List of contemporary ethnic groups
It has been suggested that this article be split into articles titled List of contemporary ethnic groups of Africa, List of contemporary ethnic groups of Oceania, List of contemporary ethnic groups of Europe, List of contemporary ethnic groups of North America, List of contemporary ethnic groups of South America and List of contemporary ethnic groups of Asia. (Discuss) (June 2025) |
The following is an incomplete but large list of contemporary ethnic groups. There has been constant debate over the classification of ethnic groups and due to limited knowledge, political, social, legal, and economic reason the exact number is unknown, but is extremely large and hotly debated. Membership of an ethnic group tends to be associated with shared ancestry, history, homeland, language or dialect and cultural heritage; where the term "culture" specifically includes aspects such as religion, mythology and ritual, cuisine, dressing (clothing) style and other factors.
By the nature of the concept, ethnic groups tend to be divided into subgroups, which may themselves be identified as independent ethnic groups depending on the source consulted.
Ethnic groups
The following groups are commonly identified as "ethnic groups", as opposed to ethno-linguistic phyla, national groups, racial groups or similar.[1][2]
| Ethnicity | Language(s) | Primary homeland | Subgroups, tribes & castes | Religion(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abagusii | Atlantic–Congo → Bantu → Gusii | Kenya (Kisii County, Nyamira County, Kericho County, Bomet County) | Abagetutu, Abanyaribari, Abagirango, Abanchari, Abamachoge, Ababasi | Christianity, Traditional African religion |
| Abenaki | Algic → Algonquian → Western Abenaki, historically Algic → Algonquian → Eastern Abenaki | Canada (Quebec), United States (Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont) | Western Abenaki (Androscoggin, Cowasuck, Missiquoi, Pennacook, Nashua, Ossipee, Piscataqua, Souhegan, Winnipesaukee, Wabanaki Nation (Odanak, Wôlinak), Amoskeay, Sokoki, Cocheco, Pemigewasset), Eastern Abenaki (Androscoggin, Kennebec, Penobscot, Pequawket, Wolastoqiyik, Passamaquoddy, Apikwahki, Amaseconti, Kwupahag, Rocameca, Wawinak) | Abenaki religion |
| Achi' | Mayan → Quichean → Achi | Guatemala (Baja Verapaz) | Rabinal, Cubulco | Christianity, Mayan religion |
| Acholi | Nilotic → Luo → Acholi | South Sudan, Uganda (Acholiland) | Agago, Amuru, Gulu, Kitgum, Lamwo, Nwoya, Pader, Omoro | Christianity, Islam |
| Adjoukrou | Niger–Congo → Kwa → Adjukru | Ivory Coast (Dabou) | Akradio, Agneby, Armébé, Gbougbo, Vieil-Aklodj, Débrimou, Lopou, Tiaha, Kpass, Orbaff, Bonn, Kaka, Kpanda, Mopoyem, Cosrou, Dabouly, Abraniamienbro, Bodou, Bouboury, Agbaille, Yassap, Vieux-Badien, Youhouli, N'gatty, Toupah | Christianity |
| Afar | Afroasiatic → Cushitic → Afar | Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia (Afaria) | Asaimara, Adoimara | Islam, Early Cushitic |
| Afemai | Atlantic–Congo → Edoid → Afenmai | Nigeria (Edo State) | Agenebode, Weppa, Oshiolo, Emokwemhe Iviagbapue, Auchi, Ihievbe, Afuze, Warrake, Iviukwe, South Ibie, Agbede, Sabongida Ora, Igarra, Ekperi, Jattu, Fugar, Aviele, Okpella, Uneme Ehrunrun, Uneme Osu, Iviukhua, Ososo, Uzanu, Uzebba, Iviukhua, Weppa, Okpella, Okpekpe, Somorika | Christianity |
| African-Americans | Indo-European → Germanic → English → American English; Indo-European → French Creole → Louisiana Creole; Indo-European → English Creole → Gullah, Afro-Seminole Creole; Francosign → ASLic → American Sign → Black American Sign | Southern United States, Mexico (Coahuila) | Black Southerners, Creoles of color, Black Native Americans (including Freedmen (including Black Seminoles (including Mascogos), Cherokee Freedmen, Choctaw Freedmen, Creek Freedmen)), Gullah, Samaná Americans, Affrilachians, Afro-Romani Americans, along with significant populations in France, Africa (including Ghana), Israel, and Canada | Christianity → Protestantism → Black church; Hoodoo; Islam |
| Afrikaners | Indo-European → Germanic → Dutch → Afrikaans | South Africa | Christianity → Protestantism → Calvinism | |
| Afro-Anguillians | Indo-European → Germanic → English; Indo-European → English-based creoles → Antiguan and Barbudan Creole → Anguillian Creole | Anguilla | Christianity | |
| Afro–Antiguans and Barbudans | Indo-European → Germanic → English → Antiguan and Barbudan English; Indo-European → English-based creoles → Antiguan and Barbudan Creole | Antigua and Barbuda | Barbudans | Christianity → Catholicism, Protestantism → Anglicanism, Methodism, Calvinism, Baptist; |
| Afro-Arubans | Indo-European → Portuguese-based creoles → Papiamento; Indo-European → Germanic → Dutch, English; Indo-European → Romance → Spanish | Aruba | Christianity | |
| Afro-Bahamians | Indo-European → Germanic → English → Bahamian English; Indo-European → English-based creoles → Bahamian Creole | The Bahamas | Christianity | |
| Afro-Barbadians | Indo-European → Germanic → English → Bajan English; Indo-European → English-based creoles → Bajan Creole | Barbados | Christianity | |
| Afro-Bermudians | Indo-European → Germanic → English → Bermudian English; Indo-European → English-based creoles → Jamaican Patois → Bermudian Creole | Bermuda | Christianity | |
| Afro–Costa Ricans | Indo-European → Romance → Spanish → Costa Rican Spanish; Indo-European → English-based creole → Limonese Creole | Costa Rica (Puerto Limon, San Jose, Alajuela, Heredia) | Christianity → Catholicism, Protestantism | |
| Afro-Cubans | Indo-European → Romance → Portuguese, Spanish → Cuban Spanish; Indo-European → Germanic → English; Cuban Sign Language; Atlantic–Congo → Yoruboid → Lucumí; Atlantic–Congo and Indo-European → Kongo and Bozal Spanish → Habla Congo | Cuba | Ganga-Longoba, Afro-Cuban Roma | Christianity → Catholicism, Protestantism; Islam; Afro-American religions: Abakuá, Arará religion, Cuban Vodú, Palo, Santería |
| Afro-Curaçaoans | Indo-European → Germanic → Dutch, English; Indo-European → Portuguese-based creole → Papiamento; Indo-European → Romance → Spanish | Curaçao | Christianity | |
| Afro-Dominicans (Dominica) | Indo-European → Germanic → English; Indo-European → French-based creole → Dominican Creole French | Dominica | Christianity → Catholicism, Protestantism | |
| Afro-Dominicans (Dominican Republic) | Indo-European → Romance → Spanish → Dominican Spanish; Indo-European → Germanic → English → Samaná English | Dominican Republic | Samaná Americans | Christianity → Protestantism, Catholicism; Dominican Vudú |
| Afro-Grenadians | Indo-European → English-based creoles → Grenadian Creole English; Indo-European → French-based creoles → Grenadian Creole French | Grenada | Christianity → Catholicism; Protestantism → Anglicanism, Methodism, Calvinism, Baptist, etc; Afro-American religions; Traditional African religions; Islam | |
| Afro-Guatemalans | Various African languages → Forced loss of languages due to slavery in the Americas Spanish (adopted language) English (adopted language) Garifuna (adopted language) |
Guatemala (Livingston (Garifuna settlement), Puerto Barrios and Santo Tomas) | Christianity → Catholicism, Protestantism | |
| Afro-Haitians | Various African languages → Forced loss of languages due to slavery in the Americas French (adopted language) → Haitian Creole |
Haiti | Christianity → Catholicism; Islam; Haitian Voudou | |
| Afro-Hondurans | Various African languages → Forced loss of languages due to slavery in the Americas Spanish (adopted language) English → Bay Islands English (adopted language) Garifuna (adopted language) Miskito (adopted language) |
Honduras | Christianity → Catholicism, Protestantism | |
