gibraltar)
|
Significant populations in the
United Kingdom
|
Christianity →
Catholicism
|
Gilaks
|
Indo-European →
Iranian →
Gilaki
|
Iran (
Gilan)
|
|
Islam →
Twelver Shi’ism
|
Gitxsan
|
Tsimshianic → Nass–Gitksan →
Gitxsan
|
Canada (
Skeena Country)
|
|
Native American religion
|
Goan Catholics
|
Indo-European →
Indo-Aryan →
Konkani →
Goan Konkani
|
India (
Goa)
|
|
Christianity →
Catholicism
|
Godoberis
|
Northeast Caucasian →
Avar–Andic →
Godoberi
|
Russia (
Dagestan)
|
|
Islam →
Sunni Islam
|
Gogo
|
Niger–Congo →
Bantu →
Gogo
|
Tanzania (
Dodoma Region)
|
|
Christianity,
African Traditional Religion
|
Gola
|
Niger–Congo →
Gola
|
Liberia,
Sierra Leone
|
|
Islam
|
Gonds
|
Dravidian →
Gondi
[note 1]
[note 35]
|
India (
Gondwana)
|
Godha,
Madia Gonds,
Muria,
Koya
|
Hinduism,
Koyapunem
|
Gorals
|
Indo-European →
Slavic →
Lechitic →
Gorolski
[note 36]
|
Southern
Poland, northern
Slovakia,
Cieszyn Silesia (
Poland,
Czech Republic)
|
Sącz Lachs,
Silesian Gorals
|
Christianity →
Catholicism,
Christianity →
Protestantism →
Lutheranism
|
Gorani
|
Indo-European →
Slavic →
Torlakian →
Gorani
|
Gora (
Kosovo,
Albania,
North Macedonia)
|
|
Islam →
Sunni Islam
|
Gorontalo
|
Austronesian →
Philippine →
Gorontaloan
|
Indonesia (
Gorontalo)
|
|
Islam →
Sunni Islam
|
Gosha
|
Niger-Congo →
Bantu →
Zigula
|
Somalia
|
|
Islam
|
Great Andamanese
|
Great Andamanese
[note 1]
|
India (
Great Andaman)
|
|
Animism
|
Greeks
|
Indo-European →
Hellenic,
[note 1]
Turkic →
Kipchak →
Urum,
Indo-European →
Romance →
Aromanian,
Indo-European →
Romance →
Megleno-Romanian,
Indo-European →
Albanian →
Arvanitika,
Indo-European →
Slavic →
Macedo-Bulgarian,
[note 1]
Francosign →
French Sign and
American Sign →
Greek Sign,
Cypriot Sign
|
Greece,
Cyprus
|
Greek Cypriots,
Pontic Greeks,
Cappadocian Greeks,
Sarakatsani,
Souliotes,
Urums,
Grikos,
Macedonian Greeks,
Anatolian Greeks,
Tsakonians,
Maniots,
Karagounides,
Mikrasiates [
el],
Phanariots,
Egyptian Greeks,
Caucasus Greeks,
Cretan Muslims,
Sfakians,
Slavophone Greeks,
Corfiot Greeks,
Melkites (including
Antiochian Greeks,
Jerusalemite Greeks, and
Alexandrian Greeks) and also sizeable populations of
Arvanites,
Aromanians and
Megleno-Romanians who identify as ethnic Greeks, along with
significant populations in
Albania (including
Northern Epirotes),
Turkey,
Ukraine,
Georgia, the
United States, the
United Kingdom,
Germany,
Australia,
France,
Italy (including
Grikos),
Malta, and
Canada
|
Christianity →
Eastern Orthodoxy,
Catholicism →
Greek Byzantine Catholicism, formerly
Hellenism,
Neoplatonism,
Greco-Roman Mysteries
|
Gros Ventre
|
Algic →
Algonquian →
Gros Ventre
|
United States (
Montana)
|
|
Sun Dance
|
Guajajara
|
Tupian →
Tenetehara
|
Brazil (
Maranhao)
|
|
Shamanism,
Santo Daime
|
Guan
|
Niger–Congo →
Kwa →
Guang
[note 1]
|
Ghana (
Brong-Ahafo and
Volta Regions)
|
Gonja,
Kyode,
Cherepon,
Efutu,
Anyanga,
Larteh,
Chumburung,
Krache,
Anum-Boso
|
Christianity
|
Guarani
|
Tupian →
Guarani
|
Paraguay,
Argentina (
Misiones),
Bolivia
|
Chiriguanos, along with
Mestizos such as
Paraguayans
|
Christianity →
Catholicism
|
Gujarati
|
Indo-European →
Indo-Aryan →
Gujarati
|
India (
Gujarat)
|
Koli,
Bharwad,
Khoja,
Patidar,
Sunni Bohra,
Lohana,
Vagri,
Kharva,
Charan,
Baria,
Momna,
Ghanchi,
Shenva,
Bhambi Khalpa,
Zarabes,
Bhoi,
Luso-Indians,
Gujarati Americans
|
Hinduism,
Islam,
Jainism
|
Gujjar /
Gurjar
|
Indo-European →
Indo-Aryan →
Gujari
|
Primarily
Pakistan &
India, also
Afghanistan at smaller numbers
|
Khatana,
Solanki,
Parihar,
Tanwar,
Parmar,
chandel, Chauhan,
Bhadana,
Bhatti,
Kohli,
Tomar,
Panwar,
Pawar,
Bainsla,
Bagri,
Hans, etc.
|
Islam,
Hinduism,
Sikhism
|
Gumuz
|
Nilo-Saharan →
Gumuz
|
Ethiopia (
Benishangul-Gumuz Region)
|
|
Traditional African religion
|
Guna
|
Chibchan →
Kuna
|
Panama (
Guna Yala)
|
|
Native American religion
|
Gurage
|
Afro-Asiatic →
Ethiopic →
Gurage,
[note 1] formerly
Afro-Asiatic →
Ethiopic →
Mesmes
|
Ethiopia (
Guragia)
|
Kistane,
Zay,
Inor,
Mesqan,
Muher
Sebat Bet (including
Chaha)
|
Christianity
|
Gurindji
|
Pama–Nyungan →
Ngumpin–Yapa →
Gurindji,
Pama–Nyungan and
Indo-European →
Gurindji and
Australian Kriol →
Gurindji Kriol
|
Australia (
Northern Territory)
|
|
Dreamtime
|
Gurma
|
Niger–Congo →
Gur →
Gourmanche
|
Gurmaland (
Burkina Faso,
Ghana)
|
Ntcham,
Bimoba
|
Islam
|
Gurungs
|
Sino-Tibetan →
Gurung
|
Nepal,
India (
Sikkim,
West Bengal)
|
Ghale, Gurung
|
Buddhism →
Vajrayana →
Tibetan Buddhism,
Bon,
Hinduism
|
Gurunsi
|
Niger–Congo →
Gur →
Gurunsi
[note 1]
|
Burkina Faso,
Ghana,
Togo
|
Lukpa,
Kabye,
Tem,
Lamba,
Delo,
Bago-Kusuntu,
Chala,
Lyele,
Nuna,
Kalamse,
Pana,
Kassena,
Winye,
Deg,
Puguli,
Paasaal,
Sisaala,
Chakali,
Siti,
Tamprusi,
Vagla
|
Traditional African religions,
Islam →
Sunni Islam
|
Gwich'in
|
Na-Dene →
Athabaskan →
Gwich'in
|
Canada (
Yukon Territory,
Northwest Territories),
United States (
Alaska)
|
|
Native American religion
|
Ha
|
Niger–Congo →
Bantu →
Ha
|
Tanzania (
Kigoma Region)
|
|
Animism
|
Hadiya
|
Afro-Asiatic →
Cushitic →
Hadiyya
|
Ethiopia (
Hadiya)
|
|
Islam
|
Hadza
|
Hadza language
|
Tanzania (
Karatu District)
|
|
Hadza mythology
|
Haida
|
Haida languages
[note 1]
|
Canada (
Haida Gwaii)
|
|
Haida Traditional Faith
|
Haisla
|
Wakashan →
Haisla
|
Canada (
British Columbia)
|
|
Native American religion
|
Hän
|
Na-Dene →
Athabaskan →
Han
|
Canada (
Yukon Territory),
United States (
Alaska)
|
|
Native American religion
|
Han Chinese
|
Sino-Tibetan →
Sinitic →
Chinese,
[note 1]
CSLic languages,
[note 1]
JSLic →
Taiwan Sign,
Indo-European →
Germanic →
English →
Manglish,
Austronesian →
Malayic →
Malay →
Bazaar Malay →
Baba Malay,
Indo-European →
Germanic →
English →
Hong Kong English, formerly
Sino-Tibetan →
Chinese →
Ba–Shu
|
China,
Taiwan,
Singapore,
Myanmar (
Kokang)
|
Subei,
Yue (including Cantonese,
Punti,
Taishanese (including
Taishanese Hongkongers),
Hongkongers (including
Punti),
Macau, and
Namshun),
Tankas (including
Fuzhou Tankas),
Màirén,
Hui (including
Panthays),
Fujianese (including
Fuzhounese,
Hoklos,
Hui'an maidens,
Putianese,
Fujianese Hongkongers,
Fokien, and
Teochew),
Gaoshan Han,
Gan,
Tunbao,
Pinghua (including Northern Pinghua and Southern Pinghua),
Hakka (including
Ngai (including
Dan)),
Hainanese,
Hebei,
Hunanese,
Jianghuai,
Shandong,
Sichuanese,
Wu (including
Shanghainese,
Ningbonese, and
Wenzhounese),
Kokang Chinese,
Han Taiwanese (including
Hoklo Taiwanese and
Benshengren),
Sino-Singaporeans (including
Straits Chinese),
Chin Haw,
Hwagyo, along with
significant populations in the
United States (including
Hoklos,
Hongkongers,
Fuzhounese Americans, and
Hakkas),
Mongolia,
Malaysia (including
Penangite Chinese,
Straits Chinese, and
Peranakans (including Baba-Nyonya and Kiau–Seng)),
Thailand,
Indonesia (including
Benteng),
Myanmar,
Canada (including
Hongkongers), the
Philippines (including
Sangleys),
Peru,
Australia (including
Hong Kong Australians),
Vietnam (including
Chinese Nùng and
Ngai (including
Dan)),
Japan,
Russia,
France (including
Chinois and
Wenzhounese French), the
United Kingdom (including
Hong Kong Britons),
South Africa,
Italy,
Bulgaria,
Germany,
Korea (including
North Korea and
South Korea),
Fiji,
Finland,
Spain,
India,
Laos,
Brazil, the
Netherlands (including
Hongkongers),
Argentina,
Panama,
Madagascar,
Mauritius (including
Namshun,
Fokien,
Hakka, and
Sino-creoles),
Seychelles,
Venezuela,
Cambodia (including
Teochew,
Cantonese Cambodians,
Hainanese Cambodians,
Hoklos, and
Hakkas),
Belgium,
Denmark,
Iran,
Ireland,
Israel,
Kazakhstan,
Kyrgyzstan, the
Czech Republic,
Chinese Bangladeshis, the
Caribbean (including
Cuba, the
Dominican Republic,
Haiti,
Jamaica,
Puerto Rico,
Trinidad and Tobago,
Belize,
Suriname, and
Guyana),
Chile,
Costa Rica,
Brazil,
Nicaragua,
Pakistan,
Palau,
Papua New Guinea,
Portugal,
Mozambique,
Romania,
Samoa,
Serbia,
Sri Lanka,
Sweden,
Turkey, the
United Arab Emirates,
Uruguay,
Algeria,
Angola,
Botswana,
Cameroon,
Cape Verde, the
Democratic Republic of the Congo,
Egypt,
Ethiopia,
Ghana,
Kenya,
Lesotho,
Libya,
Malawi,
Mali,
Morocco,
Namibia,
Nigeria, the
Republic of Congo,
Senegal,
Tanzania,
Uganda,
Zambia,
Zimbabwe, and
New Zealand
|
Chinese folk religion,
Buddhism →
Chinese Buddhism,
Taoism,
Irreligion (see also
Religion in China and
Religion in Taiwan)
|
Hangaza
|
Niger–Congo →
Bantu →
Hangaza
|
Tanzania (
Kagera Region)
|
|
Christianity
|
Hani
|
Sino-Tibetan →
Loloish →
Hani
|
China (
Yunnan)
|
|
Animism
|
Harari
|
Afro-Asiatic →
Semitic →
Ethiopic →
Harari
|
Ethiopia (
Hararia)
|
|
Islam →
Sunni Islam
|
Haratins
|
Afro-Asiatic →
Arabic →
Maghrebi Arabic,
[note 1]
Afro-Asiatic →
Berber
[note 1]
|
Mauritania
|
|
Islam →
Sunni Islam
|
Hausa
|
Afro-Asiatic →
Chadic →
Hausa
|
Hausaland (
Niger,
Nigeria,
Ghana)
|
|
Islam →
Sunni Islam
|
Hawaiians
|
Austronesian →
Polynesian →
Hawaiian,
[note 37]
Indo-European →
Germanic →
English Creole →
Hawaiian Pidgin,
Hawaiʻi Sign,
Hawaiʻi Sign and
American Sign →
Creole Hawaiʻi Sign
|
United States (
Hawaii)
|
|
Christianity,
Hawaiian religion
|
Ḫawlan bin ʾAmir
|
Afroasiatic →
Semitic →
Razihi,
Faifi
|
Yemen (
Saada Governorate),
Saudi Arabia (
Fifa Mountains)
|
Razihis,
Faifis
|
Islam →
Shia Islam →
Zaydism
|
Haya
|
Niger–Congo →
Bantu →
Haya
|
Tanzania (
Kagera Region)
|
|
Christianity,
Ruhanga
|
Hazaras
|
Karluks →
Indo-European →
Persian →
Hazaragi
|
Afghanistan (
Hazarajat)
|
|
Islam →
Shia and
Sunni
|
Hehe
|
Niger–Congo →
Bantu →
Hehe
|
Tanzania (
Iringa Region)
|
|
Christianity
|
Heiltsuk
|
Wakashan → Northern Wakashan →
Heiltsuk–Oowekyala →
Heiltsuk
|
Canada (
Central Coast Regional District)
|
|
Native American religion
|
Helong
|
Austronesian →
Timoric →
Helong
|
Indonesia (
Kupang Regency,
Semau Island,
Flores Island)
|
|
Christianity
|
Herero
|
Niger–Congo →
Bantu →
Herero
|
Namibia (
Hereroland),
Angola
|
OvaHimba,
Ovambanderu
|
Christianity
|
Highland Travellers
|
Indo-European →
Celtic →
Scottish Gaelic →
Beurla Reagaird
|
United Kingdom (
Scottish Highlands)
|
|
Christianity →
Roman Catholic
|
Hinukh
|
Northeast Caucasian →
Tsezic →
Hinuq
|
Russia (
Tsuntinsky and
Kizlyarsky districts)
|
|
Islam →
Sunni Islam
|
Hispanic Americans
|
Indo-European →
Romance →
Spanish →
American Spanish
|
Hispanic America (
Mexico,
Colombia,
Argentina,
Peru,
Venezuela,
Chile,
Ecuador,
Guatemala,
Bolivia,
Cuba,
Dominican Republic,
Honduras,
Paraguay,
Nicaragua,
El Salvador,
Costa Rica,
Panama,
Uruguay),
United States (
Puerto Rico,
Texas,
New Mexico,
California,
Arizona,
Colorado,
Florida,
Louisiana),
Belize
|
Mexican (
Northeastern Mexican,
Northwestern Mexican,
Baja Californian,
Western Mexican,
Abajeno,
Central Mexican,
Southern Mexican,
Coastal Mexican,
Chiapaneco,
Yucateco,
Basque-Mexican,
Mexican-American),
Colombian (
Cundinamarqués,
Bogotan,
Boyacense,
Santandereano,
Huilense,
Tolimense,
Paisa,
Caucano,
Pastuso,
Valluno,
Llanero,
Amazonian Colombian,
Guajiro,
Sabanero,
Samario,
Vallenato,
Chochoano,
Tumaqueño,
Basque-Colombian,
Colombian-American),
Argentinian (
North Argentinian,
Guaranitic,
Cuyano,
Cordobes,
Puntano,
Litoraleno,
Porteno,
Patagonian,
Basque-Argentinian,
Argentinian-American),
Peruvian (
Ecuatorial Peruvian,
Coastal Peruvian,
Andean Peruvian,
Amazonian Peruvian,
Peruvian-American),
Venezuelan (
Amazonian Venezuelan,
Llanero,
Andean Venezuelan,
Western Venezuelan,
Eastern Venezuelan,
Island Venezuelan,
Caraqueno,
Zuliano,
Central Venezuelan,
Venezuelan-American,
Venezuelan-Colombian),
Chilean (
Chilean-American),
Ecuadorian (
Quiteno,
Riobambeno,
Cuencano,
Lojano,
Esmeraldeno,
Manabita,
Guayaco,
Amazonian Ecuadorian,
Ecuadorian-American),
Guatemalan (
Guatemalan-American),
Bolivian (
Bolivian-American),
Cuban (
Cuban-American),
Dominican (
Dominican-American),
Honduran (
Honduran-American),
Paraguayan (
Paraguayan-American),
Nicaraguan (
Nicaraguan-American),
Salvadoran (
Caliche,
Lenca,
Salvadoran-American),
Costa Rican (
Costa Rican-American),
Panamanian (
Panamanian-American),
Uruguayan (
Uruguayan-American),
Islenos,
Hispanic-Belizean,
Puerto Rican,
Hispanic Americans in the United States (
Chicano,
Nuyorican), colonial-era
Hispanos in the USA and their modern descendants (
Tejanos,
Californios,
Neomexicanos,
Floridanos,
Isleños,
Louisiana Spanish-Creoles),
Spanish Americans (
Asturian-American,
Basque Americans,
Catalan Americans,
Canarian Americans,
Galician Americans), along with
significant populations in the
United States,
Spain,
France,
Canada,
Italy,
Japan,
Germany,
United Kingdom,
Portugal,
Australia and
Sweden
|
Christianity →
Catholicism
|
Hispanic Afro-Caribbeans
|
Indo-European →
Romance →
Spanish →
American Spanish
Indo-European →
Romance →
Spanish-based creoles →
Palenquero
|
Hispanic Caribbean (
Mexico,
Caribbean Colombia,
Venezuela,
Cuba,
Dominican Republic,
Panama,
Puerto Rico)
|
Afro-Mexican,
Caribbean Afro-Colombian (
Palenquero),
Afro-Venezuelan,
Afro-Cuban (
Ganga-Longoba),
Afro-Dominican,
Afro-Panamanian,
Afro-Puerto Rican
|
Christianity →
Catholicism,
Santeria,
Orisha,
Yoruba,
Vodou,
Traditional African religion
|
Hmong
|
Hmong–Mien →
Hmongic
[note 1]
|
China (
Guizhou)
[note 38]
|
A-Hmao,
Gha-Mu,
Xong,
Pa-Hng,
Hmong Americans
|
Hmong folk religion
|
Hopi
|
Uto-Aztecan →
Hopi
|
United States (
Hopi Reservation)
|
|
Christianity,
Native American Church
|
Huli
|
Trans–New Guinea →
Engan →
Huli
|
Papua New Guinea (
Southern Highlands Province)
|
|
Christianity,
Papuan religion
|
Hungarians
|
Uralic →
Ugric →
Hungarian,
Francosign → Austro-Hungarian Sign →
Hungarian Sign
|
Hungary,
Romania (
Szekely Land),
Slovakia (
Felvidek)
|
Palóc,
Matyó,
Magyarabs,
Hungarian Cumans,
Jasz, along with
significant populations in
Romania (including
Szekelys (including
Bukovina Szekelys) and
Csangos),
Slovakia,
Serbia,
Ukraine,
Croatia,
Slovenia,
Germany, the
United States, and
Canada
|
Christianity →
Catholicism,
Eastern Catholicism →
Hungarian Greek Catholicism,
Hungarian Unitarianism
|
Hunzibs
|
Northeast Caucasian →
Tsezic →
Hunzib
|
Russia (
Tsuntinsky District)
|
|
Islam →
Sunni Islam
|
Hutterites
|
Indo-European →
Germanic →
Hutterite German
|
Great Plains
|
Schmiedeleut,
Lehrerleut,
Dariusleut
|
Christianity →
Anabaptism
|
Hutu
|
Niger–Congo →
Bantu →
Great Lakes →
Rwanda-Rundi
[note 39]
|
Rwanda,
Burundi,
Democratic Republic of the Congo (
Kivu)
|
|
Christianity
|
Iatmul
|
Sepik →
Iatmul
|
Papua New Guinea (
East Sepik Province)
|
|
|
Iban
|
Austronesian →
Malayic →
Iban
|
Malaysia (
Sarawak)
|
Mualang
|
Christianity
|
Ibanag
|
Austronesian →
Philippine →
Cordilleran →
Ibanag
|
Philippines (
Isabela,
Cagayan)
|
|
Christianity →
Catholicism
|
Ibibio
