Yi - Ethnography and Languages

Ethnography and Languages

  • The Eastern Yi, Dongyi, or Tung-yi (Chinese: 夷, Yí), ancient peoples who lived to the east of the original zhongguo during the prehistory of ancient China
  • The Yi people (Chinese: 彝, Yí; Vietnamese: Lô Lô), an ethnic group in modern China, Vietnam, and Thailand
    • Yi language
    • script
  • The Yiddish language (ISO 639-1 language code: yi)

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