| Afro-Jamaicans | Various African languages → Forced loss of languages due to slavery in the Americas English (adopted language)→ Jamaican English, Jamaican Patois |
Jamaica | Christianity; Convince; Jamaican Maroon religion; Kumina; Rastafari; Judaism | |
| Afro–Kittitians and Nevisians | Various African languages → Forced loss of languages due to slavery in the Americas English (adopted language) |
Saint Kitts and Nevis | Christianity; Rastafari | |
| Afro-Mexicans | Various African languages → Forced loss of languages due to slavery in the Americas Spanish → Mexican Spanish |
Mexico (Guerrero, Lázaro Cárdenas, Huetamo, Oaxaca, Veracruz, Greater Mexico City, Guadalajara and Múzquiz Municipality) | Mascogos | Christianity → Catholicism, Protestantism; Afro-American religions |
| Afro-Nicaraguans | Various African languages → Forced loss of languages due to slavery in the Americas Spanish → Nicaraguan Spanish, Miskito Coast Creole |
Nicaragua | Christianity → Catholicism | |
| Afro-Panamanians | Various African languages → Forced loss of languages due to slavery in the Americas Spanish (adopted language) → Panamanian Spanish English → Bocas del Toro Creole |
Panama | Christianity → Catholicism | |
| Afro-Puerto Ricans | Various African languages → Forced loss of languages due to slavery in the Americas Spanish (adopted language) → Bozal Spanish (dialect possibly extinct) Atlantic–Congo → Yoruba → Lucumí (lithurgical language) Niger–Congo → Bantu → Kongo → Habla Congo (lithurgical language) |
United States (Puerto Rico) | Christianity → Catholicism, Protestantism; African diaspora religions; Animism, etc | |
| Afro–Saint Lucians | Various African languages → Forced loss of languages due to slavery in the Americas English (adopted language) French (adopted language) → Saint Lucian Creole |
Saint Lucia | Christianity; Kélé | |
| Afro-Salvadorans | Various African languages → Forced loss of languages due to slavery in the Americas Spanish (adopted language) |
El Salvador (Sonsonate, Ahuachapán, San Miguel, and La Unión) | Christianity → Catholicism, Protestantism; African diaspora religions; Rastafari | |
| Afro–Trinidadians and Tobagonians | Various African languages → Forced loss of languages due to slavery in the Americas English (adopted language) → Trinidadian Creole, Tobagonian Creole French (adopted language) → Antillean Creole Spanish (adopted language) |
Trinidad and Tobago | Christianity → Catholicism and Protestantism; Afro-American religions; Traditional African religions; Islam; etc | |
| Afro-Vincentians | Various African languages → Forced loss of languages due to slavery in the Americas English (adopted language) → Vincentian Creole, |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | Christianity | |
| Afro–Virgin Islanders | Various African languages → Forced loss of languages due to slavery in the Americas English (adopted language) → Virgin Islands Creole Dutch (adopted language) French (adopted language) Historically Dutch → Zeelandic-based creole → Negerhollands |
Virgin Islands (United Kingdom, United States), SSS islands (Netherlands, France) | Christianity | |
| Agaw | Afroasiatic → Cushitic → Agaw[note 1] | Horn of Africa (Ethiopia, Eritrea)[note 2] | Bilen, Ximre, Awi, Qemant | Christianity → Oriental Orthodoxy → Ethiopian Orthodoxy |
| Ahtna | Na-Dene → Athabaskan → Ahtna | United States (Alaska) | Taral Band, Klutina Band, Gakona Band, Mendeltna Band, Denali Band, Chistochina Band, Batzulnetas Band, Mentasta Band[3] | Christianity, Native American religion |
| Aja | Niger–Congo → Kwa → Adja | Benin, Togo | West African Vodun | |
| Aka | Niger–Congo → Bantu → Aka | Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo | Traditional Aka religion[4] | |
| Akans | Niger–Congo → Kwa → Central Tano,[note 1][note 3] Avikam–Alladian,[note 1] Potou,[note 1] Abé, Abidji, Attie, Ega;[5] Francosign → American Sign → Ghanaian Sign; Adamorobe Sign; Nanabin Sign | Ghana (Gold Coast)[note 4] | Abbé, Abidji, Ahafo, Ahanta, Akuapem, Akwamu, Akyem, Alladian, Anyi, Ashanti, Assin, Attie, Avikam, Baoulé, Bonos, Chakosi, Egas, Evalue, Fante, M'Bato, Nzema, Sefwi (including House of Israel), Tchaman, Wasa | Christianity |
| Akie | Nilotic → Kalenjin → Akie Nilo-Saharan → Nilotic → Maasai (adopted language)[6] |
Tanzania (Manyara Region) | Traditional Akie religion[7] | |
| Alabamas | Muskogean → Alabama–Koasati → Alabama[note 5] | United States (Alabama–Quassarte Tribal Town, Alabama–Coushatta Reservation)[note 6] | Christianity → Protestantism; Ethnic religion | |
| Alexandrian Greek Christians | Historically Indo-European → Hellenic; Afroasiatic → Arabic → Egyptian Arabic | Egypt | Christianity → Eastern Orthodoxy → Greek Orthodoxy → Greek Orthodox Church of Alexandria, Catholicism → Melkite Catholicism | |
| Alur | Nilo-Saharan → Nilotic → Alur | Uganda (West Nile sub-region), Democratic Republic of the Congo (Ituri Province) | Christianity | |
| Alutiiq | Eskaleut → Eskimo → Alutiiq | United States (Alaska) | Chugach | Christianity |
| Ambundu | Niger–Congo → Bantu → Kimbundu | Angola | Christianity, Traditional African religions | |
| Amdang | Furan → Amdang | Sudan (West Darfur), Chad (Wadi Fira) | Islam | |
| Americo-Liberians | Various languages of different African ethnic groups (originally, descendants of African-American slaves who were freed and returned to Africa) English (adopted language) |
Liberia | Christianity → Protestantism | |
| Amhara | Afroasiatic → Semitic → Ethiopic → Amharic | Ethiopia (Amharia) | Christianity → Oriental Orthodoxy → Ethiopian Orthodoxy | |
| Amish | Indo-European → Germanic → Pennsylvania Dutch | United States | Old Order Amish (including Swiss Amish, Nebraska Amish, Swartzentruber Amish, Buchanan Amish, Andy Weaver Amish, Troyer Amish, Byler Amish, Renno Amish, Holmes Old Order Amish, Elkhart-LaGrange Amish, Lancaster Amish, Tobe Amish, and Michigan Amish), New Order Amish, Amish Mennonites (including Beachy Amish (including Old Beachy Amish), Kauffman Amish Mennonites, Egli Amish, Stuckey Amish), Para-Amish groups (including Lobelville Believers in Christ, Le Roy Plain Community, Manton Plain Community, Ghent Plain Community, Christian Communities, Vernon Community, Caneyville Christian Community) | Christianity → Anabaptism |
| Anglo-Americans | Indo-European → Germanic → English → United States English; Francosign → ASLic → American Sign | United States | New England Americans, Middle Atlantic Americans, Midwestern Americans, Appalachians, Southern Americans, Florida Conchs, High Tiders, Western Americans, Okies, West Coast Americans, Anglo-Alaskans | Christianity → Catholicism, Protestantism → Anglicanism, Methodism, Calvinism, Evangelicalism |
| Anglo-Canadians | Indo-European → Germanic → English → Canadian English, Francosign → ASLic → American Sign | Canada | Ontarians, Anglo-Quebecers, Nova Scotians, New Brunswickers, Manitobans, British Columbians, Prince Edward Islanders, Saskatchewanians, Albertans, Newfoundlanders, Labradorians, Northwest Territorians, Yukoners, Anglo-Nunavummiut | Christianity → Protestantism → Anglicanism, Methodism, Calvinism; Catholicism |
| Anglo-South Africans | Indo-European → Germanic → English → South African English | South Africa | Significant populations in the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, and the United States | Christianity |
| Anuak | Nilo-Saharan → Nilotic → Anuak | Ethiopia (Anuakia), South Sudan (Boma) | Christianity | |
| Apache | Na-Dene → Athabaskan → Apachean[note 1][note 7] | United States (Apacheria) | Chiricahua, Jicarilla, Lipan, Mescalero, Salinero, Plains Apache, Western Apache | Native American religions → Native American Church |