|
Niger–Congo →
Cross River →
Ibibio,
Niger–Congo →
Cross River →
Anaang,
Niger–Congo →
Cross River →
Eket,
|
Nigeria (
Akwa Ibom State)
|
Eket,
Anaang,
Oron
|
Christianity
|
Icelanders
|
Indo-European →
Germanic →
Icelandic,
Francosign →
DTSic →
Icelandic Sign
|
Iceland
|
|
Christianity →
Protestantism →
Lutheranism,
Asartu
|
Idoma
|
Niger–Congo →
Idomoid →
Idoma
|
Nigeria (
Benue State)
|
Agatu,
Alago,
Yala
|
Christianity
|
Igbo
|
Niger–Congo →
Igbo
|
Nigeria (
Igboland)
|
Anioma,
Aro,
Edda,
Ekpeye,
Etche,
Ezaa,
Ika,
Ikwerre,
Ikwo,
Isu,
Izzi,
Mbaise,
Mgbo,
Ngwa,
Nri-Igbo,
Ogba,
Ohafia,
Ohuhu,
Onitsha-Ado,
Ukwuani,
Waawa,
Igbo Jews
|
Christianity,
Odinala
|
Igede
|
Niger–Congo →
Idomoid →
Igede
|
Nigeria (
Benue State)
|
|
Christianity
|
Igorot
|
Austronesian →
Philippine →
Cordilleran
[note 1]
|
Philippines (
Cordillera Administrative Region)
|
Balangao,
Bontoc,
Ibaloi,
Ifugao (including
Kalanguya),
Isnag,
Kalinga,
Kankanaey
|
Anitism
|
Ijaw
|
Niger–Congo →
Ijaw
[note 1]
|
Nigeria (
Rivers,
Bayelsa, and
Delta States)
|
Bille,
Engenni,
Ibani,
Kalabari,
Kula,
Nkoro,
Nkoroo,
Obolo
|
Christianity
|
Ili Turks
|
Turkic →
Karluk →
Ili Turki
|
China (
Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture),
Kazakhstan
|
|
Islam →
Sunni Islam
|
Ilocano
|
Austronesian →
Philippine →
Cordilleran →
Ilocano
|
Philippines (
Ilocos Region)
|
|
Christianity →
Catholicism
|
Imraguen
|
Afro-Asiatic →
Arabic →
Hassaniya Arabic →
Imraguen
|
Mauritania,
Western Sahara
|
|
Islam →
Sunni Islam
|
Indo
|
Indo-European →
Germanic →
Dutch,
Austronesian →
Malayo-Polynesian →
Malay →
Indonesian
|
Indonesia
|
|
Christianity
|
Indo-Caribbean
|
Indo-European →
Germanic →
English →
English Creole,
Indo-European →
Romance →
Spanish →
Caribbean Spanish,
Indo-European →
Romance →
French →
French Creole,
Indo-European →
Germanic →
Dutch →
Surinamese Dutch,
Indo-European →
Romance →
Portuguese →
Papiamento,
Indo-European →
Indo-Aryan →
Hindustani →
Caribbean Hindustani,
Dravidian →
Tamil–Kannada →
Tamil
|
Caribbean
|
Indo-Barbadian,
Indo-Dominican,
Indo-Grenadians,
Indo-Guadeloupeans,
Indo-Haitians,
Indo-Jamaicans,
Indo-Martiniquais,
Indo-Kittitians and Indo-Nevisians,
Indo-Saint Lucian,
Indo-Trinidadian and Tobagonian,
Indo-Vincentian,
Indo-Belizeans,
Indo-Guyanese,
Indo-Surinamese
|
Hinduism,
Christianity,
Islam,
Sikhism,
Jainism,
Buddhism,
Zoroastrianism,
Baháʼí
|
Indo-Fijians
|
Indo-European →
Indo-Aryan →
Hindustani →
Fiji Hindi,
Indo-European →
Germanic →
English,
Dravidian →
Tamil–Kannada →
Tamil,
Austronesian →
Malayo-Polynesian →
Oceanic →
Fijian
|
Fiji
|
Significant populations in
Australia,
New Zealand,
United States,
Canada, and
United Kingdom
|
Hinduism,
Islam,
Christianity,
Sikhism
|
Indo-Mauritians
|
Indo-European →
Romance →
French →
Mauritian Creole,
Indo-European →
Indo-Aryan →
Bhojpuri,
Dravidian →
Tamil
|
Mauritius
|
|
Hinduism,
Islam
|
Indus Kohistanis
|
Indo-European →
Dardic →
Indus Kohistani
|
Pakistan (
Kohistan)
|
|
Islam →
Sunni Islam
|
Ingushes
|
Northeast Caucasian →
Nakh →
Ingush
|
Russia (
Ingushetia)
|
|
Islam →
Sunni Islam →
Shafi'i
|
Innu
|
Algic →
Algonquian →
Innu-aimun,
Algic →
Algonquian →
Naskapi
|
Canada (
Labrador,
Quebec)
|
Naskapi
|
Animism
|
Inuit
|
Eskaleut →
Inuit,
[note 1]
Inuit Sign language
|
Danish Realm (
Greenland),
Canada (
Nunavut,
Nunatsiavut,
Nunavik,
NunatuKavut),
United States (
Alaska)
|
Greenlandics (including
Kalaallit,
Tunumiit,
Inughuit and
Greenlandic Danes),
Inupiat (including
Nunamiut),
Inuktitut,
Inuvialuit,
Iglulik Inuit (including
Aivilingmiut)
|
Christianity,
Inuit religion
|
Iranis
|
Indo-European →
Iranian →
Zoroastrian Dari
|
India
|
|
Zoroastrianism
|
Iranun
|
Austronesian →
Philippine →
Iranun
|
Philippines (
Mindanao)
|
|
Islam →
Sunni Islam
|
Iraqi Turkmen
|
Turkic →
Oghuz →
Iraqi Turkmen
|
Iraq
|
|
Islam →
Sunni Islam,
Shia Islam
|
Iraqw
|
Afro-Asiatic →
Cushitic →
Iraqw
|
Tanzania
|
|
Christianity
|
Irish
|
Indo-European →
Celtic →
Irish,
Indo-European →
Germanic →
English →
Hiberno-English,
Francosign →
Irish Sign,
BANZSL →
British Sign →
Northern Ireland Sign
|
Ireland
|
Irish Catholics, Significant populations of
Irish diaspora around the World such as in
United States (including
Scotch-Irish Americans),
United Kingdom (including
Ulster Scots people)
Canada (including
Scotch-Irish Canadians),
Australia,
New Zealand,
Mainland Europe,
Mexico,
Argentina,
Chile,
Uruguay,
Puerto Rico, and
India
|
Christianity →
Catholicism and
Protestantism
|
Irish Travellers
|
Indo-European →
Irish and
English →
Shelta,
Francosign →
Irish Sign
|
Ireland
|
Significant populations in the
United Kingdom, and the
United States
|
Christianity →
Catholicism
|
Isan
|
Kra–Dai →
Tai →
Lao →
Isan
|
Thailand (
Isan)
|
|
Buddhism →
Theravada Buddhism
|
Isoko
|
Niger–Congo →
Edoid →
Isoko
|
Nigeria (
Isoko region)
|
|
Christianity
|
Istro-Romanians
|
Indo-European →
Romance →
Istro-Romanian
|
Croatia (
Istria)
|
|
Christianity →
Catholicism
|
Italians
|
Indo-European →
Romance →
Italian,
Indo-European →
Slavic →
Slavomolisano,
Indo-European →
Romance →
Istriot,
Indo-European →
Romance →
Ligurian,
Francosign → LISic →
Italian Sign, formerly
Indo-European →
Romance →
Dalmatian
|
Italy
|
Molise Croats,
[18]
Dalmatian Italians,
Istrian Italians,
Niçard Italians
|
Christianity →
Catholicism
|
Itawes
|
Austronesian →
Philippine →
Cordilleran →
Itawis
|
Philippines (
Cagayan Valley)
|
|
Christianity →
Catholicism
|
Itelmens
|
Chukotko-Kamchatkan →
Kamchatkan →
Itelmen
|
Russia (
Kamchatka Peninsula)
|
|
Shamanism
|
Izhorians
|
Uralic →
Finnic →
Ingrian
|
Russia (
Ingria)
|
|
Christianity →
Eastern Orthodoxy
|
Jamaican Maroons
|
Indo-European →
Germanic →
English →
Jamaican Patois,
Jamaican Maroon Creole
|
Jamaica
|
|
Kumfu
|
Jambian
|
Austronesian →
Jambian
|
Indonesia (
Jambia)
|
Batin
|
Sunni Islam
|
Japanese/
Yamato
|
Japonic →
Japanese,
[note 1]
[note 41]
Japonic →
Hachijō,
JSLic →
Japanese Sign,
Miyakubo Sign
|
Japan
|
Kantō,
Kansai,
Hokkaido,
Tōhoku,
Hōnichi,
Satsugū,
Chūgoku,
Echigo,
Tōkai,
Shinshuu,
Hokuriku,
Hachijō,
Miyakubo,
Tsugaru, and
Nikkei Brazilians in Japan, along with
significant populations in
Brazil, the
United States (including
Hawaii),
Canada, the
Caribbean (including
Cuba, the
Dominican Republic, and
Jamaica),
Mexico,
Argentina,
Uruguay,
Venezuela,
France,
Germany,
Russia, the
United Kingdom, the
Netherlands,
China (including
Hong Kong), Belgium (including
Brussels),
Spain,
Turkey,
Bolivia,
Colombia,
Paraguay,
Peru,
Chile,
Egypt,
India,
Indonesia,
North Korea,
South Korea,
Malaysia,
Nepal,
New Zealand,
Australia, Pakistan, the
Solomon Islands,
Sri Lanka,
Vietnam,
South Africa,
Singapore, the
Federated States of Micronesia,
Kiribati, the
Marshall Islands,
Palau,
Thailand,
Papua New Guinea, the
United Arab Emirates, and the
Philippines.
|
Shinto,
Tenrikyo,
Buddhism
[note 42]
|
Jarai
|
Austronesian →
Chamic →
Jarai
|
Vietnam (
Central Highlands)
|
|
Animism
|
Jarawas
|
Ongan →
Jarawa
|
India (
South Andaman,
Middle Andaman)
|
|
Animism
|
Javanese
|
Austronesian →
Javanesic
[note 1]
|
Indonesia (
Java)
|
Osing,
Tenggerese,
Boyanese,
Banyumasan, along with
significant populations in
Malaysia,
Suriname,
China,
Sri Lanka,
French Guiana,
New Caledonia, and
Saudi Arabia
|
Islam →
Sunni Islam
|
Jeks
|
Northeast Caucasian →
Lezgic →
Jek
|
Azerbaijan (
Mount Shahdagh)
|
|
Islam →
Sunni Islam
|
Channel Islanders
|
Indo-European →
Romance →
Norman,
Indo-European →
Germanic →
English →
Channel Island English
|
British Crown Dependencies (
Channel Islands)
|
Jèrriais (including
Sercquiais),
Guernésiais,
Auregnais
|
Christianity
|
Jerusalemite Greek Christians
|
Afro-Asiatic →
Arabic →
Levantine Arabic, historically
Indo-European →
Hellenic
|
Israel,
Palestine,
Jordan
|
|
Christianity →
Eastern Orthodoxy →
Greek Orthodoxy →
Greek Orthodox Church of Jerusalem,
Catholicism →
Melkite Catholicism
|
Jews
|
Afro-Asiatic →
Canaanite →
Hebrew →
Modern Hebrew,
[note 43]
Jewish languages,
[note 1]
[note 44]
DGSic →
Israeli Sign, formerly
Indo-European →
Romance →
Zarphatic,
Indo-European →
Romance →
Judaeo-Portuguese,
Indo-European →
Slavic →
Knaanic
|
Israel
[note 45]
|
Ashkenazim (including
Galitzianers,
Yekkes,
Chuts,
Unterlander Jews,
Oberlander Jews,
Litvaks,
Afrikaner-Jews,
Udmurt and Tatar Jews),
Assyrian Jews,
Sephardim (including
Eastern Sephardim,
North African Sephardim,
Maroka'im,
Algerian Jews,
Tunisian Jews,
Libyan Jews,
Amazonian Jews,
Iberian Jews,
Sephardic Bnei Anusim,
Xuetes, and
Toshavim),
Mizrahim (including
Bukharim,
Juhurim,
Kurdish Jews,
Syrian Jews,
Arab Jews,
Afghan Jews,
Baghdadi Jews,
Teimanim,
Sharʿabi Jews,
Habbanim,
Banu al-Harith,
Adeni Jews,
Persian Jews,
Mashhadi Jews, and
Kaifeng Jews),
Astrakhan Jews,
Beta Israel (including
Beta Abraham and
Falash Mura),
Italkim (including
San Nicandro Jews and
Italian Rite Jews),
Rusape Jews,
Romaniotes,
Constantinopolitan Karaites,
Bavlim,
Crimean Karaites,
Krymchaks,
Gruzim,
Benei Sion,
Bene Israel,
Banu Israil,
Kochinim,
Paradesi,
Lishanid Noshan,
Israeli Jews,
B'nai Moshe,
Bnei Menashe,
Urfalim,
Meshuchrarim,
Abayudaya,
Shaposhniki,
Karaimites,
African-American Jews,
Desi Jews,
Igbo Jews, and
Bene Ephraim, along with
significant populations in the
United States (including
Syrian Jews and
Puerto Rican Jews),
Canada,
Argentina,
Brazil,
Uruguay,
Russia,
Belarus, the
Czech lands,
Ukraine,
Moldova,
Romania,
Bulgaria,
Poland,
Turkey,
Azerbaijan,
Georgia,
Austria,
Italy,
Greece,
Switzerland,
Belgium,
Iraq,
Denmark, the
Netherlands,
France,
Monaco, the
United Kingdom,
Peru,
South Africa,
Australia,
India (including
Sephardim) and
New Zealand
|
Judaism
|
Jingpo
|
Sino-Tibetan →
Sal →
Jingpho
|
China (
Yunnan),
India (
Northeast India),
Myanmar (
Kachin State)
|
|
Animism
|
Jita
|
|
Tanzania (
Mara Region)
|
|
Christianity,
Ethnic Religion
|
Jola
|
Niger–Congo →
West Atlantic →
Senegambian →
Jola
[note 1]
|
Senegal (
Jolaland)
|
Banjaal,
Bayot,
Gusilay,
Fogni,
Karon,
Kasa,
Kuwaataay,
Mlomp
|
Traditional African religions
|
Jukun
|
Niger–Congo →
Jukun Takum
[note 46]
|
Nigeria (
Wukari)
|
Wannu
|
Traditional African religions
|
Kabyle
|
Afro-Asiatic →
Berber →
Kabyle
|
Algeria (
Kabylia)
|
|
Islam →
Sunni Islam
|
Kadazan-Dusun
|
Austronesian →
Malayo-Polynesian →
Dusunic
[note 1]
|
Malaysia (
Sabah)
|
Kadazan,
Dusun,
Dumpas,
Ida'an,
Kwijau,
Lotud,
Mangka'ak,
Maragang,
Minokok,
Orang Sungai,
Rumanau,
Rungus,
Tambanuo
|
Christianity,
Momolianism
|
Kafwe Twa
|
Niger–Congo →
Bantu →
Tonga
|
Zambia (
Kafue Flats)
|
|
Traditional African religion
|
Kaguru
|
Niger–Congo →
Bantu →
Kagulu
|
Tanzania (
Ukaguru Mountains)
|
|
|
Kaingang
|
Macro-Je →
Je →
Kaingang
[note 1]
|
Brazil (
Parana,
Santa Catarina,
Rio Grande do Sul,
Sao Paulo)
|
|
Shamanism
|
Kalanga
|
Niger–Congo →
Bantu →
Shona →
Kalanga
|
Zimbabwe,
Botswana
|
Nambya
|
Christianity
|
Kalash
|
Indo-European →
Indo-Aryan →
Kalasha
|
Pakistan (
Chitral District)
|
|
Kalasha
|
Kalenjin
|
Nilo-Saharan →
Nilotic →
Kalenjin
[note 1]
|
Kenya (
Rift Valley Province)
|
Keiyo,
Tugen,
Marakwet,
Nandi,
Kipsigis,
Sabaot,
Pokoot,
Terik
|
Christianity
|
Kalinago
|
Indo-European →
Germanic →
English,
[note 47]
Arawakan →
Ta-Arawakan →
Kalinago →
Garifuna,
Vincentian Creole
|
Lesser Antilles
|
|
Christianity →
Catholicism
|
Kalmyks
|
Mongolic → Central Mongolic →
Oirat →
Kalmyk Oirat,
Sart Kalmyk
|
Russia (
Kalmykia),
Kyrgyzstan (
Issyk-Kul Region)
|
Sart Kalmyks,
Buzava
|
Buddhism →
Tibetan Buddhism
|
Kaluli
|
Trans-New Guinea →
Kaluli
|
Papua New Guinea (
Great Papuan Plateau)
|
|
Papuan religion
|
Kamba
|
Niger–Congo →
Bantu →
Kamba
|
Kenya (
Ukambani)
|
|
Christianity
|
Kamentsa
|
Camsa language
|
Colombia (
Putumayo)
|
|
Christianity
|
Kanaks
|
Austronesian →
Kanak
[note 1]
|
France (
Kanakia)
|
Haveke,
Ajie,
Arha,
Xaragure,
Haeke
|
Christianity →
Catholicism
|
Kannadigas
|
Dravidian →
Tamil–Kannada →
Kannada
|
India (
Karnataka)
|
Vokkaliga
|
Hinduism,
Jainism
|
Kanuri
|
Nilo-Saharan →
Saharan →
Kanuri
|
Kanuriland (
Nigeria,
Niger,
Chad,
Cameroon)
|
Kanembu,
Yerwa Kanuri
|
Islam
|
Kao people [
id]
|
West Papuan →
North Halmahera →
Kao,
West Papuan →
North Halmahera →
Modole
|
Indonesia (
Kao Land [
id])
|
Pagu,
Modole people [
id], Boeng, Towiliko
|
Christianity,
Islam,
Animism
|
Kapampangans
|
Austronesian →
Philippine →
Kapampangan
|
Philippines (
Pampanga)
|
|
Christianity →
Catholicism,
Iglesia ni Cristo,
Anitism
|
Kapsiki
|
Afro-Asiatic →
Chadic →
Kapsiki
|
Mandara Mountains (
Nigeria,
Cameroon)
|
|
Islam
|
Karamanlides
|
Turkic →
Oghuz →
Turkish →
Karamanli Turkish
|
Turkey (
Karaman Province,
Cappadocia)
[25]
|
|
Christianity →
Eastern Orthodoxy →
Greek Orthodoxy →
Turkish Orthodox Church
|
Karachays
|
Turkic →
Kipchak →
Karachay
|
Russia (
Karachay-Cherkessia)
|
|
Islam →
Sunni Islam
|
Karakalpaks
|
Turkic →
Kipchak →
Karakalpak
|
Uzbekistan (
Karakalpakstan)
|
Qon'ırat, On To'rt Urıw
|
Islam →
Sunni Islam
|
Karatas
|
Northeast Caucasian →
Avar–Andic →
Karata
|
Russia (
Dagestan)
|
|
Islam →
Sunni Islam
|
Karategin Uzbeks
|
Turkic →
Karluk →
Southern Uzbek
|
Afghanistan
|
|
Islam →
Sunni Islam
|
Karbi
|
Sino-Tibetan →
Kuki-Chin–Naga →
Karbic
[note 1]
|
India (
Karbi Anglong district)
|
Amri
|
Hinduism,
Animism
|
Karelians
|
Uralic →
Finnic →
Karelian,
Uralic →
Finnic →
Ludic,
Uralic →
Finnic →
Livvi-Karelian
|
Karelia (
Finland,
Russia)
|
Tver Karelians,
Olonets Karelians
|
Christianity →
Eastern Orthodoxy
|
Karen
|
Sino-Tibetan →
Karenic
[note 1]
|
Myanmar (
Karen State,
Kayah State,
Pa'O Self-Administered Zone),
Thailand
|
S'gaw Karen,
Pwo Karen,
Karenni (including
Kayan),
Pa'O
|
Buddhism →
Theravada Buddhism
|
Karuk
|
Karuk language
|
United States (
California)
|
|
Christianity
|
Kashmiris
|
Indo-European →
Indo-Aryan →
Dardic →
Kashmiri
|
Kashmir (
India,
Pakistan)
|
Kashmiri Hindus (including
Kashmiri Pandits),
Kashmiris in Punjab
|
Islam →
Sunni Islam,
Hinduism,
Sikhism
|
Kashubians
|
Indo-European →
Slavic →
Kashubian, formerly
Indo-European →
Slavic →
Slovincian
|
Poland (
Kashubia)
|
Krubans,
Slovincians, and
Gochans, along with
significant populations in the
United States
|
Christianity →
Catholicism
|
Kaska Dena
|
Na-Dene →
Athabaskan →
Kaska
|
Canada (
British Columbia,
Yukon Territory)
|
|
Native American religion
|
Kawesqar
|
Alacalufan →
Kawesqar
|
Chile (
Chilean Patagonia,
Wellington Island)
|
|
Christianity →
Protestantism
|
Kayapo
|
Macro-Je →
Je →
Kayapo
|
Brazil (
Pará,
Mato Grosso)
|
|
|
Kazakhs
|
Turkic →
Kipchak →
Kazakh
|
Kazakhstan
|
Uly juz,
Orta juz,
Kishi juz. Significant populations in
China,
Iran,
