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Pumi

Пуми · Q877377

language area per Glottologcensus counts
45,012
China, census 2020 (national and/or ethnic group, UN)
Sino-Tibetan
language family (Glottolog)

In brief

The largest documented number lives in China: 45,012 people in the 2020 census.

Main language: Pumi. Glottolog classifies it in the Sino-Tibetan family.

Where they live: census figures

Each figure comes from the country's official census. Censuses define belonging differently (self-identification, citizenship, mother tongue, ancestry); the type is given on each row.

China2020 · national and/or ethnic group, UN · «Pumi» · [1]
45,012

Languages and their lineage

Pumi

  1. Sino-Tibetansino1245
  2. Burmo-Qiangicburm1265
  3. Na-Qiangicnaqi1236
  4. Qiangicqian1263
  5. Pumipumi1242

People-to-language links: Wikidata (properties P103 and P2936), checked against ISO 639-3 codes. Language classification: Glottolog 5.3.

Peoples of the same language family

Han ChineseHui peopleTujia peopleChinese peopleTibetansBai peopleTamang peopleHoa peopleRai peopleLahu peopleLimbu peopleQiangJingpo peopleSherpaAkhaDungansNu peopleMang peopleBamar (Burmans)

Sources

  1. United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD). Demographic Yearbook, table 26: Population by national and/or ethnic group. China, Census - de jure - complete tabulation, Final figure, complete. https://data.un.org/Data.aspx?d=POP&f=tableCode%3a26%3bsexCode%3a0%3bareaCode%3a0%3bcountr…
  2. Hammarström H., Forkel R., Haspelmath M., Bank S. (2026). Glottolog 5.3. Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. glottolog.org (CC BY 4.0)