| Arabs | Afroasiatic → Semitic → Arabic;[note 1] Arab Sign;[note 1] Sudanese sign languages;[note 1] historically Afroasiatic → Arabic → Andalusi Arabic | North Africa, Sahel | Bedouins (including Beni Ades), Egyptian Arabs (including Upper Egyptian Arabs[8]), Maghrebi Arabs, Dawada, Sudanese Arabs, Arab Christians[9] (including Alexandrians), Rashaida, Baggara Arabs (including Shuweihat), Abbala Arabs, Azawagh Arabs, Diffa Arabs, Manga Arabs, Ababda, Arab-Berbers | Islam → Sunni Islam, Sufism, Shia Islam → Twelver Shi'ism, Isma'ilism → Tayyibi Isma'ilism → Sulaymani, Zaydism, Ibadism |
| Arapaho | Algic → Algonquian → Arapahoan → Arapaho | United States (Colorado, Wyoming) | Christianity, Native American Church | |
| Argobba | Afroasiatic → Ethiopic → Argobba[note 8] | Ethiopia (Afar, Harari, Amhara, and Oromia Regions)[note 2] | Islam → Sunni Islam | |
| Assiniboine | Siouan → Western Siouan → Assiniboine | Canada (Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta), United States (North Dakota, Montana) | Bizebina, Insaombi, Wokpanbi | Traditional Assiniboine religion |
| Atikamekw | Algic → Algonquian → Atikamekw | Canada (Nitaskinan) | Christianity → Catholicism, Ethnic religion | |
| Atyap | Niger–Congo → Plateau → Atyap | Nigeria (Kaduna State) | Christianity | |
| Babur and Bura | Afroasiatic → Chadic → Bura | Nigeria (Borno State and Adamawa State) | Babur, Bura | Islam |
| Bagirmi | Nilo-Saharan → Central Sudanic → Bongo-Bagirmi → Bagirmi language | Chad (Chari-Baguirmi) | Islam → Folk Islam | |
| Bajuni | Atlantic–Congo → Bantu → Swahili → Bajuni | Somalia (Bajuni Islands), Kenya (Coast Province) | Islam → Sunnism → Shafi'ism | |
| Bakossi | Niger–Congo → Bantu → Akoose | Cameroon (Bakossi Mountains) | Christianity → Catholicism | |
| Balanta | Niger–Congo → West Atlantic → Senegambian → Balanta[note 1] | Guinea-Bissau, Senegal, The Gambia | Traditional African religions | |
| Balondo-ba-Konja | Niger–Congo → Bantu → Londo | Cameroon | Creationism → Balondo-ba-Konja religion | |
| Bambara | Niger–Congo → Mande → Manding → Bambara | Mali | Islam | |
| Bamileke | Niger–Congo → Grassfields → Bamileke[note 1] | Cameroon (West and Northwest regions) | Mengaka, Ngiemboon, Ngombale, Ngomba, Ngwe, Yemba, Fe'fe', Ghomala', Kwaʼ, Nda'nda', Medumba | Christianity |
| Bamum | Niger–Congo → Grassfields → Bamum | Cameroon (West Region) | Islam | |
| Banda | Niger–Congo → Ubangian → Banda[note 1] | Central African Republic, South Sudan, Democratic Republic of the Congo | Central Banda, South Banda, West Banda | Christianity |
| Bangweulu Twa | Niger–Congo → Bantu → Bemba | Zambia (Bangweulu Wetlands) | Traditional African Religion | |
| Bari | Nilo-Saharan → Nilotic → Bari | South Sudan (Central Equatoria), Uganda | Pojulu, Kakwa, Nyangwara, Mandari, Kuku, other Karo tribes | Christianity, Traditional African religion, Islam → Sunni Islam (minority religion among some Kakwa bordering Uganda) |
| Bariba | Niger–Congo → Gur → Bariba | Borgu (Benin, Nigeria) | Islam | |
| Bassa | Niger–Congo → Kru → Bassa | Liberia (Bassaland) | Christianity → Protestantism → Anglicanism | |
| Basters | Indo-European → Germanic → Dutch → Afrikaans | Namibia (Rehoboth) | Christianity → Protestantism | |
| Batwa | Niger–Congo → Bantu → Kirundi, Niger–Congo → Bantu → Kiga | African Great Lakes | Traditional African religion | |
| Beja | Afroasiatic → Cushitic → Beja | Sudan, Egypt, Eritrea | Bishari, Hadendoa, Hedareb, Amarar, Beni-Amer | Islam → Sunni Islam |
| Belizean Creoles | Various African languages → Forced loss of languages due to slavery in the Americas English → Belizean Creole |
Belize | Christianity → Protestantism, Rastafari | |
| Bemba | Niger–Congo → Bantu → Bemba | Zambia (Northern, Luapula, and Copperbelt Provinces), Democratic Republic of the Congo (Katanga Province) | Christianity → Protestantism | |
| Bembe | Niger–Congo → Bantu → Bembe | Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tanzania | Christianity → Protestantism, Traditional African religions | |
| Bena | Niger–Congo → Bantu → Bena | Tanzania (Njombe Region) | Christianity → Catholicism | |
| Berbers | Afroasiatic → Berber,[note 1] Semitic → Arabic;[note 1] Songhay → Northern Songhay → Tagdal | Maghreb | Central Atlas Berbers, Chaouis, Kabyle, Kountas, Chenouas, Ghomaras, Godala, Hawwara, Matmatas, Mozabite, Nafusis, Rifians, Shilha, Siwi, Tuaregs, Awjila, Arab-Berbers, Sanhaja Berbers, Jerba, Zayanes, Igdalen, with significant populations in Belgium, France, Canada, the Netherlands, the United States, Western Sahara, Mauritania, Burkina Faso (including Tuaregs), Niger (including Tuaregs), and Mali | Islam → Sunni Islam, Ibadism |
| Berom | Niger–Congo → Plateau → Berom | Niger (Plateau State) | Christianity | |
| Berta | Nilo-Saharan → Berta | Ethiopia (Benishangul-Gumuz Region), South Sudan | Islam | |
| Beti[note 9] | Niger–Congo → Bantu → Ewondo, Eton | Cameroon | Ewondo, Eton | Christianity |
| Bilala | Nilo-Saharan → Central Sudanic → Naba | Chad (Lake Fitri) | Islam | |
| Bissa | Niger–Congo → Mande → Bissa | Burkina Faso | Islam | |
| Black Canadians | Various African languages → Forced loss of languages due to slavery in the Americas English → Canadian English (adopted language) Romance → French → Canadian French (adopted language) Various African languages → Canadian English and Canadian French (adopted language by descendants of post-1950s sub-Saharan African immigrants) |
Canada (Ontario, Quebec, Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Nova Scotia) | Black Ontarians (including Black Torontonians), Black Montrealers, Black New Brunswickers, Black Nova Scotians | Christianity; Islam |
| Blackfoot | Algic → Algonquian → Blackfoot | Canada (Alberta), United States (Montana) | Kainai, Piegan (including Northern Piegan, Southern Piegan), Siksika | Native American Church, Christianity |
| Boa | Niger–Congo → Bantu → Boa | Democratic Republic of the Congo (Bas-Uele) | Christianity | |
| Boers | Indo-European → Germanic → Dutch → Afrikaans | South Africa (Transvaal) | Christianity → Protestantism → Calvinism | |
| Bokota | Chibchan → Buglere | Panama (Bocas del Toro) | Native American religion | |
| Bondei | Niger–Congo → Bantu → Sueta → Bondei | Tanzania (Pangani District) | Islam, Traditional African religions | |
| Bozo | Niger–Congo → Mande → Bozo | Mali | Islam | |
| Bribri | Chibchan → Talamanca → Bribri, Bribri Sign | Costa Rica (Cordillera de Talamanca) | Talamancan mythology | |
| Bubi | Niger–Congo → Bantu → Bube | Equatorial Guinea (Bioko) | Christianity → Catholicism | |
| Budu | Niger–Congo → Bantu → Budu | Democratic Republic of the Congo (Wamba Territory) | Christianity | |
| Buduma | Afroasiatic → Chadic → Yedina | Lake Chad (Chad, Nigeria, Cameroon) | Islam | |
| Bwa | Niger–Congo → Gur → Bwa[note 1] | Burkina Faso, Mali | Traditional African religions | |
| Bwatiye | Afroasiatic → Chadic → Bacama | Nigeria (Adamawa State) | Christianity, Neo-Pentecostalism | |
| Cabécar | Chibchan → Cabécar | Costa Rica (Cordillera de Talamanca) | Christianity | |
| Caddo | Caddoan → Caddo | United States (Oklahoma) | Peyote religion, Christianity | |
| Cafres | French Creole → Bourbonnais Creole → Réunion Creole | Réunion | Christianity | |
| Cahuilla | Uto-Aztecan → Cupan → Cahuilla | United States (California) | Pass Cahuilla (including Agua Caliente Cahuilla, Morongo Cahuilla), Mountain Cahuilla (including Cahuilla Band of Indians, Los Coyotes Cahuilla, Ramona Cahuilla, Santa Rosa Cahuilla), Desert Cahuilla (including Augustine Cahuilla, Cabazon Cahuillla, Torres Martinez Desert Cahuilla) | Christianity → Catholicism, Protestantism → Moravian; Ethnic religion |
| Canary Islanders | Indo-European → Romance → Spanish → Canarian Spanish, Silbo Gomero, Isleño Spanish | Spain (Canary Islands) | Isleños (including Louisiana Isleños) | Christianity → Catholicism |