Canada, the
United States, and
Russia
|
Islam →
Sunni Islam
|
Kemak
|
Austronesian →
Timoric →
Kemak
|
Indonesia (
West Timor),
East Timor
|
|
Folk religion,
Christianity
|
Kereks
|
Chukotko-Kamchatkan →
Chukotkan →
Kerek
|
Russia (
Chukotka)
|
|
Shamanism
|
Keres
|
Keresan languages,
[note 1]
Keresan Sign Language
|
United States (
Sandoval County and
Cibola County,
New Mexico)
|
Eastern Keres (including
Dámáyámʾé,
Dîiwʾamʾé,
Katishtya,
Kʾúutìimʾé,
Tsʾíiyʾamʾé) Western Keres (including
Áakʾùumʾé,
Kʾáwáigamʾé)
|
|
Kerewe
|
Niger–Congo →
Bantu →
Kerewe
|
Tanzania (
Ukerewe Island)
|
|
|
Kerincian
|
Austronesian →
Kerincian
|
Indonesia (
Kerincia)
|
|
Sunni Islam
|
Ket
|
Yeniseian → Northern Yeniseian →
Ket
|
Russia (
Krasnoyarsk Krai)
|
|
Shamanism
|
Khakas
|
Turkic →
Siberian Turkic →
Khakas
|
Russia (
Khakassia)
|
|
Christianity →
Eastern Orthodoxy →
Russian Orthodoxy,
Shamanism →
Tengrism
|
Khalaj
|
Turkic →
Common Turkic →
Khalaj
|
Iran
|
|
|
Khanty
|
Uralic →
Ugric →
Khanty
[note 1]
|
Russia (
Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug)
|
|
|
Khas
|
|
Nepal,
India (
Uttarakhand,
Sikkim,
Assam,
West Bengal)
|
Chhetri,
Thakuri,
Rana,
Vaisya,
Kami,
Damai, Sarki,
Sunar,
Gandarbha
|
Hinduism
|
Khasi
|
Austroasiatic →
Khasi–Palaungic →
Khasic
[note 1]
|
India (
Meghalaya)
|
Pnar
|
Christianity
|
Khinalugs
|
Northeast Caucasian →
Khinalug
|
Azerbaijan (
Khinalug)
|
|
Islam →
Sunni Islam
|
Khmer
|
Austroasiatic →
Khmer
|
Cambodia,
Mekong Delta,
Isan
|
Northern Khmer people,
Khmer Krom and Significant populations in the
United States
|
Buddhism →
Theravada Buddhism
|
Khoja
|
|
|
Significant population in
East Africa
|
Islam →
Shia Islam →
Ismaili'sm →
Nizari Isma'ilism
|
Khonds
|
Dravidian →
Kui
|
India (
Kandhamal)
|
|
Hinduism
|
Khorasani Turks
|
Turkic →
Oghuz →
Khorasani Turkic
|
Iran (
Khorasan)
|
|
Islam →
Shia Islam
|
Khwarshi
|
Northeast Caucasian →
Tsezic →
Khwarshi
|
Russia (
Tsumadinsky District)
|
|
Islam →
Sunni Islam
|
Kickapoo
|
Algic →
Algonquian →
Kickapoo
|
United States (
Kansas,
Oklahoma,
Texas),
Mexico (
Coahuila,
Sonora,
Durango)
|
Tribu Kikapú,
Kickapoo Tribe in Kansas,
Kickapoo Traditional Tribe of Texas,
Kickapoo Tribe of Oklahoma
|
Kiga
|
Niger–Congo →
Bantu →
Kiga
|
Uganda,
Rwanda
|
|
Christianity →
Catholicism,
Christianity →
Protestantism
|
Kikuyu
|
Niger–Congo →
Bantu →
Kikuyu
|
Kenya (
Central Province)
|
|
Christianity
|
Kilba
|
Afro-Asiatic →
Chadic →
Huba
|
Nigeria (
Hong)
|
|
Christianity
|
Kinga
|
Niger–Congo →
Bantu →
Kinga
|
Tanzania (
Kipengere Range)
|
|
Christianity,
Traditional African religion
|
Kiowa
|
Tanoan →
Kiowa
|
United States (
Oklahoma)
|
|
Christianity,
Native American Church
|
Kirantis
|
Sino-Tibetan →
Kiranti
[note 1]
|
Nepal (
Eastern Region)
|
Limbu,
Sunuwar,
Yakkha (including
Athpare),
Rai (including
Kulung,
Bantawa, and
Bahing)
|
Kirat Mundhum
|
Kiribati
|
Austronesian →
Malayo-Polynesian →
Oceanic →
Micronesian →
Gilbertese
|
Gilbert Islands (
Kiribati)
|
|
Christianity,
Baha'i Faith
|
Kissi
|
Niger–Congo →
West Atlantic →
Mel →
Kissi
|
Guinea,
Sierra Leone
|
|
Christianity
|
Klallam
|
Salishan →
Coast Salish →
Klallam
|
United States (
Olympic Peninsula,
Kitsap Peninsula),
Canada (
Vancouver Island)
|
Lower Elwha Klallam,
Jamestown S'Klallam,
Port Gamble S'Klallam,
Scia'new Klallam
|
|
Kodava
|
Dravidian →
Tamil–Kannada →
Kodava
|
India (
Kodagu,
Bangalore,
Mysore)
|
|
Hinduism
|
Kofyar
|
Afro-Asiatic →
Chadic →
Kofyar
|
Nigeria (
Plateau State)
|
|
Traditional African religions
|
Komi
|
Uralic →
Permic →
Komi
|
Russia (
Komi Republic,
Permyakia)
|
Komi-Zyrians,
Komi-Permyaks,
Izhma Komi
|
Christianity →
Eastern Orthodoxy
|
Konda Reddis
|
Dravidian → South-Central Dravidian →
Telugu
|
India (
Andhra Pradesh,
Odisha,
Tamil Nadu)
|
|
|
Kongo
|
Niger–Congo →
Bantu →
Kongo
|
Kongoland (
Democratic Republic of the Congo,
Republic of the Congo,
Angola)
|
Lari,
Vili,
Yombe,
Suundi,
Dondo,
Hangala,
Kugni,
Manyanga,
Beembe
|
Christianity,
Kongo religion
|
Konjo
|
Niger–Congo →
Bantu →
Konjo
|
Rwenzori Mountains (
Democratic Republic of the Congo,
Uganda)
|
Nande
|
Christianity
|
Konkani
|
Indo-European →
Indo-Aryan →
Konkani
|
India (
Konkan)
|
Luso-Indians
|
Hinduism
|
Konso
|
Afro-Asiatic →
Cushitic →
Konso
|
Ethiopia (
Konso)
|
|
Traditional African religions
|
Koreans
|
Koreanic languages,
[note 1]
JSLic →
Korean Sign
|
Korea (
North Korea,
South Korea),
China (
Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture,
Changbai Korean Autonomous County,
Xi'an District)
|
North Koreans (including
in South Korea),
South Koreans,
Jeju Islanders,
Koryo-saram,
Sakhalin Koreans,
Zainichi Koreans,
Chaoxianzu (including
in Japan and
Korea) and along with
significant populations in the
United States,
Canada,
Mexico,
Cuba,
Guatemala, Russia (including
North Koreans,
Koryo-saram, and
Sakhalin Koreans),
China,
Japan (including Zainichi Koreans),
Vietnam,
Thailand,
Singapore, the
Philippines,
Indonesia,
Mongolia,
Iran,
Nepal,
Taiwan,
Sri Lanka,
India, the
Arab world,
Africa (including
South Africa),
Argentina,
Brazil,
Paraguay,
Venezuela,
Australia,
Ukraine,
New Zealand,
Micronesia,
Peru,
Chile,
Uruguay,
Germany, the
United Kingdom, the
Netherlands, and the
Czech Republic
|
Christianity
[note 27] →
Protestantism and
Catholicism, Buddhism →
Mahayana Buddhism →
Korean Buddhism,
Korean shamanism,
Cheondoism,
Unification Church
|
Koryaks
|
Chukotko-Kamchatkan →
Chukotkan →
Koryak
|
Russia (
Koryak Okrug)
|
|
Christianity →
Eastern Orthodoxy,
Shamanism
|
Kosraeans
|
Austronesian →
Malayo-Polynesian →
Oceanic →
Micronesian →
Kosraean
|
Juche (
Kosrae)
|
|
Christianity
|
Koyukon
|
Na-Dene →
Athabaskan →
Koyukon
|
United States (
Alaska)
|
|
|
Kpelle
|
Niger–Congo →
Mande →
Kpelle
|
Liberia,
Guinea
|
|
Traditional African religions
|
Kposo
|
Niger–Congo →
Kwa →
Ghana–Togo Mountain →
Kposo
|
Togo (
Plateaux),
Ghana
|
|
Christianity →
Catholicism
|
Kraho
|
Macro-Je →
Je →
Kraho
|
Brazil (
Terra Indigena Kraolandia)
|
|
|
Kristang
|
Indo-European →
Portuguese-based creoles →
Kristang
|
Malaysia,
Singapore
|
|
Christianity →
Catholicism
|
Kru
|
Niger–Congo →
Kru
[note 1]
|
Liberia (
Grand Kru and
Maryland Counties)
|
Aizi,
Bete,
Bakwe,
Grebo,
Krahn (including
Sapo),
Kuwaa
|
Christianity
|
Kryts
|
Northeast Caucasian →
Lezgic →
Kryts
|
Azerbaijan
|
|
Islam →
Sunni Islam
|
Kulin
|
Pama-Nyungan →
Kulinic →
Kulin
|
Australia (
Victoria)
|
|
Alcheringa
|
Kumandins
|
Turkic →
Siberian Turkic →
Northern Altai → Kumandy
|
Russia (
Altai Krai,
Altai Republic)
|
|
Christianity →
Eastern Orthodoxy →
Russian Orthodoxy
|
Kumyks
|
Turkic →
Kipchak →
Kumyk
|
Russia (
Kumykia)
|
|
Islam →
Sunni Islam
|
Kumzari
|
Indo-European →
Iranian →
Kumzari
|
Oman (
Kumzar)
|
|
Islam →
Ibadi Islam,
Sunni Islam
|
Kunama
|
Nilo-Saharan →
Kunama
|
Eritrea,
Ethiopia
|
|
Christianity →
Oriental Orthodoxy
|
Kurds
|
Indo-European →
Iranian →
Kurdish,
[note 1]
Indo-European →
Indo-Iranian →
Zaza–Gorani,
[note 1]
Kurdish Sign language
|
Kurdistan (
Iraq,
Iran,
Syria,
Turkey,
Armenia)
|
Bajalan,
Zazas,
Feylis,
Iranian Laks,
Yazidis,
Shabak,
Sheylanli,
Chalabianlu,
Muzuri, along with
significant populations in
France,
Palestine, and
Germany
|
Islam →
Sunni Islam →
Sufism →
Naqshbandi,
Qadiriyya,
Kurdish Alevism,
Yazidism,
Yarsanism,
Zoroastrianism
|
Kuria
|
Niger–Congo →
Bantu →
Kuria
|
Kenya,
Tanzania
|
|
Traditional African religions,
Christianity
|
Kurukh
|
Dravidian →
Kurukh
|
India (
Chota Nagpur Plateau)
|
Kisan
|
Sarnaism,
Christianity,
Hinduism
|
Kuteb
|
Niger–Congo →
Jukunoid →
Kuteb
|
Nigeria (
Taraba State)
|
|
Christianity
|
Kuwarranyji
|
Pama–Nyungan →
Ngumpin–Yapa →
Mudburra → Kuwarranyji
|
Australia (
Northern Territory)
|
|
|
Kvens
|
Uralic →
Finnic →
Kven
|
Norway (
Northern Norway)
|
|
|
Kwakwaka'wakw
|
Wakashan → Northern Wakashan →
Kwak'wala
|
Canada (
British Columbia)
|
|
Native American religion
|
Kwaya
|
Niger–Congo →
Bantu →
Kwaya
|
Tanzania (
Mara Region)
|
|
|
Kwere
|
Niger–Congo →
Bantu →
Kwere
|
Tanzania (
Bagamoyo District)
|
|
|
Kwinti
|
Indo-European →
Germanic →
English →
Kwinti
|
Suriname
|
|
Christianity →
Moravian Church
|
Kyrgyz
|
Turkic →
Kipchak →
Kyrgyz,
Mongolic → Central Mongolic →
Oirat →
Sart Kalmyk
|
Kyrgyzstan
|
Sart Kalmyks, significant populations in
Turkey
|
Islam →
Sunni Islam →
Hanafi,
Tengrism
|
Ladins
|
Indo-European →
Romance →
Ladin
|
Italy (
Ladinia)
|
|
|
Laks
|
Northeast Caucasian →
Lak
|
Russia (
Lakia)
|
|
Islam →
Sunni Islam
|
Lamaholot
|
Austronesian →
Flores–Lembata →
Lamaholot
|
Indonesia (
Solor)
|
|
Christianity →
Catholicism
|
Lampungs
|
Austronesian →
Lampung
|
Indonesia (
Lampung)
|
|
Islam
|
Lani
|
Trans-New Guinea →
Western Dani
|
Indonesia (
Central Papua,
Highland Papua)
|
|
Christianity,
Animism
|
Lao
|
Kra–Dai →
Tai →
Lao
|
Laos
|
|
Buddhism →
Theravada Buddhism,
Satsana Phi
|
Larrakia
|
Larrakia
|
Australia (
Northern Territory)
|
|
Alcheringa
|
Latvians
|
Indo-European →
Baltic →
Latvian,
Indo-European →
Baltic →
Latgalian
|
Latvia
|
Latgalians,
Kursenieki,
Selonians
|
Christianity →
Protestantism →
Lutheranism
|
Laz
|
Kartvelian →
Laz
[note 48]
|
Lazistan (
Turkey,
Georgia)
|
Turkish Laz,
Georgian Laz
|
Islam →
Sunni Islam
|
Lega
|
Niger–Congo →
Bantu →
Lega
|
Democratic Republic of the Congo
|
|
Traditional African religions
|
Lemba
|
Niger–Congo →
Bantu →
Venda,
Niger–Congo →
Bantu →
Shona
|
Zimbabwe,
South Africa,
Malawi,
Mozambique
|
|
Christianity,
Islam,
Judaism
|
Lenape
|
Algic →
Algonquian →
Munsee, formerly
Algic →
Algonquian →
Unami
|
United States,
Canada
|
Munsee (including
Christian Munsee (including
Delaware Nation at Moraviantown),
Stockbridge Munsee,
Munsee-Delaware Nation),
Delaware Nation,
Delaware Tribe of Indians, Lenape Indian Tribe of Delaware,
Delaware of Six Nations,
Nanticoke Lenni-Lenape,
Ramapough Mountain Indians
|
Traditional Lenape religion
|
Lenca
|
Macro-Chibchan →
Lencan,
Indo-European →
Romance →
Spanish →
Honduran Spanish,
Salvadoran Spanish
|
Honduras,
El Salvador
|
|
Christianity →
Catholicism,
Sovereign Tribal Custom
|
Lezgins
|
Northeast Caucasian →
Lezgic →
Lezgian
|
Lezgistan (
Russia,
Azerbaijan)
|
|
Islam →
Sunni Islam
|
Lhoba
|
Adi,
Bokar,
Idu Mishmi
[note 49]
|
China (
Tibet),
India (
Arunachal Pradesh)
|
Nishi,
Na,
Galo,
Mishmi people,
Tagin,
Adi
|
Animism,
Buddhism
|
Lhotshampa
|
Indo-European →
Indo-Aryan →
Nepali
|
Bhutan
|
|
Hinduism,
Buddhism
|
Li
|
Kra–Dai →
Hlai
[note 1]
|
China (
Hainan)
|
|
Islam →
Sunni Islam
|
Limba
|
Niger–Congo →
Limba
|
Sierra Leone (
Bombali and
Koinadugu Districts)
|
|
Christianity
|
Lipka Tatars
|
Indo-European →
Slavic →
Belarusian,
Polish,
Indo-European →
Baltic →
Lithuanian
|
Belarus,
Poland,
Lithuania
|
|
Islam →
Sunni Islam
|
Lisu
|
Sino-Tibetan →
Loloish →
Lisu
|
China,
Myanmar
|
Lipo
|
Christianity →
Protestantism →
Lisu Christianity
|
Lithuanians
|
Indo-European →
Baltic →
Lithuanian,
Lithuanian Sign
|
Lithuania
|
Samogitians,
Aukstaitians,
Lietuvninkai, along with significant populations in the
United States,
Canada,
Brazil,
Poland and the
United Kingdom
|
Christianity →
Catholicism
|
Livonians
|
Uralic →
Finnic →
Livonian
|
Latvia,
Estonia
|
|
Christianity →
Protestantism →
Lutheranism
|
Lom
|
Indo-European →
Armenian and
Indo-Aryan →
Lomavren,
Indo-European →
Armenian
|
Armenia,
Georgia,
Turkey
|
|
|
Loloda
|
West Papuan →
North Halmahera →
Loloda
|
Indonesia (
Loloda Islands [
id])
|
|
|
Lombards
|
Indo-European →
Romance →
Italian,
Lombard,
Gallo-Italic of Sicily
|
Italy (
Lombardy,
Sicily)
|
Lombards of Sicily
|
|
Lori
|
|
Balochistan
|
|
|
Lower Cowlitz
|
Formerly
Salishan →
Coast Salish →
Cowlitz
|
United States (
Cowlitz Reservation,
Quinault Reservation,
Chehalis Reservation)
|
|
|
Luba
|
Niger–Congo →
Bantu →
Luban
[note 1]
|
Democratic Republic of the Congo (
Lubaland)
|
Luba-Kasai,
Luba-Katanga,
Hemba (including
Bangubangu),
Songe,
Lulua
|
Christianity
|
Lubu
|
Austronesian →
Malayic →
Lubu
|
Indonesia (
Sumatra)
|
|
|
Luhya
|
Niger–Congo →
Bantu →
Luhya
|
Kenya (
Western Province)
|
Bukusu,
Idakho,
Isukha,
Kabras,
Khayo,
Kisa,
Marachi,
Maragoli,
Marama,
Nyole,
Samia,
Tachoni,
Tiriki,
Tsotso,
Wanga,
|
Christianity
|
Lumbee
|
Indo-European →
Germanic →
English →
American Indian English →
Lumbee English
|
United States (
North Carolina)
|
|
Christianity
|
Luo
|
Nilo-Saharan →
Nilotic →
Dholuo
|
Kenya
|
|
Christianity
|
Lurs
|
Indo-European →
Iranian →
Luri
|
Iran (
Lorestan,
Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad,
Khuzestan,
Bushehr, and
Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Provinces)
|
Bakhtiari,
Iranian Laks
|
Islam →
Shia Islam,
Yarsanism
|
Luritja
|
Pama-Nyungan →
Wati →
Luritja
|
Australia (
Northern Territory)
|
|
Alcheringa
|
Luxembourgers
|
Indo-European →
Germanic →
Moselle Franconian →
Luxembourgish
|
Luxembourg,
Belgium (
Arelerland)
|
Significant populations in
Brazil and the
United States
|
Christianity →
Catholicism
|
Maasai
|
Nilo-Saharan →
Nilotic →
Maasai
|
Maasailand (
Tanzania,
Kenya)
|
Samburu,
Arusha,
Kwavi
|
Traditional African religions
|
Macanese
|
Indo-European →
Romance →
Portuguese →
Macanese Patois,
Sino-Tibetan →
Sinitic →
Cantonese
|
China (
Macau)
|
|
Christianity →
Catholicism
|
Macedonians
|
Indo-European →
Slavic →
Macedonian
|
North Macedonia
|
Torbesh,
Mijaks,
Brsjaks, along with
significant populations in
Australia,
Germany,
Italy,
Switzerland and
Greece
|
Christianity →
Eastern Orthodoxy
|
Macushi
|
Cariban →
Macushi
|
Guyana (
Rupununi),
Brazil (
Roraima)
|
|
Shamanism
|
Madi
|
Nilo-Saharan →
Central Sudanic →
Ma'di
|
Democratic Republic of the Congo,
South Sudan,
Uganda
|
|
Christianity
|
Madurese
|
Austronesian →
Madurese
|
Indonesia (
Madura)
[note 50]
|
Boyanese
|
Islam →
Sunni Islam →
Shafi'i
|
Mafa
|
Afro-Asiatic →
Chadic →
Mafa
|
Cameroon
|
|
Christianity
|
Magahi
|
Indo-European →
Indo-Aryan →
Bihari →
Magahi
|
India (
Magadha)
|
|
Hinduism
|
Magars
|
Sino-Tibetan →
Magar
[note 51]
|
Nepal
|
Ale,
Gharti,
Chantayal, Saru, Pun
|
Hinduism,
Buddhism
|
Maguindanao
|
Austronesian →
Philippine →
Maguindanao
|
Philippines (
Maguindanao)
|
|
Islam
|
Mahar
|
Indo-European →
Indo-Aryan →
Marathi
|
India (
Maharashtra)
|
|
Buddhism →
Navayana Buddhism
|
Maithils
|
Indo-European →
Indo-Aryan →
Bihari →
Maithili
|
Mithila (
India,
Nepal)
|
Karan Kayastha,
Brahmin,
Chhetri,
Vaisya
|
Hinduism
|
Makaa
|
Niger–Congo →
Bantu →
Makaa,
Niger–Congo →
Bantu →
Byep
|
Cameroon (
East Region,
Centre Region)
|
South Makaa,
North Makaa
|
|
Makah
|
Wakashan → Southern Wakashan →
Makah
|
United States (
Washington)
|
|
