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Li The group comprises 1.11 million people, mainly distributed in central and southern parts of Hainan Province. Besides their own spoken and written language, the Li people also use the Han Chinese.	Lisu With a population of 580,000, the Lisu people live in compact communities in the northern part of Yunnan Province and some areas at the junction of Yunnan and Sichuan provinces. The group has its own spoken and written language.	Wa The group comprises 350,000 people mainly distributed in southwest Yunnan Province. The Wa people have their own spoken and written language.
She The group comprises 630,000 people, with the majority living in the mountainous areas of southeast China's Fujian and Zhejiang provinces and the rest distributed in Jiangxi, Guangdong and Anhui provinces. The She people use the Han Chinese.	Gaoshan With a population of 400,000, the Gaoshan is the chief ethnic minority group in Taiwan Province. The majority of the Gaoshan people live in central mountains and eastern plains on the island, and a small group inhabits Fujian and Zhejiang provinces on China's mainland. The Gaoshan people have their own spoken language.	Lahu With a population of 410,000, the Lahu ethnic group mainly lives in the Lancangjiang River valley in southwest Yunnan Province. The Lahu people have their own spoken and written language.
Shui The group comprises 340,000 people, the majority of whom live in southeast Guizhou Province and a small group in west Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. The Shui people generally use their own spoken language and the written form of the Han Chinese.	Dongxiang With a population of 370,000, the Dongxiang ethnic group lives in compact communities in Gansu Province. The Dongxiang people can also be found in Qinghai Province and Ningxia Hui and Xinjiang Uygur autonomous regions. They generally use their own spoken language and the written form of the Han Chinese.	Jingpo The group comprises nearly 120,000 people. Forefathers of the Jingpo people labored and lived in the south of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and later moved southward. The group now inhabits some areas in west Yunnan Province in compact communities. The Jingpo people have their own spoken and written language.
Blang With a population of over 80,000, the Blang ethnic group lives mainly in Menghai County and the surrounding areas of the Xinshuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province. The Blang people generally use their own spoken language and the written form of the Han Chinese.	Kirghiz A group of 140,000 people, the former nomads now lead a settled life, inhabiting mainly southwest Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. The Kirghiz people have their own spoken and written language.	Tu Living mainly in the eastern part of Qinghai Province, the Tu ethnic group has a population of 190,000. The Tu people generally use their own spoken language and the written form of the Han Chinese.
Daur The group comprises more than 120,000 people, mainly distributed along the banks of the Nenjiang River, northeast China, and in Tacheng Prefecture, the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. The Daur people generally use their own spoken language and the written form of the Han Chinese.	Mulam The group comprises 160,000 people, with 90 percent of them living in the mountainous Luocheng Mulam Autonomous County, north Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. The Mulam people generally use their own spoken language and the written form of the Han Chinese.	Qiang The Qiang is an old ethnic group now having a population of 190,000. Records of the group can be found on unearthed bones and tortoise shells with inscriptions of the Yin Dynasty over 3,000 years ago. Today, the Qiang people live in compact communities in Maowen County of the Aba Tibetan-Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan Province. They generally use their own spoken language and the written form of the Han Chinese.
Salar Mainly inhabiting Qinghai and Gansu provinces and the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, the group has a population of 90,000. The Salar people generally use their own spoken language and the written form of the Han Chinese.	Tajik With a population of 30,000, the group inhabits the Pamirs Plateau in southwest Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. The Tajik people are mainly engaged in animal husbandry as well as farming, and generally use their own spoken language and the written form of the Uygur language.	Maonan The group comprises 70,000 people mainly distributed in Huanjiang County in the northwest of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. The Maonam people generally use their own spoken language and the written form of the Han Chinese.