| Cape Malays | Indo-European → Germanic → Afrikaans, Kaaps, English | South Africa (Western Cape) | Islam | |
| Cayuga | Iroquoian → Northern Iroquoian → Cayuga | Canada (Ontario), United States (New York, Oklahoma) | Longhouse Religion | |
| Chaga | Niger–Congo → Bantu → Chaga[note 1] | Tanzania | Gwenos, Rombos, Central Chaga (including Kahe), Rusa, West Chaga | Christianity, Islam, Traditional African religions |
| Chagossians | Indo-European → Bourbonnais Creole → Chagossian Creole | Chagos Archipelago[note 10] | Christianity, Rastafari | |
| Chaoui | Afroasiatic → Berber → Shawiya | Algeria (Aurès) | Islam → Sunnism | |
| Chehalis | Historically Salishan → Coast Salish → Lower Chehalis, Upper Chehalis | United States (Washington) | Lower Chehalis, Upper Chehalis | Ethnic religion |
| Chenouas | Afroasiatic → Berber → Shenwa | Algeria (Mount Chenoua) | Islam → Sunnism | |
| Cherokee | Iroquoian → Southern Iroquoian → Cherokee[note 5] | United States (North Carolina, Tennessee)[note 6] | Cherokee Nation, Eastern Band, United Keetoowah Band, Cherokee Freedmen | Christianity, Four Mothers Society |
| Chewa | Niger–Congo → Bantu → Chewa | Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Mozambique | Christianity, Traditional African religions | |
| Cheyennes | Algic → Algonquian → Cheyenne; Plains Indian Sign[note 5] | United States (Montana, Oklahoma) | Native American religion, Native American Church, Christianity | |
| Chickasaw | Muskogean → Western Muskogean → Chickasaw | United States (Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee)[note 6] | Ethnic religion, Christianity → Protestantism | |
| Chinois | French Creole → Bourbonnais Creole → Réunion Creole; Sino-Tibetan → Sinitic → Chinese → Hakka, Cantonese | Réunion | Christianity → Catholicism, Buddhism → Mahayana Buddhism | |
| Chipewyan | Na-Dene → Athabaskan → Chipewyan | Canada (Saskatchewan, Northwest Territories, Alberta, Manitoba, British Columbia) | Christianity, Animism | |
| Choctaw | Muskogean → Choctaw[note 5] | United States (Alabama, Florida, Mississippi, Louisiana)[note 6] | Choctaw Freedmen, Nation of Oklahoma, Mississippi Band, Jena Band | Christianity, Choctaw religion |
| Chokwe | Niger–Congo → Bantu → Chokwe | Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Zambia | Christianity | |
| Ch'ol | Mayan → Cholan → Ch'ol | Mexico (Chiapas Highlands) | Christianity, Mayan religion | |
| Chontal Maya | Mayan → Cholan → Chontal Maya | Mexico (Chontalpa) | Nacajuca, Tamulte, Macuspana, Centla | Christianity, Mayan religion |
| Ch'orti' | Mayan → Cholan → Ch'orti' | Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras | ||
| Chuj | Mayan → Q'anjobalan → Chuj | Guatemala (Huehuetenango Department), Mexico (Chiapas) | Christianity, Mayan religion | |
| Chumash | Chumashan languages[note 1][note 11] | United States (California) | Christianity, Native American religion | |
| Clatsop | Chinookan, Wakashan, and Indo-European → Lower Chinook, Nootka Jargon, Germanic, and Italic → Chinook Jargon; historically Chinookan → Lower Chinook → Clatsop | United States (Oregon) | Native American religion | |
| Cocopah | Yuman → Cocopah | Mexico (Baja California, Sonora), United States (Arizona) | Native American religion | |
| Coloureds | Indo-European → Germanic → Afrikaans, Kaaps, English | South Africa (Western Cape) | Cape Coloureds (South Africa) | Christianity |
| Comanche | Uto-Aztecan → Numic → Comanche, Indo-European → Germanic → English | United States (Comancheria) | Native American Church, Christianity | |
| Comorians | Niger–Congo → Bantu → Comorian[note 1] | Comoros, France (Mayotte) | Grande Comorians, Anjouans, Mohélians, Maorais, Significant population in Metropolitan France | Islam → Sunnism |
| Conch | Indo-European → Germanic → English, English creole → Bahamian Creole | Bahamas | Christianity | |
| Copts | Afroasiatic → Egyptian → Coptic,[note 12] Egyptian Sign | Egypt, Sudan, Libya | Upper Egypt (Sa'idi),[10] Sudan and Libya along with the Coptic diaspora | Christianity → Oriental Orthodoxy → Coptic Orthodoxy; Christianity → Catholicism → Eastern Catholicism → Coptic Catholicism |
| Coushatta | Muskogean → Alabama–Koasati → Koasati | United States (Coushatta Indian Reservation, Alabama–Coushatta Reservation, Alabama–Quassarte Tribal Town) | Christianity | |
| Cree | Algic → Algonquian → Cree[note 1][note 13] | Canada (Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec, Newfoundland and Labrador) | James Bay Cree, Moose Cree, Swampy Cree, Woodland Cree, Papaschase | Christianity |
| Crow | Siouan → Western Siouan → Crow | United States (Montana) | Christianity, Crow religion | |
| Dagaaba | Niger–Congo → Gur → Dagaare | Ghana, Burkina Faso | Christianity, Traditional African religions | |
| Dagombas | Niger–Congo → Gur → Dagbani | Ghana (Kingdom of Dagbon) | Islam → Sunnism | |
| Damara | Khoe → Khoekhoe | Namibia (Damaraland) | Christianity | |
| Dane-zaa | Na-Dene → Athabaskan → Dane-zaa | Canada (British Columbia, Alberta) | Christianity, Native American religion | |
| Deg Xit'an | Na-Dene → Athabaskan → Deg Xinag | United States (Alaska) | Christianity | |
| Dena'ina | Na-Dene → Athabaskan → Dena'ina | United States (Alaska) | Christianity → Eastern Orthodoxy, Animism | |
| Dinka | Nilo-Saharan → Nilotic → Dinka | South Sudan | Christianity, Dinka religion | |
| Dogon | Niger–Congo → Dogon;[note 1] Bangime; Tebul Sign | Mali (Bandiagara Escarpment) | Ampari Dogon (including Nyamboli), Tebul U, Mombo Dogon, Escarpment Dogon (including Tommo So), Jamsai Dogon, Nanga Dogon, Yanda Dogon, Walo, Beente, Duleri Dogon, Pinia, Bondum Dogon, Dogul Dogon, Budu, Western Plains Dogon, Toro-tegu Dogon, Bangande | Traditional African religions |
| Dominickers | Indo-European → Germanic → English → American English | United States (Holmes County, Florida) | Christianity | |
| Dwe'e | Niger–Congo → Bantu → Nzime | Cameroon | Christianity | |
| Dyula | Niger–Congo → Mande → Manding → Dyula | Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Mali | Islam → Sunnism | |
| Ebira | Niger–Congo → Nupoid → Ebira | Nigeria (Kogi State) | Islam | |
| Edo | Niger–Congo → Edoid → Edo | Nigeria (Edo State) | Ika, Emai | Christianity |
| Efik | Niger–Congo → Cross River → Ibibio-Efik → Efik | Nigeria (Cross River State) | Christianity, Efik religion | |
| Ekoi | Niger–Congo → Bantoid → Jagham | Nigeria, Cameroon | Christianity, Ekoi religion | |
| Esan | Niger–Congo → Edoid → Esan | Nigeria (Esanland) | Christianity | |
| Ewe | Niger–Congo → Kwa → Ewe, Waci, Kpessi | Togo, Ghana | Agave, Agome, Anlo, Avenor, Waci | Christianity, West African Vodun |
| Eyak | Na-Dene → Athabaskan → Eyak, Indo-European → Germanic → English | United States (Alaska) | Christianity | |
| Fang | Niger–Congo → Bantu → Fang | Equatorial Guinea (Rio Muni), Gabon | Christianity | |
| Fipa | Niger–Congo → Bantu (Zone M) → Fipa, Niger–Congo → Bantu → Mambwe-Lungu | Rukwa Region, Tanzania (Sumbawanga Rural District, Nkasi District) | Christianity → Catholicism | |
| Fon | Niger–Congo → Kwa → Gbe → Fon | Benin (Dahomey) | Christianity → Catholicism, West African Vodun | |
| Franco-Mauritians | Indo-European → Romance → French-based creole → Mauritian Creole | Mauritius | Christianity → Catholicism | |
| Franco-Seychellois | Indo-European → French-based creole → Seychellois Creole | Seychelles | Christianity → Catholicism | |
| French Canadians | Indo-European → Romance → French → Canadian French, Francosign → French Sign and American Sign → Quebec Sign | Canada | Quebecois, Acadians (including Chiac), Franco-Terreneuvians, Franco-Ontariens, Franco-Manitobains, Fransaskois, Franco-Albertains, Franco-Colombiens, Franco-Yukonnais, Franco-Tenois, Franco-Nunavois, Brayons, Muskrat French, French-Canadian Americans | Christianity → Catholicism |