Native American religion
|
Makassarese
|
Austronesian →
South Sulawesi →
Makassarese
|
Indonesia (
South Sulawesi)
|
|
Islam →
Sunni Islam
|
Makianese [
id]
|
West Papuan →
North Halmahera →
Moi,
Austronesian →
South Halmahera →
Taba,
|
Indonesia (
Makian)
|
Tabayama, Jitinee
|
Islam →
Sunni Islam,
Animism
|
Makonde
|
Niger–Congo →
Bantu →
Makonde
|
Tanzania,
Mozambique (
Mueda Plateau)
|
Machinga
|
Islam
|
Makua
|
Niger–Congo →
Bantu →
Makhuwa
|
Mozambique
|
Lomwe,
Chuwabu,
Moniga,
Koti,
Nathembo
|
Traditional African religions
|
Malagasy
|
Austronesian →
Malagasy
|
Madagascar,
Comoros,
Mayotte,
Réunion,
Mauritius
|
Merina,
Sihanaka,
Betsileo,
Zafimaniry,
Antaifasy,
Antemoro,
Antaisaka,
Antambahoaka,
Tandroy,
Antankarana,
Antanosy,
Bara,
Betsimisaraka,
Bezanozano,
Mahafaly,
Makoa,
Mikea,
Sakalava,
Tanala,
Tsimihety,
Vezo
|
Christianity,
Malagasy religion
|
Malayali
|
Dravidian →
Malayalamoid →
Malayalam
|
India (
Kerala)
|
Ambalavasi,
Dheevara,
Nair,
Paravar,
Mappilas,
Ezhava,
Latheen Mappilas,
St. Thomas Christians along with significant populations in the
United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Qatar, Kuwait and Bahrain
|
Hinduism,
Islam,
Christianity
|
Malays
|
Austronesian →
Malayic →
Malay,
Austronesian →
Malayic →
Brunei Malay
Austronesian →
Malayic →
Jambi Malay,
Austronesian →
Malayic →
Pahang Malay,
Austronesian →
Malayic →
Terengganu Malay,
Austronesian →
Malayic →
Kelantan-Pattani Malay,
Austronesian →
Malayic →
Kedah Malay,
Austronesian →
Malayic →
Reman Malay,
Francosign →
ASLic →
Malaysian Sign,
Austronesian →
Malayic →
Malay →
Sri Lanka Malay
|
Malay world (
Malaysia,
Singapore,
Indonesia,
Brunei)
|
Kedahans,
Pattani,
Pahang,
Pontianaks,
Terengganuarians,
Kelantanese,
Perakians,
Berau,
Loloan Malays,
Proto-Malay (including
Orang Kuala,
Jakun,
Orang Rimba,
Orang Seletar, and
Temuan)
Cape Malays,
Cocos Malays,
Bangka Malays,
Thai Malays,
Burmese Malays
|
Islam →
Sunni Islam
|
Maldivians
|
Indo-European →
Indo-Aryan →
Maldivian
|
Maldives,
India (
Minicoy)
|
Mahls
|
Islam →
Sunni Islam
|
Maltese
|
Afro-Asiatic →
Arabic →
Maltese
|
Malta
|
Gozitans, with
significant populations in Greece (including
Corfu)
|
Christianity →
Catholicism
|
Mambai
|
Austronesian →
Timoric →
Mambai
|
East Timor (
Dili District)
|
|
Christianity →
Catholicism
|
Mambila
|
Niger–Congo →
Mambila
|
Mambilla Plateau (
Nigeria,
Cameroon)
|
Somyev
|
Traditional African religions
|
Manavs
|
Turkic →
Oghuz →
Turkish
|
Turkey (
East Marmara Region,
Marmara Region,
Aegean Region)
|
|
Islam →
Sunni Islam →
Hanafi
|
Manchus
|
Tungusic → Southern Tungusic →
Manchu
[note 52]
|
Manchuria (
China,
Russia)
|
Significant populations in
Taiwan
|
Shamanism
|
Mandaeans
|
Afro-Asiatic →
Semitic →
Aramaic →
Mandaic
|
Southern
Mesopotamia
|
Iraq,
Iran
|
Mandaeism
|
Mandarese
|
Austronesian →
South Sulawesi →
Mandar
|
Indonesia (
West Sulawesi)
|
|
Islam
|
Mandinka
|
Niger–Congo →
Mande →
Manding
[note 1]
|
Mali,
The Gambia,
Guinea,
Senegal
|
Bolon
|
Islam
|
Mangalorean Catholics
|
Indo-European languages →
Indo-Aryan →
Konkani
|
India (
Karnataka)
|
|
Christianity →
Roman Catholicism
|
Manggarai
|
Austronesian →
Sumba–Flores →
Manggarai
|
Indonesia (
Manggarai)
|
|
Christianity
|
Manjak
|
Niger–Congo →
West Atlantic →
Senegambian →
Manjak
|
Guinea-Bissau,
Senegal
|
|
Traditional African religions
|
Mansi
|
Uralic →
Ugric →
Mansi
[note 1]
|
Russia (
Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug)
|
|
|
Manx
|
Indo-European →
Celtic →
Manx,
[note 25]
Indo-European →
Germanic →
English →
Manx English
|
Isle of Man (
Crown Dependency)
|
Significant populations in the
United States
|
Christianity →
Protestantism
|
Māori
|
Austronesian →
Polynesian →
New Zealand Māori,
[note 53]
|
New Zealand
|
Māori Indians, with significant populations in the
United Kingdom,
Australia, and the
United States
|
Christianity
|
Mappila Muslims
|
Dravidian →
Arabi Malayalam
|
India (
Kerala,
Lakshadweep)
|
|
Islam →
Sunni Islam
|
Mapuche
|
Araucanian languages
[note 1]
[note 54]
|
Chile (
Araucania),
Argentina
|
Huilliche,
Moluche,
Pehuenche, along with
Mestizos such as
Chileans
|
Christianity,
Mapuche religion
|
Maranao
|
Austronesian →
Philippine →
Maranao
|
Philippines (
Lanao)
|
|
Islam
|
Marathi
|
Indo-European →
Indo-Aryan →
Marathi
|
India (
Maharashtra)
|
Mahar,
Maratha,
Kunbi,
Dhangar,
Bhoi
|
Hinduism,
Jainism
|
Maris
|
Uralic →
Mari
[note 1]
|
Russia (
Mari El)
|
Meadow Mari,
Hill Mari,
Northwestern Mari,
Eastern Mari,
Mountain Mari
|
Christianity →
Eastern Orthodoxy,
Mari Native Religion
|
Maronites
|
Afro-Asiatic →
Semitic →
Western Aramaic,
[note 1]
[note 55]
Afro-Asiatic →
Arabic →
Cypriot Arabic
|
Lebanon
|
Significant populations in
Syria,
Cyprus and
Israel along with the greater
Lebanese diaspora
|
Christianity →
Maronite Catholicism
|
Marquesas Islanders
|
Austronesian →
Malayo-Polynesians →
Polynesian →
Marquesan
|
France (
Marquesas Islands)
|
|
Christianity
|
Marshallese
|
Austronesian →
Malayo-Polynesian →
Oceanic →
Micronesian →
Marshallese
|
Marshall Islands
|
|
Christianity →
Protestantism
|
Masa
|
Afro-Asiatic →
Chadic →
Masana
|
Cameroon,
Chad
|
|
Christianity,
Islam[
citation needed]
|
Masalit
|
Nilo-Saharan →
Masalit
|
Sudan,
Chad
|
|
Islam →
Sunni Islam
|
Matagi
|
|
Japan (
Ani,
Shirakami-Sanchi)
|
|
|
Matawai
|
Indo-European →
Germanic →
English →
Saramaccan
|
Suriname
|
|
Christianity →
Moravian Church
|
Mauritian Creoles
|
Indo-European →
Romance →
French →
Mauritian Creole
|
Mauritius
|
|
Christianity →
Catholicism,
Rastafari
|
Maya
|
Mayan,
[note 1]
Mayan Sign
|
Guatemala,
Belize,
Mexico (
Yucatan,
Campeche,
Quintana Roo,
Tabasco,
Chiapas)
|
Maya,
Achi,
Chuj,
Chʼortiʼ,
Itza,
Kʼicheʼ,
Qʼeqchiʼ,
Xinca,
Tektitek,
Huastecan,
Mopan,
Lacandon,
Chontal,
Akatek,
Jakaltek,
Qʼanjobʼal,
Tzeltal,
Mochoʼ,
Tojolab'al,
Mam,
Ixil,
Tzotzil,
Poqomam,
Yucatecan Maya,
Motozintlecos,
Awakatek,
Kaqchikel,
Sakapultek,
Sipakapense,
Uspantek,
Chʼol, and
Tzʼutujil
|
Christianity →
Catholicism,
Maya religion
|
Mazahua
|
Oto-Manguean →
Oto-Pamean →
Mazahua
|
Mexico (
State of Mexico)
|
|
Christianity →
Catholicism
|
Mazandaranis
|
Indo-European →
Iranian →
Western Iranian →
Mazanderani
|
Iran (
Mazandaran)
|
|
Islam →
Shia Islam
|
Mazatec
|
Oto-Manguean →
Popolocan →
Mazatecan
[note 1]
|
Mexico (
Oaxaca)
|
Ayautla
|
Christianity →
Catholicism
|
Mbaka
|
Niger–Congo →
Ubangian →
Mbaka
|
Central African Republic,
Democratic Republic of the Congo
|
|
Christianity →
Catholicism
|
Mbugu
|
Niger–Congo →
Bantu →
Mbugu,
Niger–Congo and
Afro-Asiatic →
Bantu and
Cushitic →
Maʼa,
Niger–Congo →
Bantu →
Pare
|
Tanzania (
Usambara Mountains)
|
|
|
Megleno-Romanians
|
Indo-European →
Romance →
Megleno-Romanian
|
Greece (
Almopia)
|
|
Christianity →
Eastern Orthodoxy,
Islam →
Sunni Islam
|
Mehri
|
Afro-Asiatic →
Semitic →
Mehri
|
Oman (
Dhofar Governorate),
Yemen (
Al Mahrah Governorate,
Socotra)
|
|
Islam
|
Meitei
|
Sino-Tibetan →
Kuki-Chin–Naga →
Meitei
|
India (
Manipur)
|
Loi
|
Hinduism →
Vaishnavism
|
Melanau
|
Austronesian →
Malayo-Polynesian →
Melanau
|
Malaysia (
Sarawak)
|
|
Islam
|
Melungeons
|
Indo-European →
Germanic →
English →
Appalachian English
|
United States (
Appalachia)
|
Carmel Indians
|
Christianity →
Protestantism →
Baptists
|
Mende
|
Niger–Congo →
Mande →
Mende
|
Sierra Leone (
Southern and
Eastern Provinces)
|
|
Islam
|
Mennonites
|
|
|
Russian Mennonites,
Old Order Mennonites,
Old Colony Mennonites, with significant populations in
Argentina,
Belize,
Bolivia,
Colombia,
El Salvador,
Mexico,
Paraguay,
Peru, and
Uruguay
|
Christianity →
Anabaptism →
Mennonitism
|
Métis
|
Indo-European and
Algic →
Romance and
Algonquian →
French and
Plains Cree →
Michif,
Indo-European →
Romance →
French →
Metis French,
Indo-European →
Germanic →
English →
Bungi
|
Canada (
Canadian Prairies,
British Columbia,
Northwest Territories,
Northwestern Ontario),
United States (
Michigan,
Illinois,
Ohio,
Minnesota,
North Dakota,
Montana)
|
Anglo-Metis,
Little Shell Métis
|
Christianity
|
Miami
|
Algic →
Algonquian →
Miami
|
United States (
Illinois)
|
Indiana Miami,
Oklahoma Miami,
Piankeshaw
|
Christianity,
Native American religion
|
Miccosukee
|
Muskogean →
Mikasuki
|
United States (
Miccosukee Indian Reservation)
|
|
|
Mien
|
Hmong–Mien →
Mienic
[note 1]
|
China (
Hunan,
Guizhou),
Vietnam
|
Iu Mien,
Kim Mun,
Dzao Min,
Biao Min,
Bunu,
Lakkia,
Biao Mon,
San Diu
|
Yao folk religion
|
Mijikenda
|
Niger–Congo →
Bantu →
Mijikenda
|
Kenya (
Coast Province)
|
Chonyi,
Giriama,
Digo,
Segeju,
Rabai
|
Christianity
|
Minahasan
|
Austronesian →
Philippine →
Minahasan,
[note 1]
Austronesian →
Malayic →
Malay-based creole →
Manado Malay
|
Indonesia (
Minahasa Peninsula)
|
Tonsawang,
Tontemboan,
Tondano,
Tombulu,
Tonsea
|
Christianity →
Protestantism
|
Minangkabau
|
Austronesian →
Malayic →
Minangkabau,
Austronesian →
Malayic →
Negeri Sembilan Malay
|
Indonesia (
Minangkabau Highlands),
Malaysia (
Negeri Sembilan)
|
Overseas Minangkabau
|
Islam →
Sunni Islam
|
Misak
|
Barbacoan →
Northern Barbacoan →
Coconucan →
Nam Trik
|
Colombia (
Cauca)
|
|
Traditional religion,
Christianity →
Catholicism
|
Mishar Tatars
|
Turkic →
Kipchak →
Tatar →
Mishar Tatar,
Indo-European →
Slavic →
Russian
|
Russia (
Penza Oblast,
Mordovia,
Ulyanovsk Oblast,
Chuvashia,
Nizhny Novgorod Oblast,
Tatarstan,
Samara Oblast,
Saratov Oblast,
Volgograd Oblast,
Orenburg Oblast,
Bashkortostan)
|
|
Islam →
Sunni Islam
|
Mising
|
Sino-Tibetan →
Tani →
Mising
|
India (
Assam,
Arunachal Pradesh)
|
|
Donyi-Polo,
Ekasarana Dharma
|
Miskito
|
Misumalpan →
Miskito
|
Mosquito Coast (
Nicaragua,
Honduras)
|
Miskito Sambu
|
Christianity →
Protestantism →
Moravian Church
|
Mixe
|
Mixe–Zoque →
Mixe
[note 1]
|
Mexico (
Oaxaca)
|
|
Christianity →
Catholicism
|
Mixtec
|
Oto-Manguean →
Mixtecan →
Mixtec
|
Mexico (
La Mixteca)
|
Triqui,
Cuicatecs,
Amoltepec
|
Christianity →
Catholicism
|
Mi'kmaq
|
Algic →
Algonquian →
Mi'kmaq
[note 26]
|
Canada (
Mi'kma'ki),
United States (
Maine)
|
Mi'kmaq Nation,
Miawpukek
|
Christianity →
Catholicism
|
Moghols
|
Indo-European →
Iranian →
Dari, formerly
Mongolic →
Moghol
|
Afghanistan
|
|
Islam →
Sunni Islam
|
Mohawk
|
Iroquoian → Northern Iroquoian →
Mohawk
|
Canada (
Quebec,
Ontario),
United States (
New York)
|
|
Animism,
Christianity
|
Moken
|
Austronesian →
Moken
|
Thailand,
Myanmar (
Mergui Archipelago,
Surin Islands)
|
|
Buddhism
|
Mokshas
|
Uralic →
Mordvinic →
Moksha
|
Russia (
Mordovia)
|
|
|
Moldovans
|
Indo-European →
Romance →
Romanian →
Moldovan,
Francosign → Austro-Hungarian Sign → Moldova Sign
|
Moldova
|
Significant populations in
Romania,
Ukraine,
Russia,
Italy and the
United States
|
Christianity →
Eastern Orthodoxy
|
Molokans
|
Indo-European →
Slavic →
Russian
|
Russia
|
|
Christianity →
Spiritual Christianity
|
Mon
|
Austroasiatic →
Mon
|
Myanmar (
Mon State)
|
|
Buddhism →
Theravada Buddhism
|
Monacans
|
Formerly
Siouan →
Ohio Valley Siouan →
Tutelo
[note 56]
|
|
|
|
Monegasques
|
Indo-European →
Romance →
Ligurian →
Monegasque
|
Monaco
|
|
Christianity →
Catholicism
|
Mongo
|
Niger–Congo →
Bantu →
Mongo
|
Democratic Republic of the Congo (
Equateur,
Tshuapa,
Mongala,
Nord-Ubangi,
Sud-Ubangi)
|
Bolia, Ntomba,
Ngando,
Iyaelima,
Mbole,
Mpama,
Nkutu,
Sengele,
Hendo,
Dengese,
Tetela
|
Christianity
|
Mongols
|
Mongolic languages,
[note 1]
Francosign → Austro-Hungarian Sign →
Mongolian Sign
|
China (
Inner Mongolia,
Dorbetia,
Bayingolin,
Dzungaria,
Subei-Mongolia,
Santania,
Kharchinia),
Mongolia
|
Khalkha,
Oirats (including Manchurian Öelets),
[27]
Hamnigan,
Tsagaan,
Yugur,
Khatso,
Bonan,
Sichuan Mongols,
Sogwo Arig,
Altai Uriankhai,
Ordos,
Kanja,
Sogwo Arig,
Mughals,
Santa,
Naimans,
Dariganga,
Khorchin,
Kharchin,
Koke Nuur,
Chaharian,
Jalairs,
Gorlos,
Sartuul,
Myangad,
Tubalar,
Uzemchin,
Uradian,
Tumed,
Baarins,
Zakhchin,
Hishigten,
Dorbet,
Muumyangan,
Jalaids,
Abaganar,
Chantuu,
Olot,
Sunud,
Eastern Dorbet,
Aohans,
Onnigud,
Khoshut,
Abagas,
Khotons,
Alasha,
Khoid,
Eljigin,
Choros,
Qaidam,
Fujin
|
Buddhism →
Tibetan Buddhism,
Tengrism
|
Mongondow
|
Austronesian →
Philippine →
Mongondow
|
Indonesia (
Mongondowia)
|
|
Islam →
Sunni Islam
|
Montenegrins
|
Indo-European →
Slavic →
Shtokavian →
Montenegrin
|
Montenegro
|
Significant populations in
Serbia and the
United States
|
Christianity →
Eastern Orthodoxy
|
Moravians
|
Indo-European →
Slavic →
Czech →
Moravian
|
Czech Republic (
Moravia)
|
|
Christianity →
Catholicism
|
Moriori
|
Austronesian →
Polynesian →
Moriori,
[note 57]
Indo-European →
Germanic →
English
[28]
|
New Zealand (
Chatham Islands)
|
|
Christianity including
Rātana
|
Mormon
[29]
|
Indo-European →
Germanic →
English
|
United States (
Mountain States)
|
|
Mormonism
|
Mossi
|
Niger–Congo →
Gur →
Mossi
|
Burkina Faso (
Mossiland)
|
|
Islam
|
Mosuo
|
Sino-Tibetan →
Naish →
Na
|
China (
Sichuan and
Yunnan)
|
|
Daba,
Buddhism →
Tibetan Buddhism
|
Motu
|
Austronesian →
Malayo-Polynesian →
Motu
|
Papua New Guinea (
Central Province)
|
|
Christianity,
Shamanism
|
Mudburra
|
Pama–Nyungan →
Ngumpin–Yapa →
Mudburra
|
Australia (
Northern Territory)
|
|
|
Mughal
|
Indo-European →
Indo-Aryan →
Hindustani, formerly
Indo-European →
Iranian →
Persian
|
India,
Pakistan,
Bangladesh
|
|
Islam
|
Muhajir
|
Indo-European →
Indo-Aryan →
Urdu
|
Pakistan
|
|
Islam →
Sunni Islam
|
Mumuye
|
Niger–Congo →
Adamawa →
Mumuye
|
Nigeria (
Taraba State)
|
|
Traditional African religions
|
Munanese
|
Austronesian →
Celebic →
Munanese
[note 1]
|
Indonesia (
Muna)
|
|
Islam
|
Mundas
|
Austroasiatic →
Munda →
Mundari
|
India (
Jharkhand,
Odisha,
West Bengal)
|
Sabar,
Mahali
|
Sarnaism
|
Murut
|
Austronesian →
Malayo-Polynesian →
Murutic
[note 1]
|
Malaysia (
Murutia)
|
Okolod,
Keningau,
Tagal,
Paluan,
Selungai,
Timugon,
Serudung,
Sembakung,
Tidong,
Kalabakan,
Bulungan,
Bookan
|
Christianity →
Catholicism
|
Muscogee
|
Muskogean →
Muscogee,
[note 8]
Muskogean → Eastern Muskogean →
Mikasuki
|
United States (
Alabama,
Tennessee,
Georgia)
[note 9]
|
Thlopthlocco,
Kialegee,
Muscogee Nation,
Poarch Band,
Lower Muskogee Creek Tribe,
Creek Freedmen
|
Native American religion →
Creek mythology,
Four Mothers Society
|
Musgum
|
Afro-Asiatic →
Chadic →
Musgu
|
Cameroon (
Far North Region),
Chad (
Chari-Baguirmi,
Mayo-Kebbi Est)
|
|
Islam
|
Muslimani
|
Indo-European →
Slavic →
Serbo-Croatian
[note 1]
[note 58]
|
Serbia,
Montenegro,
Croatia,
Bosnia and Herzegovina,
Slovenia,
North Macedonia
|
|
Islam
|
Mwera
|
Niger–Congo →
Bantu →
Mwera
|
Tanzania (
Mtwara and
Ruvuma Regions)
|
|
Islam
|
Nagas
|
Sino-Tibetan →
Tibeto-Burman →
Kuki-Chin–Naga,
[note 1]
