Sui people

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The Sui people are an ethnic minority group primarily living in southern China, known for their distinct Tai–Kadai language, traditional festivals, and intricate silver jewelry and textile arts.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Sui people canonical 14
Sui 4

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (41)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group
ethnic minority in China
autonym ai³ sui³
country China
culturalRegion Southwest China
demographicStatus one of the officially recognized ethnic groups of China
ethnonym Sui
linked to: Sui people
governedWithin Guizhou Sui and Miao Autonomous Counties
heritageStatus bearers of intangible cultural heritage in China
language Sui language
languageFamily Tai–Kadai languages
nativeName 水族
notableCulturalHeritage Sui epics and oral traditions
populationStatus small population compared to Han Chinese majority
primaryRegion Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region
linked to: Guangxi Province

Guizhou Province
Yunnan Province
recognizedAsMinorityBy Government of the People’s Republic of China
relatedEthnicGroup Bouyei people
Dong people
Kam–Sui peoples
Zhuang people
religion Chinese folk religion
ancestor worship
animism
traditionalArt batik
embroidery
silver jewelry making
textile weaving
traditionalClothingFeature indigo-dyed garments
intricate silver ornaments
traditionalEconomy fish farming
handicraft production
rice cultivation
traditionalFestival Dragon Boat Festival
Duan Festival
Mao Festival
traditionalHousing stilt houses
traditionalMusic antiphonal singing
polyphonic folk songs
writingSystem Sui script

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Sui language primaryEthnicGroup Sui people
Sui language glottologName Sui
linked to: Sui people
Sui language autonym Sui
linked to: Sui people
Maonan relatedEthnicGroups Sui
linked to: Sui people
Hlai people relatedEthnicGroup Sui people
Sui people ethnonym Sui
linked to: Sui people
Sui pictographic script usedBy Sui people
Kam–Sui spokenBy Sui people
Sandong Sui spokenBy Sui people
Sandong Sui ethnicGroup Sui people
Yang'an Sui spokenBy Sui people
Yang'an Sui ethnicGroup Sui people
Sui people of Guizhou subgroupOf Sui people
Pandong Sui spokenBy Sui people
Pandong Sui ethnicGroup Sui people
Mulao people relatedEthnicGroups Sui people