| French Louisianians | Indo-European → French Creole → Louisiana Creole, Indo-European → Romance → French → Louisiana French, Missouri French; Indo-European → Germanic → English → Cajun English; historically Indo-European → French Creole → Alabama Creole | United States (Louisiana, Alabama, and Missouri) | Louisiana Creoles (including Louisiana Cajuns and Louisiana Creoles of color), Alabama Creoles (including Alabama Cajuns), and Missouri Creoles | Christianity → Catholicism, Louisiana Voodoo |
| Fula | Atlantic–Congo → Senegambian → Fula[note 1] | West Africa (Guinea, Senegal, Mali, Mauritania, Nigeria, Cameroon, Niger, Burkina Faso, Benin, Chad)[note 14] | Wodaabe, Maasina Fulfulde, Sierra Leonean Fula | Islam |
| Fur | Furan → Fur | Sudan (Darfur) | Islam → Sunni Islam | |
| Ga-Adangbe | Niger–Congo → Kwa → Ga–Dangme[note 1] | Greater Accra (Ghana) | Ga, Adangbe | Christianity |
| Gabrieleños | Indo-European → Germanic → English, Indo-European → Romance → Spanish, Uto-Aztecan → Takic → Gabrieleno[note 15] | United States (California) | Native American religion, Christianity | |
| Gade | Niger–Congo → Nupoid → Gade | Nigeria (Niger State) | Gobo | |
| Ganda | Niger–Congo → Bantu → Great Lakes → Luganda | Uganda (Buganda) | Christianity | |
| Garifunas | Arawakan → Ta-Arawakan → Garifuna[note 16] | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines[note 17] | Significant populations in the United States | Christianity → Catholicism |
| Gbagyi | Niger–Congo → Nupoid → Gwari | Nigeria | Traditional African religions | |
| Gbaya | Niger–Congo → Ubangian → Gbaya[note 1] | Central African Republic, Cameroon | Bokoto, Kara, Buli (including Toongo), Ali, Mandja, Gbaya-Bossangoa, Bozom, Mbodomo, Gbanu, Bangandu | Islam |
| Gedeo | Afroasiatic → Cushitic → Gedeo | Ethiopia (Gedeo) | Christianity → Protestantism → P'ent'ay | |
| Ghomaras | Afroasiatic → Berber → Ghomara | Morocco (Western Rif) | Islam → Sunni Islam | |
| Gitxsan | Tsimshianic → Nass–Gitksan → Gitxsan | Canada (Skeena Country) | Native American religion | |
| Gnawas | Afroasiatic → Arabic → Maghrebi Arabic | Morocco | Islam and Animism → Sufism and Animism → Gnawa religion | |
| Gogo | Niger–Congo → Bantu → Gogo | Tanzania (Dodoma Region) | Christianity, African Traditional Religion | |
| Gola | Niger–Congo → Gola | Liberia, Sierra Leone | Islam | |
| Gosha | Niger-Congo → Bantu → Zigula → Mushunguli | Somalia | Islam | |
| Greeks | Indo-European → Hellenic;[note 1] Afroasiatic → Arabic → Egyptian Arabic; Francosign → French Sign and American Sign → Greek Sign | Egypt | Egyptian Greeks (including Alexandrian Greeks), along with significant populations in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, South Africa, Sudan, South Sudan, and Zimbabwe | Christianity → Eastern Orthodoxy, Catholicism → Greek Byzantine Catholicism, historically Hellenism, Neoplatonism, Greco-Roman Mysteries |
| Gros Ventre | Algic → Algonquian → Gros Ventre | United States (Montana) | Sun Dance | |
| Guan | Niger–Congo → Kwa → Guang[note 1] | Ghana (Brong-Ahafo and Volta Regions) | Gonja, Kyode, Cherepon, Efutu, Anyanga, Larteh, Chumburung, Krache, Anum-Boso | Christianity |
| Gumuz | Bʼaga languages[note 1] | Ethiopia (Benishangul-Gumuz Region) | Traditional African religion | |
| Guna | Chibchan → Guna | Panama (Guna Yala) | Native American religion | |
| Gurage | Afroasiatic → Ethiopic → Gurage;[note 1] historically Afroasiatic → Ethiopic → Mesmes | Ethiopia (Guragia) | Kistane, Zay, Inor, Mesqan, Muher Sebat Bet (including Chaha) | Christianity |
| Gurma | Niger–Congo → Gur → Gourmanche | Gurmaland (Burkina Faso, Ghana) | Ntcham, Bimoba | Islam |
| Gurunsi | Niger–Congo → Gur → Gurunsi[note 1] | Burkina Faso, Ghana, Togo | Lukpa, Kabye, Tem, Lamba, Delo, Bago-Kusuntu, Chala, Lyele, Nuna, Kalamse, Pana, Winye, Deg, Puguli, Paasaal, Sisaala, Chakali, Siti, Tamprusi, Vagla | Traditional African religions, Islam → Sunni Islam |
| Gwich'in | Na-Dene → Athabaskan → Gwich'in | Canada (Yukon Territory, Northwest Territories), United States (Alaska) | Native American religion | |
| Ha | Niger–Congo → Bantu → Ha | Tanzania (Kigoma Region) | Animism | |
| Hadiya | Afroasiatic → Cushitic → Hadiyya | Ethiopia (Hadiya) | Islam | |
| Hadza | Hadza language | Tanzania (Karatu District) | Hadza mythology | |
| Haida | Haida languages,[note 1] historically Haida Jargon | Canada (Haida Gwaii), United States (Prince of Wales Island) | Kaigani Haida | Haida Traditional Faith |
| Haisla | Wakashan → Haisla | Canada (British Columbia) | Native American religion | |
| Hän | Na-Dene → Athabaskan → Han | Canada (Yukon Territory), United States (Alaska) | Native American religion | |
| Hangaza | Niger–Congo → Bantu → Hangaza | Tanzania (Kagera Region) | Christianity | |
| Harari | Afroasiatic → Semitic → Ethiopic → Harari | Ethiopia (Hararia) | Islam → Sunni Islam | |
| Haratins | Afroasiatic → Arabic → Maghrebi Arabic,[note 1] Afroasiatic → Berber[note 1] | Mauritania | Islam → Sunni Islam | |
| Hausa | Afroasiatic → Chadic → Hausa | Hausaland (Niger, Nigeria, Ghana) | Islam → Sunni Islam | |
| Haya | Niger–Congo → Bantu → Haya | Tanzania (Kagera Region) | Christianity, Ruhanga | |
| Hehe | Niger–Congo → Bantu → Hehe | Tanzania (Iringa Region) | Christianity | |
| Heiltsuk | Wakashan → Northern Wakashan → Heiltsuk–Oowekyala → Heiltsuk | Canada (Central Coast Regional District) | Native American religion | |
| Herero | Niger–Congo → Bantu → Herero | Namibia (Hereroland), Angola | OvaHimba, Ovambanderu | Christianity |
| Hispanic Americans | Indo-European → Romance → Spanish → American Spanish | North America (Mexico, Guatemala, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Honduras, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Panama, United States (Puerto Rico, Texas, New Mexico, California, Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Louisiana), Belize) | Mexicans (including Northeastern Mexicans, Northwestern Mexicans, Baja Californians, Western Mexicans, Abajeno, Central Mexicans, Southern Mexican, Coastal Mexican, Chiapaneco, Yucateco, Basque-Mexican, Mexican-American), Guatemalans (Guatemalan-American), Cubans (including Cuban Americans), Dominicans (Dominican-American), Honduran (Honduran-American), Nicaraguan (Nicaraguan-American), Salvadoran (Caliche, Salvadoran-American), Costa Rican (Costa Rican-American), Panamanians (including Panamanian Americans), Isleños, Hispanic-Belizean, Puerto Ricans, Hispanic Americans in the United States (including Chicanos, Nuyoricans), colonial-era Hispanos in the US and their modern descendants (Tejanos, Californios, Nuevomexicanos, Floridanos, Louisiana Isleños, Louisiana Spanish-Creoles), Spanish Americans (Asturian Americans, Basque Americans, Catalan Americans, Canarian Americans, Galician Americans), along with significant populations in the United States, Spain, France, Canada, Italy, Japan, Germany, United Kingdom, Portugal, Australia and Sweden | Christianity → Catholicism |
| Ho-Chunk | Siouan → Western Siouan → Ho-Chunk | United States (Wisconsin, Nebraska, Iowa, Minnesota) | Ho-Chunk Nation of Wisconsin, Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska | Native American religion, Native American Church, Christianity |
| Holikachuk | Na-Dene → Athabaskan → Holikachuk | United States (Alaska) | Christianity, Animism | |
| Hopi | Uto-Aztecan → Hopi | United States (Hopi Reservation) | Christianity, Native American Church | |
| Hutterites | Indo-European → Germanic → Hutterite German | Great Plains (United States, Canada) | Schmiedeleut, Lehrerleut, Dariusleut | Christianity → Anabaptism |
| Hutu | Niger–Congo → Bantu → Great Lakes → Rwanda-Rundi[note 18] | Rwanda, Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo (Kivu) | Christianity | |