[note 59] formerly
Angami Naga Sign
|
India (
Nagaland,
Manipur,
Arunachal Pradesh,
Assam),
Myanmar (
Naga Self-Administered Zone)
|
Angami,
Ao,
Chakhesang (including
Chokri and
Khezha),
Chang,
Khiamniungan,
Konyak,
Lotha,
Mao,
Maram,
Maring,
Nocte,
Phom,
Pochury,
Poumai,
Rengma,
Sangtam,
Sumi,
Tangkhul,
Tangsa,
Tikhir,
Wancho,
Yimkhiung,
Zeliangrong (
Zemi,
Liangmei,
Rongmei/Kabui),
Lamkang Naga
|
Christianity →
Protestantism →
Baptists,
|
Nagpuri
|
Indo-European →
Indo-Aryan →
Bihari →
Sadri
|
India (
Chota Nagpur Plateau)
|
Chik Baraik
|
Hinduism
|
Nahuas
|
Uto-Aztecan →
Nahuan →
Nahuatl
|
Mexico
|
Huasteca Nahuas,
Mexicaneros,
Sierra Puebla Nahuas,
Guerrero Nahuas,
Orizaba Nahuas,
Southeastern Puebla Nahuas,
Central Nahuas,
Pipil, along with
Mestizos such as
Mexicans
|
Christianity →
Catholicism,
Aztec religion
|
Nakoda
|
Siouan →
Western Siouan →
Stoney
|
Canada (
Alberta,
Saskatchewan)
|
Wood Stoney, Mountain Stoney
|
|
Nama
|
Khoe →
Khoekhoe
|
Namibia (
Namaland),
South Africa
|
Oorlams
|
Christianity
|
Nanai
|
Tungusic →
Nanai,
Tungusic →
Kili
|
Russia,
China
|
|
Shamanism,
Buddhism →
Tibetan Buddhism
|
Naso
|
Chibchan →
Talamanca →
Teribe
|
Panama (
Bocas del Toro)
|
|
Native American religion
|
Natchez
|
Natchez language
[note 8]
|
United States (
Oklahoma,
South Carolina)
|
Eastern Band
|
|
Nauruans
|
Austronesian →
Malayo-Polynesian →
Nauruan
|
Nauru
|
|
Christianity →
Protestantism
|
Navajo
|
Na-Dene →
Apachean →
Navajo,
Navajo Family Sign
[note 8]
|
United States (
Navajo Nation)
|
|
Christianity →
Catholicism,
Native American Church
|
Ndendeule
|
Niger-Congo languages →
Bantu languages →
Ndendeule
|
Tanzania
|
|
Nenets
|
Uralic →
Samoyedic →
Nenets
|
Nenets Autonomous Okrug,
Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug
|
Forest Nenets,
Tundra Nenets
|
Shamanism,
Animism
|
Newars
|
Sino-Tibetan →
Newar
|
Nepal (
Kathmandu Valley)
|
Rajupadhaya, Rajbhandari, Pradhan, Malla,
Shrestha, Shakya,
Chitrakar
|
Hinduism,
Buddhism →
Vajrayana →
Newar Buddhism
|
Nez Perce
|
Plateau Penutian →
Sahaptian →
Nez Perce,
[note 8]
Indo-European →
Germanic →
English
|
United States (
Idaho,
Washington)
|
|
Waashat Religion,
Christianity
|
Ngabe
|
Chibchan →
Guaymi
|
Panama (
Ngabe-Bugle Comarca)
|
|
Christianity →
Catholicism
|
Ngaju
|
Austronesian →
Malayo-Polynesian →
Barito →
Ngaju
|
Indonesia (
Central Kalimantan)
|
Bakumpai,
Meratus
|
Kaharingan
|
Ngalop
|
Sino-Tibetan →
Tibetic →
Dzongkha
|
Bhutan
|
Kheng,
Bumthang
|
Buddhism →
Tibetan Buddhism,
Bon
|
Nganasans
|
Uralic →
Samoyedic →
Nganasan
|
Russia (
Taymyr Autonomous Okrug)
|
|
Animism,
Shamanism,
Christianity →
Eastern Orthodoxy
|
Ngbandi
|
Niger–Congo →
Ubangian →
Ngbandi
|
Democratic Republic of the Congo,
Central African Republic
|
Yakoma
|
Christianity
|
Ngoni
|
|
Malawi,
Mozambique,
Tanzania,
Zimbabwe, and
Zambia
|
|
|
Nias
|
Austronesian →
Northwest Sumatra–Barrier Islands →
Nias
|
Indonesia (
Nias)
|
|
Christianity
|
Nicobarese
|
Austroasiatic →
Nicobarese
|
India (
Nicobar Islands)
|
|
Christianity,
Animism
|
Nipmucs
|
Formerly
Algic →
Algonquian →
Loup A,
Algic →
Algonquian →
Massachusett
|
United States (
Chaubunagungamaug Reservation,
Hassanamisco Reservation)
|
Chaubunagungamaug Nipmuck,
Hassanamisco Nipmuc,
Nipmuc Nation
|
|
Niueans
|
Austronesian →
Malayo-Polyesian →
Polynesian →
Niuean
|
New Zealand (
Niue)
|
|
Christianity →
Protestantism →
Calvinism
|
Nivkhs
|
Nivkh languages
[note 1]
|
Russia (
Khabarovsk Krai,
Sakhalin Oblast)
|
|
Shamanism
|
Nkole
|
Niger–Congo →
Bantu →
Nkore-Kiga →
Nkore
|
Uganda (
Ankole)
|
|
Christianity,
Ruhanga
|
Nogais
|
Turkic →
Kipchak →
Nogai
|
Russia (
North Caucasus)
|
Ak Nogai,
Karagash
|
Islam →
Sunni Islam
|
Norfolk Islanders
|
Indo-European →
Germanic →
English,
Indo-European →
Germanic →
English Creole →
Pitcairn–Norfolk →
Norfuk
|
Australia (
Norfolk Island)
|
|
Irreligion,
Christianity →
Protestantism →
Anglicanism
[30]
|
Norwegians
|
Indo-European →
Germanic →
Norwegian;
Indo-European →
Germanic →
Dano-Norwegian →
Urban East Norwegian,
Bokmål,
Riksmål;
Francosign →
DTSic →
Norwegian Sign
|
Norway
|
Kola Norwegians,
Svalbarders, along with
Significant populations in the
United States, and
Norwegian Canadians
|
Christianity →
Protestantism →
Lutheranism
|
Nubis
|
Afro-Asiatic →
Arabic creoles →
Nubi
|
Uganda,
Kenya
|
Ugandan Nubis, Kenyan Nubis
|
|
Nubians
|
Nilo-Saharan →
Nubian
[note 1]
|
Nubia (
Egypt,
Sudan)
|
Nobiin,
Mattokki,
Dongolawi,
Midob,
Birgid,
Hill Nubians (including
Dilling,
Debri,
Ghulfan,
Kadaru,
Karko, and
Wali)
|
Islam →
Sunni Islam
|
Nuer
|
Nilo-Saharan →
Nilotic →
Nuer
|
South Sudan (
Nuerland)
|
|
Traditional African religions
|
NunatuKavummiut
|
|
Canada (
NunatuKavut)
|
|
|
Nùng
|
Kra–Dai →
Tai →
Nùng
|
Vietnam,
China (
Guangxi)
|
|
Moism
|
Nuristanis
|
Indo-European →
Indo-Iranian →
Nuristani
[note 1]
|
Afghanistan (
Nuristan)
|
Safed-Posh Kaffirs (including
Askunis),
Kamkata-viris (including
Kata and
Kom)
|
Islam →
Sunni Islam
|
Nuu-chah-nulth
|
Wakashan → Southern Wakashan →
Nuu-chah-nulth
|
Canada (
British Columbia)
|
|
Native American religion
|
Nuxalk
|
Salishan →
Nuxalk
|
Canada (
British Columbia)
|
|
Native American religion
|
Nyambo
|
Niger–Congo →
Bantu →
Nyambo
|
Tanzania (
Karagwe District,
Kagera Region)
|
|
|
Nyishi
|
Sino-Tibetan →
Tani →
Nishi
|
India (
Arunachal Pradesh)
|
|
Christianity
|
Ōbeikei Islanders
|
Indo-European →
English Creole →
Bonin English
|
Japan (
Bonin Islands)
|
|
Christianity,
Buddhism,
Shinto
|
Occitans
|
Indo-European →
Romance →
Occitan,
[note 21]
Indo-European →
Romance →
Gardiol
|
Occitania (
France,
Italy,
Spain)
|
Aranese,
Auvergnats,
Provencals,
Languedociens,
Gascons,
Nicois,
Guardiota,
Monégasque Occitans
|
Christianity
|
Odawa
|
Algic →
Algonquian →
Ottawa
[note 60]
|
Canada (
Ontario),
United States (
Oklahoma,
Michigan)
|
|
|
Odia
|
Indo-European →
Indo-Aryan →
Odia
|
India (
Odisha)
|
Utkala Brahmins,
Khandayat,
Bonaz, Badu; Bairagi (Oriya); Barika; Chaikwa; Chatarkheya; Dhobi, Oriya; Ganrar; Ghantarghada; Girigiria; Gond (Oriya); Haddi; Jhodia; Kobari; Koraga; Kuliya; Lohar, Oriya; Mali, Oriya; Malia; Panka (Oriya); Paroja; Patra; Radhi; Sannyasi; Teli, Oriya; Thanapati; Thoria
|
Hinduism
|
Ogiek
|
Nilo-Saharan →
Nilotic →
Ogiek
|
Kenya (
Mau Forest,
Mount Elgon)
|
|
Christianity,
Traditional Ogiek religion
[31]
|
Ogoni
|
Niger–Congo →
Cross River →
Ogoni
[note 1]
|
Nigeria (
Ogoniland)
|
Baan,
Eleme,
Gokana,
Tẹẹ
|
Christianity
|
Ogu
|
Niger–Congo →
Kwa →
Gbe →
Gun
|
Nigeria (
Lagos,
Ogun State),
Benin
|
|
|
Oji-Cree
|
Algic →
Algonquian →
Oji-Cree
|
Canada (
Ontario,
Manitoba)
|
|
|
Ojibwe
|
Algic →
Algonquian →
Ojibwe
[note 1]
[note 60]
|
Anishinaabeland (
Canada,
United States)
|
Mississaugas,
Saulteaux,
Findians
|
Midewiwin
|
Okies
|
Indo-European →
Germanic →
English →
Oklahoman English
|
United States (
Oklahoma,
California)
|
|
Christianity →
Protestantism →
Southern Baptist
|
Oku
|
Indo-European →
Germanic →
English Creole →
Krio,
Indo-European →
Germanic →
English
|
Sierra Leone,
The Gambia
|
|
Islam
|
Oneida
|
Iroquoian → Northern Iroquoian →
Oneida
[note 60]
|
Canada (
Ontario),
United States (
New York,
Wisconsin)
|
|
Longhouse Religion
|
Onge
|
Ongan →
Onge
|
India (
Little Andaman Island)
|
|
Animism
|
Onondaga
|
Iroquoian → Northern Iroquoian →
Onondaga
|
Canada (
Ontario),
United States (
New York)
|
|
|
Orcadians
|
Indo-European →
Germanic →
Scots →
Orcadian,
Indo-European →
Germanic →
English →
Scottish English,
BANZSL →
British Sign, formerly
Indo-European →
Germanic →
Norn
|
United Kingdom (
Orkney)
|
|
|
Ormurs
|
Indo-European →
Indo-Iranian →
Iranian →
Eastern Iranian →
Ormuri
|
Afghanistan (
Logar Province),
Pakistan (
South Waziristan)
|
|
Islam
|
Orochs
|
Tungusic → Udegheic →
Oroch
|
Russia (
Khabarovsk Krai,
Magadan Oblast,
Sakhalin Oblast,
Primorsky Krai)
|
|
|
Oromo
|
Afro-Asiatic →
Cushitic →
Oromo
|
Ethiopia (
Oromia),
Kenya
|
Boorana,
Barento,
Salale,
Machaa,
Arsi,
Wollo
|
Islam →
Sunni Islam
|
Oroqens
|
Tungusic → Northern Tungusic →
Oroqen
|
China (
Heilongjiang,
Inner Mongolia)
|
|
|
Ossetians
|
Indo-European →
Iranian →
Ossetian
[note 1]
|
Ossetia (
Russia,
Georgia)
|
Iron,
Digor,
Kudar,
Trialeti Ossetians
|
Christianity →
Eastern Orthodoxy
|
Ot Danum
|
Austronesian →
Malayo-Polynesian →
Ot Danum
|
Indonesia (
West and
Central Kalimantan)
|
Lawangan,
Ma'anyan
|
Kaharingan
|
Otomi
|
Oto-Manguean →
Otomian →
Otomi
|
Mexico (
Hidalgo,
Puebla,
Veracruz,
State of Mexico,
Queretaro)
|
|
Christianity →
Catholicism
|
Ovambo
|
Niger–Congo →
Bantu →
Ovambo
|
Namibia (
Ovamboland),
Angola
|
|
Christianity →
Protestantism →
Lutheranism
|
Ovimbundu
|
Niger–Congo →
Bantu →
Umbundu
|
Angola
|
|
Christianity
|
Pākehā
|
Indo-European →
Germanic→
English →
New Zealand English
|
New Zealand
|
|
Irreligion,
Christianity
|
Palau
|
Austronesian →
Malayo-Polynesian →
Palauan,
Indo-European →
Germanic →
English →
Palauan English
|
Palau
|
|
Christianity,
Modekngei
|
Palawa
|
Indo-European →
Germanic →
English,
Palawa kani, formerly
Tasmanian languages
[note 1]
|
Australia (
Tasmania)
|
|
Alcheringa
|
Palembangese
|
Austronesian →
Malayic →
Palembang
|
Indonesia (
South Sumatra)
|
|
|
Palula
|
Indo-European →
Dardic →
Palula
|
Pakistan (
Chitral District)
|
|
|
Pamiris
|
Indo-European →
Iranian →
Pamir
[note 1]
|
Pamir Mountains (
Tajikistan,
Afghanistan,
China)
|
Shughni,
Sarikoli (including
Tajiks of Xinjiang),
Yazghulami,
Munji,
Yidgha,
Sanglechi,
Ishkashimi
|
Islam →
Shia Islam →
Isma'ilism
|
Pangasinese
|
Austronesian →
Philippine →
Pangasinan
|
Philippines (
Pangasinan)
|
|
Christianity →
Catholicism
|
Papel
|
Niger–Congo →
Atlantic →
Senegambian →
Papel
|
Guinea-Bissau (
Biombo Region)
|
|
Christianity →
Catholicism
|
Parachis
|
Indo-European →
Indo-Iranian →
Iranian →
Eastern Iranian →
Parachi
|
Afghanistan (
Nijrab District,
Kabul)
|
|
Islam
|
Paramaccan
|
Indo-European →
Germanic →
English →
Ndyuka
|
Suriname (
Pamacca)
|
|
Winti
|
Pardo
|
Indo-European →
Romance →
Portuguese
|
Brazil
|
|
Christianity →
Catholicism
|
Pare
|
Niger–Congo →
Bantu →
Pare
|
Tanzania (
Pare Mountains)
|
|
Islam
|
Parsis
|
Indo-European →
Indo-Aryan →
Gujaratic →
Gujarati
|
Indian subcontinent
|
|
Zoroastrianism
|
Pashayi
|
Indo-European →
Indo-Aryan →
Dardic →
Pashayi
[note 1]
|
Afghanistan (
Laghman,
Kapisa and
Nangarhar Provinces)
|
|
Islam →
Sunni Islam,
Islam →
Shia Islam →
Isma'ilism →
Nizari Isma'ilism
|
Pashtuns
|
Indo-European →
Iranian →
Pashto
[note 1]
|
Pashtunistan (
Afghanistan,
Pakistan)
|
Kakar,
Ghilji (including
Lodi (including
Niazi,
Hotak (including
Babai), and
Lohani (including
Marwat))),
Punjabi Pathans (including
Malerkotla Pathans and
Multani Pathans),
Tareen,
Bettani (including
Shirani),
Afridi,
Bangash,
Durrani, with
significant populations in the
United States,
India,
Sri Lanka,
|
Islam →
Sunni Islam →
Hanafi,
Sikhism
|
Pataxo
|
Maxakalian →
Pataxo
|
Brazil (
Bahia)
|
|
Shamanism
|
Pedi
|
Niger–Congo →
Bantu →
Sotho–Tswana →
Sepedi
|
South Africa (
Limpopo)
|
|
Christianity
|
Pende
|
Niger–Congo →
Bantu →
Pende
|
Democratic Republic of the Congo
|
|
Christianity
|
Pennsylvania Dutch
|
Indo-European →
Germanic →
Pennsylvania Dutch,
Indo-European →
Germanic →
English →
Pennsylvania Dutch English
|
United States (
Pennsylvania)
|
Schwenkfelders,
River Brethren (including
Yorker Brethren)
|
Christianity →
Protestantism
|
Persians
|
Indo-European →
Iranian →
Persian,
Indo-European →
Iranian →
Achomi
|
Iran
|
Arab-Persians,
Achomi,
Sistanis,
Dezfulis,
Shushtaris, along with
significant populations in the
United States, the
United Arab Emirates,
Canada,
Germany, the
United Kingdom,
Israel,
Bahrain,
Australia, and
Sweden
|
Islam →
Shia Islam →
Twelver Shi'ism,
Islam →
Sufism →
Ni'matullāhī,
Safaviyya,
Zoroastrianism,
Baha'i
|
Piapoco
|
Arawakan →
Upper Amazon Arawakan →
Piapoco
|
Colombia (
Meta),
Venezuela
|
|
Traditional religion,
Christianity →
Catholicism
|
Pied-Noir
|
Indo-European →
Romance →
French
|
Algeria
|
|
Christianity
|
Pitcairn Islanders
|
Indo-European →
Germanic →
English,
Indo-European →
Germanic →
English Creole →
Pitcairn-Norfolk →
Pitkern
|
British Overseas Territories (
Pitcairn Islands)
|
Significant population in
Norfolk Island, along with a diaspora in
Australia, and
New Zealand
[32]
|
Christianity →
Protestantism →
Seventh-day Adventism
|
Pitjantjara
|
Pama-Nyungan →
Wati →
Pitjantjara
|
Australia (
Central Australia)
|
|
Alcheringa
|
Podlashuks
|
Indo-European →
Slavic →
Ukrainian or
Belarusian →
Podlachian
|
Poland (
Podlachia)
|
|
Christianity →
Eastern Orthodoxy,
Christianity →
Catholicism
|
Pohnpeian
|
Austronesian →
Malayo-Polynesian →
Oceanic →
Micronesian →
Pohnpeian
|
Federated States of Micronesia (
Pohnpei)
|
|
Christianity
|
Poles
|
Indo-European →
Slavic →
Polish
|
Poland
|
Podlachians,
Masurians,
Masovians,
Łowiczans,
Greater Polish (including
Kaliszans,
Kuyavians,
Kuyavian Borowiaks, and
Taśtaks),
Lesser Polish (including
Cracovians,
Lasovians,
Lublinians, and
Sandomierzans),
Poborzans,
Kurpie,
Bug River Poles,
Bambers,
Kociewians,
Łęczycans,
Polish Uplanders,
Sieradzans, and
Warmians, as well as
Significant populations in the
United States,
Brazil,
Germany,
Canada,
Iceland,
Sweden,
France, the
United Kingdom,
Argentina,
Belarus,
Russia,
Australia,
Lithuania,
Ukraine,
Ireland, and
Norway
|
Christianity →
Catholicism
|
Poleshuks
|
Indo-European →
Slavic →
Belarusian or
Ukrainian →
West Polesian
|
Polesia (
Belarus,
Poland,
Russia,
Ukraine)
|
|
|
Portuguese
|
Indo-European →
Romance →
Portuguese,
Indo-European →
Romance →
Minderico,
Indo-European →
Romance →
Barranquenho,
SSLic →
Portuguese Sign
|
Portugal
|
Alentejans,
Algarveans,
Azoreans,
Barranquenhos,
[33]
Beiroes,
Madeirans,
Mindericos,
Minhotos,
Ribatejanos,
Transmontanos, with
significant populations in
Africa (including
Angola,
Guinea-Bissau,
Mozambique,
South Africa),
Australia,
Belgium,
Brazil,
Canada,
France,
Germany,
India,
Luxembourg,
Switzerland, the
United Kingdom, the
United States,
Uruguay, and
Venezuela
|
Christianity →
Catholicism
|
Potawatomi
|
Algic →
Algonquian →
Potawatomi
|
Canada (
Ontario),
United States (
Illinois,
Indiana,
Kansas,
Michigan,
Oklahoma,
Wisconsin)
|
|
|
Potiguara
|
Tupian →
Potiguara,
Indo-European →
Romance →
Portuguese
|
Brazil (
Paraiba)
|
|
Shamanism
|
Punjabis
|
Indo-European →
Indo-Aryan →
Punjabi
|
Punjab (
Pakistan (
Punjab),
India (
Punjab))
|
Arain,
Awan,
Gujjars,
Jat,
Khatris,
Punjabi Rajputs,
Sikhs, along with
significant populations in the
United Kingdom,
Canada, and the
United States.
