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Yao people

Яо · Q370868

language area per Glottologcensus counts
3,309,341
China, census 2020 (national and/or ethnic group, UN)
Hmong-Mien
language family (Glottolog)

In brief

The largest documented number lives in China: 3,309,341 people in the 2020 census.

Main language: Iu Mien. Glottolog classifies it in the Hmong-Mien 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 · «Yao» · [1]
3,309,341

Languages and their lineage

Iu Mien

  1. Hmong-Mienhmon1336
  2. Mienicmien1242
  3. Mien-Munmien1243
  4. Iu Mieniumi1238

Lakkia

  1. Tai-Kadaitaik1256
  2. Kam-Taikamt1241
  3. Lakkia-Biaolakk1237
  4. Lakkialakk1238

Bunu

  1. Hmong-Mienhmon1336
  2. Hmongichmon1337
  3. Nuclear Hmongic-Ho Nenucl1714
  4. Nuclear Hmongicnucl1720
  5. West Hmongicwest2803
  6. Bu-Nao-Bunubuna1280
  7. Bunubuna1273

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

MiaoShe peoplePa Then people

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)