| Ibibio | Niger–Congo → Cross River → Ibibio, Niger–Congo → Cross River → Anaang, Niger–Congo → Cross River → Eket, | Nigeria (Akwa Ibom State) | Eket, Anaang, Oron | Christianity |
| Idoma | Niger–Congo → Idomoid → Idoma | Nigeria (Benue State) | Agatu, Alago, Yala | Christianity |
| Igbo | Niger–Congo → Igbo | Nigeria (Igboland) | Anioma, Aro, Edda, Ekpeye, Etche, Ezaa, Ika, Ikwerre, Ikwo, Isu, Izzi, Mbaise, Mgbo, Ngwa, Nri-Igbo, Ogba, Ohafia, Ohuhu, Onitsha-Ado, Ukwuani, Waawa | Christianity, Odinala |
| Igede | Niger–Congo → Idomoid → Igede | Nigeria (Benue State) | Christianity | |
| Ijaw | Niger–Congo → Ijaw[note 1] | Nigeria (Rivers, Bayelsa, and Delta States) | Bille, Engenni, Ibani, Kalabari, Kula, Nkoro, Nkoroo, Obolo | Christianity |
| Imraguen | Afroasiatic → Arabic → Hassaniya Arabic → Imraguen | Mauritania, Western Sahara | Islam → Sunni Islam | |
| Indo-Caribbeans | Indo-European → Germanic → English → English Creole; Indo-European → Romance → Spanish → Caribbean Spanish; Indo-European → Romance → French → French Creole; Indo-European → Germanic → Dutch → Surinamese Dutch; Indo-European → Indo-Aryan → Hindustani → Caribbean Hindustani; Dravidian → Tamiloid → Tamil | Caribbean | Indo-Barbadians, Indo-Dominicans, Indo-Grenadians, Indo-Guadeloupeans, Indo-Haitians, Indo-Jamaicans, Indo-Martiniquais, Indo-Kittitians and Indo-Nevisians, Indo-Saint Lucians, Indo-Trinidadian and Tobagonians, Indo-Vincentians, Indo-Belizeans, with significant populations in the United States and the United Kingdom | Hinduism, Christianity, Islam, Sikhism, Jainism, Buddhism, Zoroastrianism, Baháʼí |
| Indo-Mauritians | Indo-European → French-based creole → Mauritian Creole; Indo-European → Indo-Aryan → Bhojpuri; Dravidian → Tamiloid → Tamil | Mauritius | Hinduism, Islam | |
| Indo-Seychellois | Indo-European → French-based creole → Seychellois Creole; Indo-European → Indo-Aryan → Bhojpuri; Dravidian → Tamiloid → Tamil | Seychelles | Hinduism, Islam, Christianity, Jainism | |
| Indo-South Africans | Indo-European → Germanic → English → South African English | South Africa | Hinduism, Islam, Sikhism, Jainism | |
| Innu | Algic → Algonquian → Innu-aimun, Naskapi | Canada (Nitassinan) | Naskapi (including Kawawachikamach Naskapi, Mushuau Naskapi), Nutashkuan Innu, Ekuanitshit Innu, Mushuau Innu, Sheshatshiu Innu, Matimekush-Lac John Innu, Uashat–Mani-Utenam Innu, Essipit Innu, Pekuakamiulnuatsh Innu, Pessamit Innu, Pakuashipi Innu, Unamenshipit Innu | Animism |
| Inughuit | Eskaleut → Inuit → Inuktun | Danish Realm (Avannaa) | Christianity, Inuit religion | |
| Inuktitut | Eskaleut → Inuit → Inuktitut | Canada (Nunavut) | Iglulingmiut | Christianity, Inuit religion |
| Inupiat | Eskaleut → Inuit → Inupiaq | United States (North Slope Borough, Northwest Arctic Borough, Nome Census Area) | Sivunmiut, Qawiaraq Inupiat, Nunamiut, Malimiut, Taġiuġmiut | Christianity, Inuit religion |
| Inuvialuit | Eskaleut → Inuit → Inuvialuktun | Canada (Inuvialuit Settlement Region) | Sallirmiut, Kangiryuarmiut, Uummarmiut | Christianity, Inuit religion |
| Iowa | Siouan → Western Siouan → Chiwere | United States (Kansas, Nebraska, Oklahoma) | Iowa Tribe of Oklahoma, Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska | Native American religion, Native American Church, Christianity |
| Iraqw | Afroasiatic → Cushitic → Iraqw | Tanzania | Christianity | |
| Isoko | Niger–Congo → Edoid → Isoko | Nigeria (Isoko region) | Christianity | |
| Itza | Mayan → Yucatecan → Itza' | Guatemala (Petén Department) | Christianity, Mayan religion | |
| Ixil | Mayan → Mamean → Ixil | Guatemala (Ixil Community), Mexico (Campeche, Quintana Roo) | Chajuleño, Nebajeño | Christianity, Mayan religion |
| Jamaican Maroons | Indo-European → Germanic → English → Jamaican Patois, Jamaican Maroon Creole | Jamaica | Kumfu | |
| Jews | Afroasiatic → Canaanite → Hebrew → Modern Hebrew,[note 19] Jewish languages,[note 1][note 20] DGSic → Israeli Sign | North Africa, East Africa | Sephardim (including Egyptian Sephardim, North African Sephardim, Maroka'im, Algerian Jews, Tunisian Jews, Libyan Jews, and Toshavim (including Mozabite Jews)), Beta Israel (including Beta Abraham and Falash Mura), Rusape Jews, Abayudaya, Igbo Jews, as well as historically some Aksumites, along with significant populations in South Africa, Namibia, and Zimbabwe | Judaism |
| Jita | Atlantic–Congo → Bantu → Suguti | Tanzania (Mara Region) | Christianity, Ethnic Religion | |
| Jola | Niger–Congo → West Atlantic → Senegambian → Jola[note 1] | Senegal (Jolaland) | Banjaal, Bayot, Gusilay, Fogni, Karon, Kasa, Kuwaataay, Mlomp | Traditional African religions |
| Jukun | Niger–Congo → Jukun Takum[note 21] | Nigeria (Wukari) | Wannu | Traditional African religions |
| Jur | Nilotic → Luo → Jur | South Sudan | Beli, Sopi, Mödö, Nyamusa, Wira, Biti, Morokodo | Christianity, Traditional African religions[11] |
| Kalaallit | Eskaleut → Inuit languages → Kalaallisut | Danish Realm (Kitaa) | Christianity, Inuit religion | |
| Kablunângajuit | Indo-European → Germanic → English → Canadian English → Newfoundland English | Canada (Nunatsiavut) | Christianity | |
| Kabyle | Afroasiatic → Berber → Kabyle | Algeria (Kabylia) | Islam → Sunni Islam | |
| Kafwe Twa | Niger–Congo → Bantu → Tonga | Zambia (Kafue Flats) | Traditional African religion | |
| Kaguru | Niger–Congo → Bantu → Kagulu | Tanzania (Ukaguru Mountains) | Folk religion | |
| Kalanga | Niger–Congo → Bantu → Shona → Kalanga | Zimbabwe, Botswana | Nambya | Christianity |
| Kalapuya | Kalapuyan[note 1] | United States (Oregon) | Tualatin, Yamhill, Ahantchuyuk, Luckiamute, Santiam, Chepenefa, Chemapho, Tsankupi, Mohawk (Oregon), Chafan, Chelamela, Winefelly, Yoncalla | Native American religion |
| Kalenjin | Nilo-Saharan → Nilotic → Kalenjin[note 1] | Kenya (Rift Valley Province) | Keiyo, Tugen, Marakwet, Nandi, Kipsigis, Sabaot, Pokoot, Terik | Christianity |
| Kalinago | Indo-European → Germanic → English,[note 22] Arawakan → Ta-Arawakan → Kalinago → Garifuna, Vincentian Creole | Lesser Antilles | Christianity → Catholicism | |
| Kamba | Niger–Congo → Bantu → Kamba | Kenya (Ukambani) | Christianity | |
| Kangiryuarmiut | Eskaleut → Inuit → Kangiryuarmiutun | Canada (Victoria Island) | Christianity, Inuit religion | |
| Kanuri | Nilo-Saharan → Saharan → Kanuri | Kanuriland (Nigeria, Niger, Chad, Cameroon) | Kanembu, Yerwa Kanuri | Islam |
| Kapsiki | Afroasiatic → Chadic → Kapsiki | Mandara Mountains (Nigeria, Cameroon) | Islam | |
| Kaqchikel | Mayan → Quichean → Kaqchikel | Guatemala (Chimaltenango, Solola, Sacatepequez, Guatemala Department), Mexico (Chiapas, Campeche) | Christianity, Mayan religion | |
| Karuks | Karuk language | United States (California) | Christianity | |
| Kaska Dena | Na-Dene → Athabaskan → Kaska | Canada (British Columbia, Yukon Territory) | Native American religion | |
| Kassena | Atlantic–Congo → Gur → Kasena | Ghana (Kassena-Nankana), Burkina Faso | Kassena religion | |
| Kaw | Siouan → Western Siouan → Dhegihan → Kansa | United States (Oklahoma, Kansas) | Christianity, Native American Church, Native American religion | |
| Keres | Keresan languages,[note 1] Keresan Sign Language | United States (Sandoval County and Cibola County, New Mexico) | Eastern Keres (including Dámáyámʾé, Dîiwʾamʾé, Katishtya, Kʾúutìimʾé, Tsʾíiyʾamʾé) Western Keres (including Áakʾùumʾé, Kʾáwáigamʾé) | Syncretised form of Christianity and Pueblo religion |
| Kerewe | Niger–Congo → Bantu → Kerewe | Tanzania (Ukerewe Island) | Christianity, Traditional African religions | |
| K'iche' | Mayan → Quichean → K'iche' | Guatemala (Quiche, Totonicapan, Quetzaltenango, Solola, Suchitepequez, Retalhuleu), Mexico (Chiapas) | Central, East, North, West, South | Christianity, Maya religion |