|
Islam →
Sunni Islam,
Islam →
Sunni Islam →
Ahmadiyya,
Hinduism,
Sikhism
|
Punjabi Mexican Americans
|
|
United States (
California)
|
|
|
Purepecha
|
Purepecha
|
Mexico (
Michoacan)
|
|
Christianity →
Catholicism
|
Qarai Turks
|
Turkic,
Indo-European →
Iranian →
Persian
|
Iran (
Kerman Province)
|
|
Islam →
Shia Islam
|
Qaratays
|
Turkic →
Kipchak →
Tatar → Qataray
|
Russia (
Kamsko-Ustyinsky District)
|
|
|
Qashqai
|
Turkic →
Oghuz →
Qashqai
|
Iran (
Fars Province)
|
|
Islam →
Shia Islam
|
Qiang
|
Sino-Tibetan →
Qiangic
[note 1]
|
China (
Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture)
|
|
Qiang folk religion
|
Quechan
|
Yuman →
Quechan
|
United States (
Arizona,
California)
|
|
Native American religion,
Christianity
|
Quechua
|
Quechuan
[note 1]
|
Peru,
Bolivia,
Ecuador,
Colombia,
Argentina
|
Ayacucho,
Cajamarca–Canaris,
Central,
Chachapoyas,
Cusco,
Inga,
Kichwa,
Lamas,
North Bolivian,
Pacaraos,
Puno,
Santiagueno,
South Bolivian
|
Christianity →
Catholicism,
Inca religion
|
Quileute
|
Chimakuan →
Quileute
|
United States (
Washington)
|
|
Native American religion
|
Rabari
|
|
India (
Kutch District)
|
|
Hinduism
|
Qulla
|
Quechuan →
Southern Quechua
|
Argentina,
Bolivia,
Chile
|
|
Christianity →
Catholicism
|
Rade
|
Austronesian →
Chamic →
Rade
|
Central Highlands, Vietnam
|
|
Christianity
|
Raizal
|
Indo-European →
Germanic →
English →
San Andres-Providencia Creole
|
Colombia (
Archipelago of San Andres, Providencia, and Santa Catalina)
|
|
Christianity
|
Rajasthanis
|
Indo-European →
Indo-Aryan →
Rajasthani
[note 1]
|
India (
Rajasthan)
|
Charan,
Kachhi,
Marwari,
Meena,
Rajputs (including
Chandels,
Mahyavanshi, and
Molesalam)
|
Hinduism,
Jainism,
Sikhism
|
Rajbongshi
|
Indo-European →
Indo-Aryan →
Kamtapuri
|
India (
Assam,
West Bengal),
Bangladesh
|
|
Hinduism
|
Rakhine
|
Sino-Tibetan →
Burmese →
Arakanese
|
Myanmar (
Rakhine State)
|
Marma
|
Buddhism →
Theravada Buddhism
|
Ramkokamekra
|
Macro-Je →
Je →
Canela
|
Brazil (
Northeast Region)
|
|
|
Ranquel
|
Araucanian →
Mapudungun → Ranquel
|
Argentina (
La Pampa Province)
|
|
|
Rapa Nui
|
Austronesian →
Polynesian →
Rapa Nui
|
Chile (
Easter Island)
|
|
Christianity →
Catholicism
|
Redbones
|
|
United States (
Louisiana)
|
|
Christianity
|
Reisende
|
|
Norway
|
|
Christianity
|
Rejangese
|
Austronesian →
Malayo-Polynesian →
Rejang
|
Indonesia (
Rejang Lebong Regency)
|
|
Islam →
Sunni Islam
|
Rendille
|
Afro-Asiatic →
Cushitic →
Rendille
|
Kenya (
Eastern Province)
|
|
Waaq
|
Resians
|
Indo-European →
Slavic →
Slovene →
Resian
|
Italy (
Resia, Friuli)
|
|
|
Rhodesians
|
Indo-European →
Germanic →
English →
Zimbabwean English
|
Zimbabwe
|
Significant populations in the
United Kingdom
|
Christianity
|
Rifians
|
Afro-Asiatic →
Berber →
Tarifit
|
Morocco
|
|
Islam →
Sunni Islam
|
Rohingyas
|
Indo-European →
Indo-Aryan →
Rohingya
|
Myanmar (
Rakhine State)
|
|
Islam
|
Roma
|
Indo-European →
Indo-Aryan →
Romani,
[note 1]
Para-Romani,
[note 1]
[note 61]
Indo-European →
Romance →
Romanian →
Boyash
|
Europe,
Turkey,
Cyprus,
Caucasus
[note 29]
|
Kalderash, Iberian Cales (including
Spanish Cales,
Portuguese Cales,
Brazilian Cales),
Erromintxela,
Finnish Kale,
Welsh Kale,
Romanichal (including
Scottish Romanichal Travellers),
Lowland Scottish Travellers,
Sinti (including
Manouches),
Belaruska Roma,
Litovska Roma,
Lotfitka Roma,
Ruska Roma,
Crimean Roma,
Gurbeti,
Xoraxane Roma (including
Turkish Roma,
Zargari, and
Arlije),
Romanisal,
Bergitka Roma,
Polska Roma,
Cascarots,
Ursari,
Balshade),
Romanlar (including
Turkish Roma,
Sepetçi,
Ayjides,
Yerli, and
Çerge),
Wallachian Roma,
Servitka Roma,
Lovari,
Boyash, along with
significant populations in
Albania,
Algeria (including
Beni Ades),
Australia,
Austria,
Belarus,
Bosnia and Herzegovina,
Brazil,
Bulgaria,
Canada,
Colombia,
Croatia, the
Czech Republic,
France,
Germany,
Greece,
Hungary,
Ireland,
Italy,
Kosovo,
Mexico,
Montenegro, Morocco, the
Netherlands,
North Macedonia,
Poland,
Portugal,
Romania,
Russia,
Serbia,
Slovakia,
Slovenia,
Spain,
Turkey,
Ukraine, the
United Kingdom, the
United States (including
Balshade), and
Uruguay
|
Christianity,
Islam
|
Romanians
|
Indo-European →
Romance →
Romanian
|
Romania,
Moldova
|
Wallachians (including
Oltenians and
Muntenians),
Moldavians, along with
significant populations in
France,
Germany,
Italy,
Spain,
Ukraine, the
United Kingdom, and the
United States
|
Christianity →
Eastern Orthodoxy
|
Romansh
|
Indo-European →
Romance →
Romansh
|
Switzerland (
Grisons)
|
|
Christianity
|
Rotenese
|
Austronesian →
Timoric →
Rotenese
[note 1]
|
Indonesia (
Rote Island)
|
Dela,
Oenale
|
Christianity
|
Rotumans
|
Austronesian →
Malayo-Polynesian →
Rotuman
|
Fiji (
Rotuma)
|
|
|
Russians
|
Indo-European →
Slavic →
Russian,
Francosign →
Russian Sign
|
Russia
|
Caucasus Russians,
Cossacks (including
Kuban Cossacks and
Nekrasov Cossacks),
Pomors,
Lipovans,
Subbotniks,
Molokans (including
Subbotnik Molokans) along with
significant populations in
Azerbaijan,
Belarus,
Brazil,
Canada,
China (including
Hong Kong),
Estonia,
France,
Germany,
Israel,
Kazakhstan,
Kyrgyzstan,
Latvia,
Lithuania,
Moldova,
Taiwan,
Turkmenistan,
Ukraine, the
United States,
Uzbekistan
|
Christianity →
Eastern Orthodoxy
|
Rusyns
|
Indo-European →
Slavic →
Carpathian Rusyn,
Pannonian Rusyn
|
Carpathian Ruthenia (
Ukraine,
Slovakia,
Poland),
[note 62]
Pannonian Plain (
Croatia,
Serbia)
|
Pannonian Rusyns,
Lemkos,
Hutsuls,
Boykos
|
Christianity →
Eastern Catholicism
|
Rutuls
|
Northeast Caucasian →
Lezgic →
Rutul
|
Russia (
Dagestan),
Azerbaijan
|
|
|
Ryukyuans
|
Japonic →
Ryukyuan;
[note 1]
[note 63]
Japonic →
Japanese →
Okinawan Japanese,
Amami Japanese;
Koniya Sign
|
Japan (
Ryukyu Islands)
|
Amami (including
Kikai,
Amami Ōshima (including
Setouchi),
Tokunoshima,
Okinoerabu, and
Yoron),
Okinawans (including
Kunigami)
Miyakoans,
Tarama,
Yaeyama,
Yonaguni, with significant populations in
Bolivia,
Brazil, and the
United States (including
Hawaii)
|
Ryukyuan religion
|
Saho
|
Afroasiatic →
Cushitic →
Saho
|
Eritrea,
Ethiopia
|
|
Islam →
Sunni Islam
|
Sahrawis
|
Afro-Asiatic →
Arabic →
Hassaniya Arabic
|
Western Sahara
|
Reguibat,
Oulad Delim,
Oulad Tidrarin,
Laaroussien,
Tekna,
Tajakant,
Aït Oussa
|
Islam →
Sunni Islam
|
Sahtu
|
Na-Dene →
Athabaskan →
Slavey
|
Northwest Territories (
Canada)
|
|
Christianity,
Animism
|
Saint Helenians
|
Indo-European →
Germanic →
English
|
Saint Helena
|
|
Christianity →
Anglicanism
|
Saint Thomas Christians
|
Dravidian →
Malayalam
|
India (
Kerala)
|
Knanayas
|
Christianity →
Saint Thomas Christianity
|
Sakizaya
|
Austronesian →
East Formosan →
Sakizaya
|
Hualien County (
Taiwan)
|
|
Animism, Christianity
|
Salar
|
Turkic →
Oghuz →
Salar
|
China (
Qinghai,
Gansu)
|
|
Islam →
Sunni Islam
|
Salinan
|
Hokan →
Salinan
|
United States (
California)
|
|
Native American religion
|
Sama-Bajau
|
Austronesian →
Malayo-Polynesian →
Barito →
Sama–Bajaw
[note 1]
|
Maritime Southeast Asia (
Philippines,
Malaysia,
Indonesia,
Brunei)
[note 29]
|
Sama (including
Banguingui),
Bajaw,
Abaknon
|
Islam →
Sunni Islam
|
Samana Americans
|
Indo-European →
Germanic →
English →
Samana English
|
Dominican Republic (
Samana Province)
|
|
Christianity →
Protestantism →
Methodism
|
Samaritans
|
Afro-Asiatic →
Canaanite →
Hebrew →
Modern Hebrew,
Afro-Asiatic →
Arabic →
South Levantine Arabic →
Palestinian Arabic, formerly
Afro-Asiatic →
Canaanite →
Samaritan Hebrew,
Afro-Asiatic →
Aramaic →
Samaritan Aramaic
|
Israel
|
|
Samaritanism
|
Sambal
|
Austronesian →
Philippine →
Sambalic
[note 1]
|
Philippines (
Zambales)
|
Bolinao,
Botolan (including
Banguingui)
|
Christianity →
Catholicism
|
Sámi
|
Uralic →
Sámi,
[note 1] formerly
Uralic →
Sámi →
Akkala Sámi,
Uralic →
Sámi →
Kemi Sámi,
Kainuu Sámi
|
Sapmi (
Norway,
Sweden,
Finland,
Russia)
|
Inari Sámi,
Kildin Sámi,
Lule Sámi,
Northern Sámi,
Pite Sámi,
Skolt Sámi,
Southern Sámi,
Ter Sámi,
Ume Sámi,
Akkala Sámi
|
Christianity →
Protestantism →
Lutheranism
|
Sammarinese
|
Indo-European →
Romance →
Romagnol → Sammarinese,
Indo-European →
Romance →
Italian
|
San Marino
|
|
Christianity →
Catholicism
|
Samoans
|
Austronesian →
Polynesian →
Samoan
|
Samoan Islands (
Samoa,
American Samoa)
|
American Samoans
|
Christianity
|
Sandawe
|
Sandawe
|
Tanzania (
Chemba District)
|
|
Traditional African Religion,
Islam
|
Sangirese
|
Austronesian →
Philippine →
Sangirese
|
Indonesia (
Sangihe Islands),
Philippines (
Mindanao)
|
|
Christianity →
Protestantism
|
Santal
|
Austroasiatic →
Munda →
Santali
|
India (
West Bengal,
Jharkhand,
Odisha)
[note 3]
|
|
Christianity →
Catholicism
|
Sara
|
Nilo-Saharan →
Central Sudanic →
Sara
[note 1]
|
Chad,
Central African Republic
|
Ngambay,
Doba,
Laka,
Kabba,
Sar,
Mbay,
Ngam,
Dagba,
Gulay
|
Traditional African religions
|
Saramaka
|
Indo-European →
Germanic →
English →
Saramaccan
|
Suriname
|
|
Winti,
Christianity →
Moravian Church
|
Sardinians
|
Indo-European →
Romance →
Sardinian,
[note 1]
Indo-European →
Romance →
Sassarese,
Indo-European →
Romance →
Gallurese
|
Italy (
Sardinia)
|
Logudorese,
Campidanese,
Sassarese,
Gallurese
|
Christianity →
Catholicism
|
Sasak
|
Austronesian →
Sasak
|
Indonesia (
Lombok)
|
|
Islam
|
Saurashtras
|
Indo-European →
Indo-Aryan →
Saurashtra
|
India (
South India)
|
|
Hinduism →
Vaishnavism,
Hinduism →
Shaivism
|
Savu
|
Austronesian →
Sumba–Flores →
Sumba →
Hawu
|
India (
Savu)
|
|
Christianity →
Protestantism
|
Scots
|
Indo-European →
Germanic →
English →
Scottish English,
Indo-European →
Germanic →
Scots,
Indo-European →
Celtic →
Scottish Gaelic,
[note 25]
BANZSL →
British Sign
|
United Kingdom (
Scotland)
|
Ulster Scots,
Shetlanders,
Highlanders,
Lowlanders,
Berwickers, along with
significant populations in the
United States (including
Scotch-Irish Americans),
Canada (including
Scotch-Irish Canadians),
Australia,
Argentina,
Russia, and the
Bahamas
|
Christianity →
Protestantism →
Calvinism
|
Selkups
|
Uralic →
Samoyedic →
Selkup
|
Russia (
Tomsk Oblast,
Krasnoyarsk Krai,
Tyumen Oblast)
|
|
Shamanism,
Christianity →
Eastern Orthodoxy
|
Seminoles
|
Muskogean →
Muscogee →
Seminole,
Muskogean →
Mikasuki,
Afro-Seminole Creole
|
United States (
Oklahoma,
Florida),
Mexico (
Coahuila)
|
Oklahoma Seminoles,
Black Seminoles (including
Mascogos),
Florida Seminoles
|
|
Semnanis
|
Indo-European →
Iranian →
Semnani
[note 1]
|
Iran (
Semnan)
|
Biyabunakis,
Sangsaris,
Sorkheis,
Aftaris,
Lasgerdis
|
Islam →
Shia Islam →
Twelver Shi'ism
|
Seneca
|
Iroquoian → Northern Iroquoian →
Seneca
|
Canada (
Ontario),
United States (
New York,
Oklahoma)
|
|
|
Sentinelese
|
Sentinelese
|
India (
North Sentinel Island)
|
|
|
Senufo
|
Niger–Congo →
Senufo
[note 1]
|
Mali,
Ivory Coast,
Burkina Faso
|
Nafana,
Minyanka
|
Traditional African religions
|
Serbs
|
Indo-European →
Slavic →
Shtokavian →
Serbian
|
Serbia,
Bosnia and Herzegovina (
Republika Srpska),
Montenegro,
Croatia,
Romania,
Hungary,
Albania,
Bulgaria,
Slovenia
|
Kosovo Serbs,
Montenegrin Serbs,
Croatian Serbs,
Bosnian Serbs,
Macedonian Serbs,
Romanian Serbs,
Hungarian Serbs,
Albanian Serbs,
Bulgarian Serbs,
Slovenian Serbs,
Vojvodinian Serbs,
Triestine Serbs,
Serb Muslims, along with
significant populations in
Germany,
Austria,
France,
Slovakia, and
Sweden
|
Christianity →
Eastern Orthodoxy
|
Serer
|
Niger–Congo →
West Atlantic →
Senegambian →
Serer
|
Senegal
|
Laalaa,
Ndut,
Niominka,
Serer-Noon,
Palor,
Saafi
|
Islam,
Serer religion
|
Seychellois Creoles
|
Indo-European →
Romance →
French →
Seychellois Creole
|
Seychelles
|
|
Christianity →
Catholicism
|
Shan
|
Kra–Dai →
Tai →
Shan
|
Myanmar (
Shan State)
|
|
Buddhism →
Theravada Buddhism
|
Sharchops
|
Sino-Tibetan →
Tibeto-Kanauri →
Tshangla
|
Bhutan (
Lhuntse,
Mongar,
Pemagatshel,
Samdrup Jongkhar,
Trashigang, and
Trashiyangtse Districts)
|
|
Buddhism →
Tibetan Buddhism,
Bon
|
Shawnee
|
Algic →
Algonquian →
Shawnee
|
United States (
Oklahoma, formerly
Ohio)
|
Absentee Shawnee,
Eastern Shawnee,
Piqua Shawnee,
Shawnee Tribe
|
|
Sherbro
|
Niger–Congo →
Atlantic →
Mel →
Sherbro
|
Sierra Leone (
Sherbro Island)
|
|
Traditional African religions
|
Shilha
|
Afro-Asiatic →
Berber →
Shilha
|
Morocco
|
|
Islam →
Sunni Islam
|
Shilluk
|
Nilo-Saharan →
Nilotic →
Shilluk
|
South Sudan
|
Gule
|
Christianity →
Catholicism
|
Shina
|
Indo-European →
Dardic →
Shina,
Indo-European →
Dardic →
Kohistani Shina
|
Pakistan (
Gilgit-Baltistan)
|
Kohistani Shina
|
Islam
|
Shirazi
|
Niger–Congo →
Atlantic-Congo →
Bantu →
Swahili
|
Tanzania (
Swahili Coast),
Kenya,
Mozambique,
Comoros
|
Zanzibaris, and
Maore
|
Islam →
Sunni Islam
|
Shiriana
|
Arawakan →
Shiriana,
Arutani language
|
Brazil (
Amazonas,
Amazon rainforest),
Venezuela (
Amazon rainforest)
|
Auake
|
|
Shompen
|
Shompen
|
India (
Great Nicobar Island)
|
|
Animism
|
Shona
|
Niger–Congo →
Bantu →
Shona
|
Zimbabwe (
Mashonaland)
|
Manyika,
Ndau
|
Christianity
|
Shopi
|
Indo-European →
Slavic →
Bulgarian
|
Shopluk (
Bulgaria,
Serbia,
North Macedonia)
|
|
|
Shors
|
Turkic →
Siberian Turkic →
Shor
|
Russia (
Kemerovo Oblast)
|
|
Christianity →
Eastern Orthodoxy →
Russian Orthodoxy,
Shamanism →
Shor Shamanism
|
Shoshone
|
Uto-Aztecan →
Numic →
Shoshoni
|
Wyoming,
Idaho,
Nevada,
Utah (
United States)
|
Eastern Shoshone,
Northern Shoshone,
Western Shoshone,
Goshute
|
Native American Church,
Christianity
|
Sibe
|
Tungusic →
Xibe
[note 52]
|
China (
Liaoning,
Jilin,
Xinjiang)
[note 3]
|
|
Shamanism
[note 27]
|
Siberian Tatars
|
Turkic →
Kipchak →
Siberian Tatar
|
Russia (
Western Siberia)
|
Baraba Tatars,
Chats,
Eushta Tatars,
Kalmak Tatars,
Zabolotnie Tatars
|
Islam →
Sunni Islam
|
Siberian Yupik
|
Eskaleut → Eskimo →
Siberian Yupik,
Eskaleut → Eskimo →
Naukan
|
Russia (
Chukchi Peninsula),
United States (
St. Lawrence Island)
|
Naukan
|
Shamanism
|
Sicilians
|
Indo-European →
Romance →
Sicilian, formerly
Afro-Asiatic →
Arabic →
Siculo-Arabic
|
Italy (
Sicily)
|
Significant populations in the
United States
|
Christianity →
Catholicism
|
Sidama
|
Afro-Asiatic →
Cushitic →
Sidaama
|
Ethiopia (
Sidamia)
|
|
Christianity
|
Siddi
|
Niger–Congo →
Bantu →
Swahili
[note 64] →
Sidi
|
Pakistan (
Baluchistan,
Sindh),
India (
Karnataka,
Gujarat,
Hyderabad)
|
|
Islam
|
Sierra Leone Creoles
|
Indo-European →
Germanic →
English →
Krio,
Indo-European →
Germanic →
English →
Pichinglis
|
Sierra Leone
|
Gambian Creoles,
Saros,
Krio Fernandinos, with significant populations in the
United States
|
Christianity
|
Sika
|
Austronesian →
Flores–Lembata →
Sika
|
Indonesia (
Sikka Regency)
|
|
Christianity →
Catholicism
|
Silesians
|
Indo-European →
Slavic →
Silesian,
Indo-European →
Germanic →
High German →
Silesian German
|
Silesia (
Poland,
Germany,
Czech Republic)
|
Cieszyn Vlachs, along with significant populations in the United States (including
Texas)
|
Christianity →
Catholicism, Christianity →
Protestantism →
Lutheranism
|
Siltʼe
|
Afro-Asiatic →
Semitic →
Ethiopic →
Gurage →
Siltʼe
|
Ethiopia (
Siltia)
|
|
Islam
|
Sindhis
|
Indo-European →
Indo-Aryan →
Sindhi
|
Pakistan (
Sindh)
|
Jat,
Memon,
Arain,
Indian Sindhis
|
Islam →
Sunni Islam →
Hanafi,
Hinduism
|
Sinhalese
|
Indo-European →
Indo-Aryan →
Sinhala
|
Sri Lanka
|
Dewa,
British Sri Lankans,
Burghers (including
Portuguese Burghers and
Dutch Burghers)
|
Buddhism →
Theravada Buddhism
|
Siona
|
Tucanoan →
Western Tucanoan →
Siona
|
Ecuador (
Sucumbios),
Colombia (
Putumayo)
|
|
Animism
|
Sioux
|
Siouan →
Western Siouan →
Sioux
[note 1]
[note 65]
|
United States (
Lakotah)
|
Lakota (including
Brulé,
Oglala,
Sans Arc,
Hunkpapa,
Miniconjou, and
Sihasapa) and
Dakota (including
Mdewakanton)
|
Native American religion
|
Sirenik
|
Eskaleut → Eskimo →
Siberian Yupik,
[note 66] formerly
Eskaleut → Eskimo →
Sirenik
|
Russia (
Sireniki)
|
|
|
Skokomish
|
Salishan →
Coast Salish →
Twana
|
United States (
Skokomish Indian Reservation)
|
|
|
Slovaks
|
Indo-European →
Slavic →
Slovak
|
Slovakia,
Hungary,
Austria
|
Significant populations in
Czech Republic,
Bulgaria,
Hungary,
Austria,
Serbia,
Croatia,
United States,
Australia, and
Canada
|
Christianity →
Catholicism
|
Slovenes
|
Indo-European →
Slavic →
Slovene
|
Slovenia
|
Significant populations in the
United States,
Canada,
Australia,
Carinthia,
Hungary,
Uruguay,
Venezuela,
Argentina,
Croatia, and
Italy
|
Christianity →
Catholicism
|
Soga
|
Niger–Congo →
Bantu →
Soga
|
Uganda (
Busoga)
|
|
Christianity,
Traditional African religions
|
Somalis
|
Afro-Asiatic →
Cushitic →
Somali
[note 1]
|
Greater Somalia (
Somalia,
Ethiopia,
Djibouti,
Kenya)
|
Hawiye,
Darod (including
Majeerteen),
Isaaq,
Dir,
Rahanweyn,
Madhiban,
Yibir,
Ajuran along with
significant populations in the
United States, the
United Kingdom,
Sweden, and
Canada
|
Islam →
Sunni Islam →
Shafi'i
|
Songhai
|
Songhay languages
[note 1]
|
West Africa
|
Songhai proper,
Zarma,
Wogo,
Kurtey,
Ingalkoyyu,
Arma,
Belbali,
Dendi
|
Islam
|
Soninke
|
Niger–Congo →
Mande →
Soninke
|
Mali
|
|
Islam →
Sunni Islam →
Maliki
|
Sonsorolese
|
Austronesian →
Micronesian →
Sonsorolese
|
Palau (
Sonsorol)
|
|
Christianity
|
Soqotris
|
Afro-Asiatic →
Modern South Arabian →
Soqotri
|
Yemen (
Socotra)
|
|
Islam
|
Sorbs
|
Indo-European →
Slavic →
Sorbian
[note 1]
|
Lusatia (
Germany,
Poland)
|
Upper Sorbs,
Lower Sorbs, with significant populations in the
United States (including
Texas)
|
Christianity →
Catholicism
|
Sotho
|
Niger–Congo →
Bantu →
Sotho
|
South Africa (
Free State),
Lesotho
|
|
Christianity
|
South Carolina Turks
[34]
|
Indo-European →
Germanic →
English
|
United States (
Dalzell,
Sumter County, South Carolina)
|
|
Islam
|
South Sea Islanders
|
Indo-European →
Germanic →
English →
Australian English
|
Australia (
Queensland)
|
|
|
Soyots
|
Turkic →
Siberian Turkic → Taiga Sayan Turkic →
Soyot
|
Russia (
Okinsky District)
|
|
Shamanism
|
Spaniards
|
Indo-European →
Romance →
Spanish,
Indo-European →
Romance →
Extremaduran,
Indo-European →
Romance →
Asturleonese,
Indo-European →
Romance →
Barranquenho,
Spanish Sign language
|
Spain,
Portugal (
Barrancos)
|
Barranquenhos,
[33]
Castilians,
Leonese,
Cantabrians,
Extremadurans,
Mercheros
|
Christianity →
Catholicism
|
Sri Lankan Chetties
|
Dravidian →
Tamil–Kannada →
Tamil,
Indo-European →
Indo-Aryan →
Sinhala
|
Sri Lanka
|
|
Christianity →
Catholicism,
Christianity →
Protestantism →
Anglicanism,
Christianity →
Protestantism →
Calvinism
|
Sri Lanka Kaffirs
|
Indo-European →
Romance →
Portuguese Creole →
Sri Lankan Portuguese Creole
|
|
|
Christianity →
Catholicism,
Buddhism →
Theravada Buddhism
|
Sri Lanka Malays
|
Austronesian →
Malay creoles →
Sri Lankan Malay
|
Sri Lanka
|
|
Islam →
Sunni Islam
|
Sri Lankan Moors
|
Indo-European →
Indo-Aryan →
Tamil →
Sri Lankan Muslim Tamil
|
Sri Lanka
|
|
Islam →
Sunni Islam
|
Sui
|
Kra–Dai →
Kam–Sui →
Sui
|
China (
Sandu Shui Autonomous County)
|
|
Animism
|
Sukuma
|
Niger–Congo →
Bantu →
Sukuma
|
Tanzania
|
|
Christianity →
Catholicism
|
Sulanese [
id]
|
Austronesian →
Central Maluku →
Sula
|
Indonesia (
Sula Islands Regency)
|
Fagudu [
id], Falahu, Fatcei, Mangon
|
Islam →
Sunni Islam,
Animism
|
Sumba
|
Austronesian →
Sumba–Flores →
Sumba
[note 1]
|
Indonesia (
Sumba)
|
Anakalangu,
East Sumbanese,
Kodi,
Lamboya,
West Sumbanese,
Mamboru,
Wanukaka
|
Christianity →
Protestantism
|
Sumbawa
|
Austronesian →
Sumbawa
|
Indonesia (
Sumbawa)
|
|
Islam
|
Sundanese
|
Austronesian →
Malayo-Polynesian →
Sundanese-Baduy
[note 1]
|
Indonesia (
Java)
|
Bantenese,
Baduy,
Ciptagelar
|
Islam →
Sunni Islam
|
Surma
|
Nilo-Saharan →
Surmic
[note 1]
|
Ethiopia,
South Sudan
|
Me'en,
Mursi,
Kichepo
|
Traditional African religions
|
Susu
|
Niger–Congo →
Mande →
Susu
|
Guinea,
Sierra Leone (
Kambia)
|
|
Islam
|
Swahili
|
Niger–Congo →
Bantu →
Swahili
|
Swahili coast (
Kenya,
Tanzania,
Mozambique,
Comoros)
|
|
Islam
|
Swazi
|
Niger–Congo →
Bantu →
Swazi
|
South Africa (
Mpumalanga),
Eswatini
|
|
Christianity →
African Zionism
|
Swedes
|
Indo-European →
Germanic →
Swedish,
Indo-European →
Germanic →
Dalecarlian,
Indo-European →
Germanic →
East Danish →
Scanian,
Indo-European →
Germanic →
Gutnish,
Indo-European →
Germanic →
Norrlandic,
Indo-European →
Germanic →
Jamtska,
SSLic →
Swedish Sign
|
Sweden,
Estonia (
Aiboland)
|
Scanians,
Jamtish,
Gutnish,
Dalecarlians,
Estonian Swedes along with
significant populations in the
United States,
Canada,
Argentina, and the
United Kingdom
|
Christianity →
Protestantism →
Lutheranism
|
Sylhetis
|
Indo-European →
Indo-Aryan →
Sylheti
|
Bangladesh (
Sylhet Division),
India (
Barak Valley)
|
|
Islam →
Sunni Islam
|
Syrian Turkmen
|
Turkic →
Oghuz →
Turkish →
Syrian Turkmen
|
Syria
|
|
Islam →
Sunni Islam,
Alevism
|
Tabaru people [
id]
|
West Papuan →
North Halmahera →
Tabaru
|
Indonesia (
Jailolo)
|
|
Animism
|
Tabasaran
|
Northeast Caucasian →
Lezgic →
Tabasaran
|
Russia (
Dagestan (
Tabasaransky District))
|
|
Islam →
Sunni Islam
|
Tagalogs
|
Austronesian →
Philippine →
Tagalog
|
Philippines
|
|
Christianity →
Catholicism
|
Tagish
|
Na-Dene →
Athabaskan →
Tagish
|
Canada (
Yukon)
|
|
|
Tahitians
|
Austronesian →
Polynesian →
Tahitian
[note 21]
|
France (
Tahiti)
|
|
Christianity
|
Tahltan
|
Na-Dene →
Athabaskan →
Tahltan
|
Canada (Northern
British Columbia)
|
|
|
Tahtacı
|
|
Turkey (
Aegean Region,
Mediterranean Region)
|
|
Islam and
Shamanism →
Shia Islam and
Shamanism →
Alevism and
Shamanism
|
Taidnapam
|
Formerly
Plateau Penutian →
Sahaptian → Northwest
Sahaptin → Upper Cowlitz;
Chinookan,
Wakashan, and
Indo-European →
Lower Chinook,
Nootka Jargon,
Germanic, and
Italic →
Chinook Jargon
|
United States (
Yakama Indian Reservation)
|
Upper Cowlitz,
Lewis River Cowlitz
|
|
Taino
|
Arawakan →
Taino
|
Greater Antilles
|
|
Native American religion
|
Tajiks
|
Indo-European →
Iranian →
Persian →
Tajik,
Francosign → Austro-Hungarian Sign →
Russian Sign → Tajik Sign
|
Afghanistan,
Tajikistan,
Uzbekistan
|
Kharduri;
Pamiris sometines considered Tajik
|
Islam →
Sunni Islam
|
Talysh
|
Indo-European →
Iranian →
Talysh
|
Azerbaijan,
Iran
|
|
Islam →
Shia Islam
|
Tama
|
Nilo-Saharan →
Tama
|
Chad,
Sudan
|
|
Islam
|
Tamangs
|
Sino-Tibetan →
Tamang
|
Nepal,
India (
Sikkim)
|
Waiba, Lopchan, Thokar, Lama
|
Hinduism,
Buddhism
|
Tamils
|
Dravidian →
Tamil–Kannada →
Tamil,
Austronesian →
Malayic →
Malay →
Malay Chetty
|
India (
Tamil Nadu),
Sri Lanka (
Northern and
Eastern Provinces)
|
Indian Tamils (including
Indian Tamils of Sri Lanka
[note 67]),
Sri Lankan Tamils (including
Negombo Tamils),
[note 67]
Chitty,
Giraavaru, along with
significant populations in
Malaysia,
South Africa,
the United States,
Singapore,
Canada, the
United Kingdom, and
France (including
Malbars)
|
Hinduism,
Islam,
Christianity,
Jainism
|
Tampuans
|
Austroasiatic →
Bahnaric →
Tampuan
|
Cambodia (
Ratanakiri)
|
|
Animism
|
Tanana Athabaskans
|
Na-Dene →
Athabaskan →
Upper Tanana,
Na-Dene →
Athabaskan →
Lower Tanana,
Na-Dene →
Athabaskan →
Tanacross
|
United States (
Interior Alaska),
Canada (Western
Yukon)
|
Lower Tanana,
Middle Tanana,
Tanacross,
Upper Tanana
|
|
Tao
|
Malayo-Polynesian →
Philippine →
Batanic →Yami-Itbayat
|
Taiwan (
Orchid Island)
|
|
Christianity,
Anitism
|
Taos
|
Tanoan →
Tiwa →
Taos
|
United States (
Taos Pueblo)
|
|
Native American religion,
Native American Church,
Christianity
|
Tarok
|
Niger–Congo →
Plateau →
Tarok
|
Nigeria (
Plateau State)
|
|
Christianity
|
Tausūg
|
Austronesian →
Philippine →
Bisayan →
Tausug
|
Philippines (
Sulu Archipelago)
|
|
Islam →
Sunni Islam
|
Tboli
|
Austronesian →
Philippine →
Tboli
|
Philippines (
South Cotabato)
|
|
Anitism
|
Tehuelche
|
Araucanian →
Mapudungun,
Indo-European →
Romance →
Spanish
|
|
|
Teke
|
Niger–Congo →
Bantu →
Teke
|
Republic of the Congo,
Democratic Republic of the Congo
|
|
|
Telengits
|
Turkic →
Kipchak →
Southern Altai → Telengit
|
Russia (
Altai Republic)
|
|
Christianity →
Eastern Orthodoxy,
Shamanism,
Burkhanism
|
Telugu
|
Dravidian → South-Central Dravidian →
Telugu
|
India (
Andhra Pradesh,
Telangana)
|
Kamma,
Reddy,
Velama,
Kapu,
Raju,
Madiga,
Mala,
Kaikalas
|
Hinduism,
Islam,
Christianity
|
Temne
|
Niger–Congo →
West Atlantic →
Mel →
Temne
|
Sierra Leone (
Northern Sierra Leone)
|
|
Islam
|
Terena
|
Arawakan →
Terena,
Brazilian Sign language,
Terena Sign language
|
Brazil (
Mato Grosso,
Mato Grosso do Sul)
|
|
Shamanism
|
Ternateans [
id]
|
West Papuan →
North Halmahera →
Ternate
|
Indonesia (
Ternate)
|
Tubo, Tobona, Tabanga, Toboleu, Ibu, Jailolo, Ternate-Portuguese
|
Islam →
Sunni Islam,
Animism
|
Thais
|
Kra–Dai →
Tai →
Thai
|
Thailand
|
Southern Thai,
Khorat,
Lanna,
Tai Lue,
Thai Americans
|
Buddhism →
Theravada Buddhism
|
Tharus
|
Indo-European →
Indo-Aryan →
Tharu
|
Terai (
Nepal,
India)
|
Kathariya,
Danuwar,
Lampucchwa,
Kochila,
Sonha,
Dangaura,
Rana
|
Hinduism,
Buddhism
|
Tibetans
|
Sino-Tibetan →
Tibeto-Kanauri →
Tibetic,
[note 1]
Sino-Tibetan →
Tibeto-Kanauri →
Tshangla →
Pemako Tshangla,
Tibetan Sign
|
China (
Tibet),
Nepal,
Bhutan
|
Amdolese (including
Golok and
Tebbu),
Khams,
U-Tsang (including
Ngari and
Walung),
Pemakopas,
Changpa,
Baima,
Kachee
|
Buddhism →
Tibetan Buddhism,
Bon
|
Ticuna
|
Ticuna–Yuri →
Ticuna
|
Brazil (
Amazonas)
|
|
Shamanism
|
Tidore
|
West Papuan →
North Halmahera →
Tidore
|
Indonesia (
Tidore)
|
|
Islam
|
Tigrayans
|
Afro-Asiatic →
Ethiopic →
Tigrinya
|
Eritrea (
Eritrean Highlands),
Ethiopia (
Tigrayia)
|
|
Christianity →
Oriental Orthodoxy
|
Tigre
|
Afro-Asiatic →
Ethiopic →
Tigre
|
Eritrea
|
|
Islam
|
Tiv
|
Niger–Congo →
Tiv
|
Nigeria (
Benue State)
|
|
Christianity
|
Tiwa
|
Sino-Tibetan →
Sal →
Tiwa
[note 4]
|
India (
Assam,
Meghalaya)
|
|
Hinduism
|
Tiwi
|
Tiwi
|
Australia (
Tiwi Islands)
|
|
Alcheringa
|
Tlapanec
|
Oto-Manguean →
Tlapanec
|
Mexico (
Guerrero)
|
|
Christianity →
Catholicism
|
Tlingit
|
Na-Dene →
Tlingit
|
Canada (
British Columbia,
Yukon Territory),
United States (
Alaska,
Washington)
|
|
Alaska Native religion
|
Tobelo
|
West Papuan →
North Halmahera →
Tobelo
|
Indonesia (
North Halmahera)
|
|
Christianity →
Protestantism,
Animism,
Islam →
Sunni Islam
|
Tofalars
|
Turkic →
Siberian Turkic →
Tofa
|
Russia (
Tofalariya)
|
|
Christianity
|
Tokelauans
|
Austronesian →
Malayo-Polynesian →
Tokelauan
|
Tokelau
|
|
Christianity →
Congregationalism
|
Tongans
|
Austronesian →
Polynesian →
Tongan
|
Tonga
|
Tongan Hawaiians
|
Christianity
|
Tooro
|
Niger–Congo →
Bantu →
Tooro
|
Uganda (
Tooro Kingdom)
|
Abagweri, Abasingo, Abahinda, Ababiito, Abasumbi, Abayaga, Ababwiju, Abasiita, Abasambo, Ababoopi, Ababwooro, Abagaya, Abalebeki, Abango, Abagimu, Abarungu, Abanyakyoozi, Abasoigi
[35]
|
Christianity,
Ruhanga
|
Toraja
|
Austronesian →
South Sulawesi →
Toraja
|
Indonesia (
Tana Toraja)
|
|
Christianity →
Protestantism
|
Torres Strait Islanders
|
Pama-Nyungan →
Kalaw Lagaw Ya,
Eastern Trans-Fly →
Meriam,
Indo-European →
Germanic →
English →
Torres Strait Creole
|
Australia (
Torres Strait Islands)
|
|
|
Toubou
|
Nilo-Saharan →
Saharan →
Tebu
[note 1]
|
Toubouland (
Chad,
Niger,
Sudan,
Libya)
|
Daza,
Teda
|
Islam →
Sunni Islam
|
Toucouleur
|
Atlantic–Congo →