| Kickapoo | Algic → Algonquian → Kickapoo | United States (Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas), Mexico (Coahuila, Sonora, Durango) | Tribu Kikapú, Kickapoo Tribe in Kansas, Kickapoo Traditional Tribe of Texas, Kickapoo Tribe of Oklahoma | Native American Church, Christianity |
| Kiga | Niger–Congo → Bantu → Kiga | Uganda, Rwanda | Christianity → Catholicism, Christianity → Protestantism | |
| Kikuyu | Niger–Congo → Bantu → Kikuyu | Kenya (Central Province) | Christianity | |
| Kilba | Afroasiatic → Chadic → Huba | Nigeria (Hong) | Christianity | |
| Kinga | Niger–Congo → Bantu → Kinga | Tanzania (Kipengere Range) | Christianity, Traditional African religion | |
| Kiowa | Tanoan → Kiowa | United States (Oklahoma) | Christianity, Native American Church | |
| Kissi | Niger–Congo → West Atlantic → Mel → Kissi | Guinea, Sierra Leone | Christianity | |
| Klallam | Salishan → Coast Salish → Klallam | United States (Olympic Peninsula, Kitsap Peninsula), Canada (Vancouver Island) | Lower Elwha Klallam, Jamestown S'Klallam, Port Gamble S'Klallam, Scia'new Klallam | Christianity, Shamanism |
| Kofyar | Afroasiatic → Chadic → Kofyar | Nigeria (Plateau State) | Traditional African religions | |
| Kongo | Niger–Congo → Bantu → Kongo | Kongoland (Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Angola) | Lari, Vili, Yombe, Suundi, Dondo, Hangala, Kugni, Manyanga, Beembe | Christianity, Kongo religion |
| Konjo | Niger–Congo → Bantu → Konjo | Rwenzori Mountains (Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda) | Nande | Christianity |
| Konso | Afroasiatic → Cushitic → Konso | Ethiopia (Konso) | Traditional African religions | |
| Koyukon | Na-Dene → Athabaskan → Koyukon | United States (Alaska) | Christianity, Animism | |
| Kpelle | Niger–Congo → Mande → Kpelle | Liberia, Guinea | Traditional African religions | |
| Kposo | Niger–Congo → Kwa → Ghana–Togo Mountain → Kposo | Togo (Plateaux), Ghana | Christianity → Catholicism | |
| Kru | Niger–Congo → Kru[note 1] | Liberia (Grand Kru and Maryland Counties) | Aizi, Bete, Bakwe, Grebo, Krahn (including Sapo), Kuwaa | Christianity |
| Kunama | Nilo-Saharan → Kunama | Eritrea, Ethiopia | Christianity → Oriental Orthodoxy → Ethiopian Orthodoxy | |
| Kuria | Niger–Congo → Bantu → Kuria | Kenya, Tanzania | Traditional African religions, Christianity | |
| Kuteb | Niger–Congo → Jukunoid → Kuteb | Nigeria (Taraba State) | Christianity | |
| Kwakwaka'wakw | Wakashan → Northern Wakashan → Kwak'wala | Canada (British Columbia) | Native American religion | |
| Kwaya | Niger–Congo → Bantu → Kwaya | Tanzania (Mara Region) | Christianity, Traditional African religion | |
| Kwere | Niger–Congo → Bantu → Kwere | Tanzania (Bagamoyo District) | Islam, Traditional African religion | |
| Lacandon | Mayan → Yucatecan → Lacandon | Mexico (Lacandon Jungle) | Christianity, Mayan religion | |
| Lega | Niger–Congo → Bantu → Lega | Democratic Republic of the Congo | Traditional African religions | |
| Lemba | Niger–Congo → Bantu → Venda, Niger–Congo → Bantu → Shona | Zimbabwe, South Africa, Malawi, Mozambique | Christianity, Islam, Judaism | |
| Lenape | Algic → Algonquian → Munsee; historically Algic → Algonquian → Unami | United States, Canada | Munsee (including Christian Munsee (including Delaware Nation at Moraviantown), Stockbridge Munsee, Munsee-Delaware Nation), Delaware Nation, Delaware Tribe of Indians, Lenape Indian Tribe of Delaware, Delaware of Six Nations, Nanticoke Lenni-Lenape, Ramapough Mountain Indians | Traditional Lenape religion |
| Lenca | Macro-Chibchan → Lencan, Indo-European → Romance → Spanish → Honduran Spanish, Salvadoran Spanish | Honduras, El Salvador | Christianity → Catholicism, Sovereign Tribal Custom | |
| Limba | Niger–Congo → Limba | Sierra Leone (Bombali and Koinadugu Districts) | Christianity | |
| Lower Cowlitz | Historically Salishan → Coast Salish → Cowlitz | United States (Cowlitz Reservation, Quinault Reservation, Chehalis Reservation) | Native American religion | |
| Luba | Niger–Congo → Bantu → Luban[note 1] | Democratic Republic of the Congo (Lubaland) | Luba-Kasai, Luba-Katanga, Hemba (including Bangubangu), Songe, Lulua | Christianity |
| Lugbara | Nilo-Saharan → Central Sudanic → Lugbara | Democratic Republic of the Congo (Orientale Province), South Sudan, Uganda (West Nile (particularly Arua City, Arua, Maracha, Terego, Madi-Okollo, Yumbe and Koboko districts)) | Ayivu, Maracha, Terego, Vurra, Aringa | Christianity, Islam, Lugbara religion[12] |
| Luhya | Niger–Congo → Bantu → Luhya | Kenya (Western Province) | Bukusu, Idakho, Isukha, Kabras, Khayo, Kisa, Marachi, Maragoli, Marama, Nyole, Samia, Tachoni, Tiriki, Tsotso, Wanga, | Christianity |
| Lumbee | Indo-European → Germanic → English → American Indian English → Lumbee English | United States (North Carolina) | Christianity | |
| Luo | Nilo-Saharan → Nilotic → Dholuo | Kenya | Christianity | |
| Luso-Africans | Indo-European → Romance → Portuguese → African Portuguese | PALOP countries (Angola, Guinea-Bissau, Cape Verde, Mozambique, São Tomé and Príncipe, Equatorial Guinea), South Africa | Portuguese Africans (including Luso-Angolans, Cape Verdeans, Luso-Equatoguineans, Luso-Guineans, Mozambique, Santomeans, Luso-South Africans) | Christianity → Catholicism |
| Maasai | Nilo-Saharan → Nilotic → Maasai | Maasailand (Tanzania, Kenya) | Samburu, Arusha, Kwavi | Traditional African religions |
| Madi | Nilo-Saharan → Central Sudanic → Ma'di | Democratic Republic of the Congo, South Sudan, Uganda | Christianity | |
| Mafa | Afroasiatic → Chadic → Mafa | Cameroon | Christianity | |
| Makaa | Niger–Congo → Bantu → Makaa, Niger–Congo → Bantu → Byep | Cameroon (East Region, Centre Region) | South Makaa, North Makaa | Christianity, Traditional African religion |
| Makah | Wakashan → Southern Wakashan → Makah | United States (Washington) | Native American religion | |
| Makonde | Niger–Congo → Bantu → Makonde | Tanzania, Mozambique (Mueda Plateau) | Machinga | Islam |
| Makua | Niger–Congo → Bantu → Makhuwa | Mozambique | Lomwe, Chuwabu, Moniga, Koti, Nathembo | Traditional African religions |
| Malagasy | Austronesian → Greater Barito → Malagasy | Madagascar, Comoros, Mayotte, Réunion, Mauritius | Merina, Sihanaka, Betsileo, Zafimaniry, Antaifasy, Antemoro, Antaisaka, Antambahoaka, Tandroy, Antankarana, Antanosy, Bara, Betsimisaraka, Bezanozano, Mahafaly, Makoa, Mikea, Sakalava, Tanala, Tsimihety, Vezo | Christianity, Malagasy religion |
| Malbars | French Creole → Bourbonnais Creole → Réunion Creole | Réunion | Hinduism | |
| Mam | Mayan → Mamean → Mam | Guateamala (Guatemalan Highlands) | Christianity, Mayan Religion | |
| Mambila | Niger–Congo → Mambila | Mambilla Plateau (Nigeria, Cameroon) | Somyev | Traditional African religions |
| Mandinka | Niger–Congo → Mande → Manding[note 1] | Mali, The Gambia, Guinea, Senegal | Bolon | Islam |
| Manjak | Niger–Congo → West Atlantic → Senegambian → Manjak | Guinea-Bissau, Senegal | Traditional African religions | |
| Masa | Afroasiatic → Chadic → Masana | Cameroon, Chad | Christianity, Islam[citation needed] | |
| Masalit | Nilo-Saharan → Masalit | Sudan, Chad | Islam → Sunni Islam | |
| Mauritian Creoles | Indo-European → Romance → French-based creole → Mauritian Creole | Mauritius | Christianity → Catholicism, Rastafari | |
| Mayangna | Misumalpan → Sumo[note 1] | Nicaragua (Mosquito Coast) | Panamahka, Tawahka, Ulwa | Christianity |
| Mayles | Indo-European → Germanic → English → American English | United States (West Virginia) | Christianity → Protestantism | |
| Mayo | Uto-Aztecan → Cahitan → Mayo | Mexico (Sonora, Sinaloa) | Christianity → Catholicism, Native American religion | |