Senegambian →
Pulaar
|
Senegal (
Futa Tooro)
|
|
Islam
|
Trawara
|
Indo-European →
Dardic →
Mankiyali
|
Pakistan (
Danna, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa)
|
|
|
Tripuri
|
Sino-Tibetan →
Sal →
Kokborok
|
India (
Tripura)
|
Jamatia,
Murasing
|
Hinduism
|
Trumai
|
Trumai
|
Brazil (
Mato Grosso)
|
|
Animism
|
Tsakhurs
|
Northeast Caucasian →
Lezgic →
Tsakhur
|
Russia (
Rutulsky District),
Azerbaijan (
Zagatala and
Qakh districts)
|
|
Islam →
Sunni Islam
[36]
|
Tsez
|
Northeast Caucasian →
Tsezic →
Tsez
|
Russia (
Tsuntinsky District)
|
|
Islam →
Sunni Islam
|
Tsimshian
|
Tsimshianic → Maritime Tsimshianic
[note 1]
|
Canada (
British Columbia),
United States (
Alaska)
|
Kitasoo,
Gitga'ata,
Kitkatla,
Kitsumkalum,
Kitselas,
Ginadoiks,
Ginaxangiik,
Gispaxlo'ots,
Gitando,
Gitlaan,
Gits'iis,
Gitwilgyoots,
Gitzaxłaał,
Giluts'aaw
|
Alaskan Native religion
|
Tsonga
|
Niger–Congo →
Bantu →
Tsonga
|
Mozambique (
Maputo City and
Maputo Province,
Gaza Province),
South Africa (
Limpopo,
Mpumalanga)
|
|
Christianity →
Catholicism
|
Tswana
|
Niger–Congo →
Bantu →
Tswana
|
Botswana,
South Africa (
South Tswanaland)
|
Balete,
Mangwato,
Bangwaketse,
Bakwena,
Batlokwa,
Bahurutshe,
Bakgatla,
Rolong
|
Christianity
|
Tuamotuans
|
Austronesian →
Malayo-Polynesian →
Polynesian →
Tuamotuan
|
France (
Tuamotus)
|
|
Christianity
|
Tujia
|
Sino-Tibetan →
Tujia
[note 1]
[note 68]
|
China (
Wuling Mountains)
|
|
Nuo folk religion
|
Tuluvas
|
Tulu
|
India (
Karnataka)
|
|
Hinduism
|
Tunica-Biloxi
|
Indo-European →
Germanic →
English,
Indo-European →
Romance →
French,
[37]
Tunica language, Formerly
Siouan →
Ohio Valley Siouan →
Biloxi
|
United States (
Tunica-Biloxi Indian Reservation)
|
Biloxi,
Tunica
|
|
Tupuri
|
Niger–Congo →
Adamawa →
Tupuri
|
Cameroon (
Far North Region),
Chad (
Mayo-Kebbi)
|
|
Christianity
|
Turkana
|
Nilo-Saharan →
Nilotic →
Turkana
|
Kenya (
Turkanaland)
|
|
Christianity →
Catholicism
|
Turkmens
|
Turkic →
Oghuz →
Turkmen
|
Turkmenistan,
Iran (
Turkmen Sahra),
Afghanistan
|
Teke,
Yomut,
Bayandur,
Afshar,
Ersari,
Chowdur,
Saryk,
Iranian Turkmens,
Afghan Turkmens, with significant populations in
Pakistan,
Russia, the
United Kingdom
|
Islam →
Sunni Islam
|
Turks
|
Turkic →
Oghuz →
Turkish,
Turkish Sign
|
Turkey,
Northern Cyprus
|
Turkish Cypriots,
Meskhetian Turks,
Yoruks,
Amuca, along with
significant populations in
Bulgaria,
Greece,
North Macedonia,
Germany,
France,
the United Kingdom,
the Netherlands,
Austria,
Belgium,
Sweden,
the United States,
Syria, and
Palestine
|
Islam →
Sunni Islam,
Alevism
|
Tuscarora
|
Iroquoian → Northern Iroquoian →
Tuscarora
|
Canada (
Ontario),
United States (
New York,
North Carolina)
|
|
|
Tutchones
|
Na-Dene →
Athabaskan →
Tutchone
[note 1]
|
Canada (
Yukon Territory)
|
Northern Tutchones,
Southern Tutchones
|
Native American religion
|
Tutejszy
|
Indo-European →
Slavic →
Polish,
Indo-European →
Slavic →
East Slavic,
Indo-European →
Baltic →
Eastern Baltic
|
Poland,
Ukraine,
Belarus,
Lithuania,
Latvia
|
|
Christianity →
Roman Catholicism,
Christianity →
Eastern Orthodoxy
|
Tutsi
|
Niger–Congo →
Bantu →
Great Lakes →
Rwanda-Rundi
[note 39]
|
Rwanda,
Burundi,
Democratic Republic of the Congo (
Kivu)
|
Banyamulenge
|
Christianity,
Islam
|
Tuvaluans
|
Austronesian →
Malayo-Polynesian →
Polynesian →
Tuvaluan
|
Tuvalu
|
|
Christianity
|
Tuvans
|
Turkic →
Siberian Turkic → Steppe Sayan Turkic →
Tuvan;
Turkic →
Siberian Turkic → Taiga Sayan Turkic → Tozhu Tuvan, Tere-Khöl Tuvan
|
Russia (
Tuva),
Mongolia (
Khovsgol Province)
|
Tozhu Tuvans
|
Buddhism →
Tibetan Buddhism
|
Udis
|
Northeast Caucasian →
Lezgic →
Udi
|
Azerbaijan,
Russia,
Georgia,
Armenia,
Kazakhstan,
Ukraine
|
|
Christianity →
Oriental Orthodoxy
|
Udmurts
|
Uralic →
Permic →
Udmurt
|
Russia (
Udmurtia)
|
Besermyan
|
Christianity →
Eastern Orthodoxy
|
Ukrainians
|
Indo-European →
Slavic →
Ukrainian,
Indo-European →
Slavic →
Surzhyk,
Francosign → Austro-Hungarian Sign →
Ukrainian Sign
|
Ukraine
|
Cossacks,
Litvins,
Pinchuks along with
significant populations in
the United States,
Brazil,
Kazakhstan,
Germany,
Canada,
Italy,
Argentina, the
Czech Republic, and
Romania
|
Christianity →
Eastern Orthodoxy,
Christianity →
Catholicism →
Ukrainian Greek Catholicism
|
Ulchi
|
Tungusic → Southern Tungusic →
Ulch
|
Russia (
Ulchsky District)
|
|
|
Ulster Protestants
|
Indo-European →
Germanic →
Scots →
Ulster Scots,
Indo-European →
Germanic →
English →
Ulster English,
BANZSL →
British Sign
|
Ulster (
United Kingdom,
Republic of Ireland)
|
|
Christianity →
Protestantism
|
Umatilla
|
Plateau Penutian →
Sahaptian →
Umatilla
|
United States (
Oregon)
|
|
Native American religion
|
Upper Kuskokwim
|
Na-Dene →
Athabaskan →
Upper Kuskokwim
|
United States (
Interior Alaska)
|
|
Christianity →
Eastern Orthodoxy →
Russian Orthodoxy
|
Urak Lawoi
|
Austronesian →
Malayic →
Urak Lawoi
|
Thailand (
Phuket)
|
|
Buddhism →
Theravada Buddhism
|
Urhobos
|
Niger–Congo →
Edoid →
Urhobo
|
Nigeria (
Delta State)
|
|
Christianity
|
Ute
|
Uto-Aztecan →
Numic →
Colorado River Numic →
Ute
|
United States (
Colorado,
Utah)
|
|
Native American Church,
Christianity
|
Uyghurs
|
Turkic →
Karluk →
Uyghur,
Turkic →
Karluk →
Tor Uyghur
|
China (
Uyghuristan)
|
Kashgartsy and
Tor Uyghurs, with significant populations in
Kazakhstan
|
Islam →
Sunni Islam
|
Uzbeks
|
Turkic →
Karluk →
Uzbek
[note 1]
|
Uzbekistan
|
Includes Ming, Yuzi and Kyrk tribes.
Significant populations in
Russia,
Pakistan,
Canada, the
United States, and
Turkey
|
Islam →
Sunni Islam
|
Valencians
|
Indo-European →
Romance →
Catalan →
Valencian,
LSCic →
Valencian Sign
|
Spain (
Valencian Community,
Carche)
|
|
Christianity →
Catholicism
[38]
|
Vaqueiros de alzada
|
Indo-European →
Romance →
Asturleonese
|
Spain (
Asturias,
Province of Leon)
|
|
Christianity and
traditional folk religion →
Roman Catholicism and
traditional folk religion →
Vaqueiro religion
|
Vedda
|
Sinhala creoles →
Vedda language
|
Sri Lanka
|
Coast Veddas,
Anuradhapura Veddas, Bintenne Veddas
|
Animism
|
Venda
|
Niger–Congo →
Bantu →
Tshivenda
|
South Africa (
Vendaland)
|
|
Christianity,
Traditional African religions
|
Vepsians
|
Uralic →
Finnic →
Veps
|
Russia (Former
Veps National Volost;
Vytegorsky,
Babayevsky,
Podporozhsky,
Lodeynopolsky,
Tikhvinsky, and
Boksitogorsky districts)
|
|
|
Vietnamese
|
Austroasiatic →
Vietic →
Vietnamese
|
Vietnam
|
Muong,
Gin,
Phen,
Chứt,
Thổ,
Nung,
Giay, along with
significant populations in the
United States,
Cambodia,
France,
Australia,
Canada,
Taiwan,
Japan,
Korea,
Germany,
Hong Kong, and
Laos
|
Buddhism →
Mahayana,
Vietnamese folk religion,
Caodaism,
Hoa Hao
|
Vilamovians
|
Indo-European →
Germanic →
Wymysorys
[note 69]
|
Poland (
Wilamowice)
|
|
|
Visayans
|
Austronesian →
Philippine →
Visayan
[note 1]
|
Philippines (
Visayas)
|
Aklanon,
Butuanon,
Cebuano (including
Boholano and
Eskaya),
Caluyanon,
Capiznon,
Cuyunon,
Hiligaynon,
Karay-a,
Masbatenos,
Negrenses,
Porohanon,
Romblomanon (including
Bantoanons),
Waray
|
Christianity →
Catholicism
|
Volga Tatars
|
Turkic →
Kipchak →
Tatar
|
Russia (
Tatarstan)
|
Astrakhan Tatars, Kasimov Tatars, Kazan Tatars (main and largest subgroup),
Kryashens,
Nagaybaks, Nukrat Tatars, Perm Tatars, Teptyars
|
Islam →
Sunni Islam
|
Votians
|
Uralic →
Finnic →
Votic
|
Russia (
Ingria)
|
|
Christianity →
Eastern Orthodoxy,
Christianity →
Protestantism →
Lutheranism
|
Wa
|
Austroasiatic →
Palaungic →
Wa
|
Myanmar (
Wa State)
|
|
Buddhism,
Animism
|
Wakhi
|
Indo-European →
Iranian →
Wakhi
|
Afghanistan,
Tajikistan,
Pakistan,
China
|
|
Islam →
Shia Islam →
Isma'ilism →
Nizari Isma'ilism
|
Walla Walla
|
Plateau Penutian →
Sahaptin → Walla Walla
|
United States (
Oregon,
Washington)
|
|
Waashat Religion
|
Walloons
|
Indo-European →
Romance →
Walloon,
Indo-European →
Romance →
Picard,
Indo-European →
Romance →
French →
Belgian French,
Francosign → Belgian Sign →
French Belgian Sign
|
Belgium (
Wallonia)
|
Significant populations in the United States (including
Wisconsin) and the
Netherlands
|
Christianity →
Catholicism
|
Warlpiris
|
Pama–Nyungan →
Ngumpin–Yapa →
Warlpiri,
Indo-European and
Pama–Nyungan →
Warlpiri and
Australian Kriol →
Light Warlpiri
|
Australia (
Northern Territory)
|
|
Dreamtime
|
Waropen
|
Austronesian →
Malayo-Polynesian →
Waropen
|
Indonesia (
Waropen Regency)
|
|
Christianity
|
Wassamasaw
|
|
United States (
Berkeley County, South Carolina)
|
|
|
Waxiang
|
Sino-Tibetan →
Sinitic →
Waxiang Chinese
|
China (
Hunan)
|
|
Chinese folk religion
|
Wayuu
|
Arawakan →
Wayuunaiki
|
Colombia (
La Guajira),
Venezuela
|
|
Ethnic religion,
Christianity →
Catholicism
|
Welayta
|
Afro-Asiatic →
Omotic →
Wolaitta
|
Ethiopia (
Wolayitia)
|
|
Christianity →
Protestantism →
P'ent'ay
|
Welsh
|
Indo-European →
Celtic →
Welsh,
[note 25]
Indo-European →
Germanic →
English →
Welsh English,
BANZSL →
British Sign
|
United Kingdom (
Wales)
|
Significant populations in
Argentina,
the United States,
Canada, and
Australia.
|
Christianity →
Protestantism
|
Wolane
|
Afro-Asiatic →
Ethiopic →
Wolane
|
Ethiopia (
Gurage)
|
|
|
Wolof
|
Niger–Congo →
Atlantic →
Senegambian →
Wolof
|
Senegambia (
Senegal,
The Gambia)
|
Lebu
|
Islam →
Sunni Islam →
Sufism →
Mouride
|
Wuikinuxv
|
Wakashan → Northern Wakashan →
Heiltsuk–Oowekyala →
Oowekyala
|
Canada (
British Columbia)
|
|
Native American religion
|
Xavante
|
Macro-Je →
Je →
Xavante
|
Brazil (
Mato Grosso)
|
|
Shamanism
|
Xerente
|
Macro-Je →
Je →
Xerente
|
Brazil (
Tocantins)
|
|
|
Xhosa
|
Niger–Congo →
Bantu →
Nguni →
Xhosa
|
South Africa (
Xhosaland)
|
|
Christianity
|
Xokleng
|
Macro-Je →
Je →
Xokleng
|
Brazil (
Santa Catarina)
|
|
|
Yaghnobis
|
Indo-European →
Iranian →
Yaghnobi,
Indo-European →
Iranian →
Tajik
|
Tajikistan (
Sughd Region)
|
|
Islam →
Sunni Islam
|
Yahgan
|
Yahgan,
Indo-European →
Romance →
Spanish
|
Tierra del Fuego (
Argentina,
Chile)
|
|
Christianity →
Protestantism
|
Yakan
|
Austronesian →
Malayo-Polynesian →
Barito →
Sama–Bajaw →
Yakan
|
Philippines (
Basilan)
|
|
Islam →
Sunni Islam
|
Yako
|
Niger–Congo →
Cross River →
Yako
|
Nigeria (
Yakurr Local Government)
|
|
Christianity
|
Yakuts
|
Turkic →
Siberian →
Yakut
|
Russia (
Yakutia)
|
|
Christianity →
Eastern Orthodoxy
|
Yali
|
Trans-New Guinea →
Yali
|
Indonesia (
Baliem Valley)
|
|
Christianity,
Animism
|
Yanomami
|
Yanomaman
|
Southeastern
Venezuela, and northern
Brazil
|
|
Shamanism
|
Yao
|
Niger–Congo →
Bantu →
Yao
|
Malawi,
Mozambique,
Tanzania (
Ruvuma and
Mtwara Regions)
|
|
Islam and
Animism →
Yao Folk Islam
|
Yapese
|
Austronesian →
Oceanic →
Yapese
|
Federated States of Micronesia (
Yap)
|
|
Christianity
|
Yenish
|
Indo-European →
Germanic →
Yenish
|
Germany,
Austria,
Switzerland,
Luxembourg,
Belgium, and
France
|
|
|
Yerukala
|
Dravidian →
South Dravidian I →
Yerukala
|
India (
Andhra Pradesh,
Telangana)
|
|
|
Yi
|
Sino-Tibetan →
Loloish
[note 1]
|
China (
Yunnan,
Sichuan,
Guizhou,
Guangxi)
[note 3]
|
Phu La,
Azha
|
Bimoism
|
Yoa-Lokpa
|
Niger–Congo →
Gur →
Oti–Volta →
Yom,
Niger–Congo →
Gur →
Gurunsi →
Lukpa
|
Benin (
Donga Department)
|
|
|
Yoruba
|
Niger–Congo →
Yoruba,
Yoruba Sign
|
Yorubaland (
Nigeria,
Benin,
Togo)
|
Ijesha,
Egba,
Yewa,
Igbomina,
Awori,
Akoko,
Okun,
Ana,
Ekiti,
Ilaje,
Ijebu, Oyo, Ondo, Ife,
Nagos, with significant populations in the
United States and
Canada
|
Islam,
Christianity,
Yoruba religion
|
Yuchi
|
Yuchi language
|
United States (
Tennessee,
Alabama,
Georgia,
South Carolina)
[note 9]
|
|
|
Yugambeh
|
Pama-Nyungan →
Bandjalangic →
Yugambeh
|
Australia (
Queensland)
|
|
Alcheringa
|
Yugoslavs
|
Indo-European →
Slavic →
Serbo-Croatian,
[note 1]
[note 58]
Indo-European →
Slavic →
Macedonian,
Indo-European →
Slavic →
Slovene
|
Serbia,
Bosnia and Herzegovina,
Montenegro,
Slovenia,
North Macedonia,
Croatia
|
Significant populations in
Serbia,
Canada, and the
United States
|
|
Yukaghir
|
Yukaghir languages
[note 1]
|
Russia (
Yakutia)
|
|
Shamanism
|
Yup'ik
|
Eskaleut → Eskimo →
Yup'ik
|
United States (
Alaska)
|
Nunivak Cupʼig,
Chevak Cupʼik
|
Christianity,
Shamanism
|
Zaghawa
|
Nilo-Saharan →
Saharan →
Zaghawa
|
Chad,
Sudan
|
|
Islam →
Sunni Islam
|
Zamboanguenos
|
Indo-European →
Romance →
Spanish →
Chavacano
|
Philippines (
Zamboanga City)
|
|
Christianity →
Catholicism
|
Zande
|
Niger–Congo →
Zande
|
Democratic Republic of the Congo,
Central African Republic,
South Sudan
|
Barambu
|
Christianity
|
Zapotecs
|
Oto-Manguean →
Zapotec
[note 1]
|
Mexico (
Oaxaca)
|
Ixtlan
|
Christianity →
Catholicism
|
Zhuang
|
Kra–Dai →
Tai →
Zhuang
[note 1]
[note 70]
|
China (
Zhuangia)
|
|
Moism
|
Zomi
|
Sino-Tibetan →
Tibeto-Burman →
Kuki-Chin–Naga,
[note 1]
[note 59]
Sino-Tibetan →
Mruic
[note 1]
|
Zogam (
Myanmar,
Bangladesh,
India)
|
Thadou,
Paite,
Zou,
Kom,
Koireng,
Mizo (including Khiangte,
Hmar (including
Saihriem and
Zote), Renthlei, Chawngthu,
Miu-Khumi, and
Ralte),
Aimol,
Sukte,
Bawm,
Lai,
Biate,
Chin (including
Asho,
Mro-Khimi,
Mru (including Anok, Tshungma, Domrong, Dopteng, and Rumma),
Anu,
Chho,
Cumtu Chin, and
Hkongso (including
Kasang, Htey, Kamu, Ngan, Gwa, Hteikloeh, Ngai, Rahnam, Kapu, Kasah, Namte, Krawktu, and Namluek)),
Kuki (including
Vaiphei,
Khelma,
Halam (including
Korbong),
Mate, and
Simte)
Gangte, and
Bnei Menashe
|
Christianity
|
Zonians
|
Indo-European →
Germanic →
English →
American English
|
Panama (
Panama Canal Zone)
|
|
Christianity
|
Zulu
|
Niger–Congo →
Bantu →
Nguni →
Zulu
|
South Africa (
KwaZulu-Natal)
|
Northern Ndebele
|
Christianity
|
Zuni
|
Zuni language
|