| Mazahua | Oto-Manguean → Oto-Pamean → Mazahua | Mexico (State of Mexico) | Christianity → Catholicism | |
| Mazatec | Oto-Manguean → Popolocan → Mazatecan[note 1] | Mexico (Oaxaca) | Ayautla | Christianity → Catholicism |
| Mbaka | Niger–Congo → Ubangian → Mbaka | Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo | Christianity → Catholicism | |
| Mbugu | Niger–Congo → Bantu → Mbugu, Pare; Niger–Congo and Afroasiatic → Bantu and Cushitic → Maʼa | Tanzania (Usambara Mountains) | Christianity, Islam, Traditional African religion | |
| Melungeons | Indo-European → Germanic → English → Appalachian English | United States (Appalachia) | Carmel Indians | Christianity → Protestantism → Baptists |
| Mende | Niger–Congo → Mande → Mende | Sierra Leone (Southern and Eastern Provinces) | Islam | |
| Mennonites | Indo-European → Germanic → German, Dutch, English | North America | Old Order Mennonites, Old Colony Mennonites, Amish Mennonites (including Beachy Amish (including Old Beachy Amish), Kauffman Amish Mennonites, Egli Amish, Stuckey Amish), with significant populations in Belize, El Salvador, and Mexico, | Christianity → Anabaptism → Mennonitism |
| Menominee | Indo-European → Germanic → English; Algic → Algonquian → Menominee | United States (Wisconsin (Menominee Indian Reservation)) | Keshena, Legend Lake, Middle Village, Neopit, Zoar | Christianity → Catholicism, Big Drum, Native American Church |
| Métis | Indo-European and Algic → Romance and Algonquian → French and Plains Cree → Michif; Indo-European → Romance → French → Metis French; Indo-European → Germanic → English → Bungi | Canada (Canadian Prairies, British Columbia, Northwest Territories, Northwestern Ontario), United States (Michigan, Illinois, Ohio, Minnesota, North Dakota, Montana) | Anglo-Metis, Little Shell Métis | Christianity |
| Mi'kmaq | Algic → Algonquian → Mi'kmaq[note 13] | Canada (Mi'kma'ki), United States (Maine) | Mi'kmaq Nation, Miawpukek | Christianity → Catholicism |
| Miami | Algic → Algonquian → Miami–Illinois → Miami proper | United States (Illinois) | Indiana Miami, Oklahoma Miami, Piankeshaw | Christianity, Native American religion |
| Miccosukee | Muskogean → Mikasuki | United States (Miccosukee Indian Reservation) | Christianity, Native American religion | |
| Mijikenda | Niger–Congo → Bantu → Mijikenda | Kenya (Coast Province) | Chonyi, Giriama, Digo, Segeju, Rabai | Christianity |
| Miskito | Misumalpan → Miskito; Germanic → English Creole → Miskito Coast Creole | Mosquito Coast (Nicaragua, Honduras) | Miskito Sambu | Christianity → Protestantism → Moravian Church |
| Missouria | Siouan → Western Siouan → Chiwere | United States (Oklahoma, previously Missouri) | Christianity, Native American Church | |
| Mixe | Mixe–Zoque → Mixe[note 1] | Mexico (Oaxaca) | Christianity → Catholicism | |
| Mixtec | Oto-Manguean → Mixtecan → Mixtec | Mexico (La Mixteca) | Triqui, Cuicatecs, Amoltepec | Christianity → Catholicism |
| Mohawk | Iroquoian → Northern Iroquoian → Mohawk | Canada (Quebec, Ontario), United States (New York) | Animism, Christianity | |
| Monacans | Historically Siouan → Ohio Valley Siouan → Tutelo[note 23] | United States (Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, Ohio) | Christianity | |
| Mongo | Niger–Congo → Bantu → Mongo | Democratic Republic of the Congo (Equateur, Tshuapa, Mongala, Nord-Ubangi, Sud-Ubangi) | Bolia, Ntomba, Ngando, Iyaelima, Mbole, Mpama, Nkutu, Sengele, Hendo, Dengese, Tetela | Christianity |
| Mormons[14] | Indo-European → Germanic → English | United States (Mountain States) | Christianity → Mormonism | |
| Mopan | Mayan → Yucatecan → Mopan | Belize, Guatemala | Christianity, Mayan religion | |
| Moru | Nilo-Saharan → Central Sudanic → Moru | South Sudan (Western Equatoria) | Miza; Ägyi; Moroändri; Kediro, 'Bari'ba[15] | Christianity → Protestantism → Anglicanism → Episcopal Church of the South Sudan[16] |
| Mossi | Niger–Congo → Gur → Mossi | Burkina Faso (Mossiland) | Islam | |
| Mumuye | Niger–Congo → Adamawa → Mumuye | Nigeria (Taraba State) | Traditional African religions | |
| Muscogee | Muskogean → Muscogee,[note 5] Muskogean → Eastern Muskogean → Mikasuki | United States (Alabama, Tennessee, Georgia)[note 6] | Thlopthlocco, Kialegee, Muscogee Nation, Poarch Band, Lower Muskogee Creek Tribe, Creek Freedmen | Native American religion → Creek mythology, Four Mothers Society |
| Musgum | Afroasiatic → Chadic → Musgu | Cameroon (Far North Region), Chad (Chari-Baguirmi, Mayo-Kebbi Est) | Islam | |
| Mwera | Niger–Congo → Bantu → Mwera | Tanzania (Mtwara and Ruvuma Regions) | Islam | |
| Nahuas | Uto-Aztecan → Nahuan → Nahuatl | Mexico | Huasteca Nahuas, Mexicaneros, Sierra Puebla Nahuas, Guerrero Nahuas, Orizaba Nahuas, Southeastern Puebla Nahuas, Central Nahuas, Pipil | Christianity → Catholicism, Aztec religion |
| Nakoda | Siouan → Western Siouan → Stoney | Canada (Alberta, Saskatchewan) | Wood Stoney, Mountain Stoney | Christianity |
| Nama | Khoe → Khoekhoe | Namibia (Namaland), South Africa | Oorlams | Christianity |
| Naso | Chibchan → Talamanca → Teribe | Panama (Bocas del Toro) | Native American religion | |
| Natchez | Natchez language[note 5] | United States (Oklahoma, South Carolina) | Eastern Band | Christianity, Native American religion |
| Navajo | Na-Dene → Apachean → Navajo; Navajo Family Sign[note 5] | United States (Dinétah) | Christianity → Catholicism, Native American Church | |
| Ndendeule | Niger-Congo languages → Bantu languages → Ndendeule | Tanzania | Animism | |
| Netsilik | Eskaleut → Inuit → Natsilingmiutut | Canada (Kugaaruk, Gjoa Haven) | Christianity, Inuit religion | |
| Nez Perce | Plateau Penutian → Sahaptian → Nez Perce,[note 5] Indo-European → Germanic → English | United States (Idaho, Washington) | Waashat Religion, Christianity | |
| Ngabe | Chibchan → Guaymi | Panama (Ngabe-Bugle Comarca) | Christianity → Catholicism | |
| Ngbandi | Niger–Congo → Ubangian → Ngbandi | Democratic Republic of the Congo, Central African Republic | Yakoma | Christianity |
| Ngoni | Niger–Congo → Bantu → Ngoni | Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, Zimbabwe, and Zambia | Christianity, African Traditional Religion, Sangoma, Islam | |
| Nipmucs | Historically Algic → Algonquian → Loup A, Massachusett | United States (Chaubunagungamaug Reservation, Hassanamisco Reservation) | Chaubunagungamaug Nipmuck, Hassanamisco Nipmuc, Nipmuc Nation | Manito, Christianity |
| Nisga'a | Tsimshianic → Nass–Gitksan → Nisga'a | Canada (British Columbia) | Native American religion | |
| Nkole | Niger–Congo → Bantu → Nkore-Kiga → Nkore | Uganda (Ankole) | Christianity, Ruhanga | |
| Nooksack | Salishan → Coast Salish → Nooksack | United States (Washington) | Native American religion, Christianity | |
| Nubians | Nilo-Saharan → Nubian[note 1] | Nubia (Egypt, Sudan) | Nobiin, Mattokki, Dongolawi, Midob, Birgid, Hill Nubians (including Dilling, Debri, Ghulfan, Kadaru, Karko, and Wali) | Islam → Sunni Islam |
| Nubis | Afroasiatic → Arabic creoles → Nubi | Uganda, Kenya | Ugandan Nubis, Kenyan Nubis | Islam |
| Nuer | Nilo-Saharan → Nilotic → Nuer | South Sudan (Nuerland) | Traditional African religions | |
| NunatuKavummiut | Indo-European → Germanic → English → Newfoundland English | Canada (NunatuKavut) | Christianity → Protestantism → Evangelicalism; Animism | |
| Nuu-chah-nulth | Wakashan → Southern Wakashan → Nuu-chah-nulth | Canada (British Columbia) | Native American religion | |
| Nuxalk | Salishan → Nuxalk | Canada (British Columbia) | Native American religion | |
| Nyambo | Niger–Congo → Bantu → Nyambo | Tanzania (Karagwe District, Kagera Region) | Christianity → Protestantism → Evangelicalism | |
| O'odham | Uto-Aztecan → Piman → O'odham | Mexico (Sonora), United States (Arizona) | Akimel O'odham, Tohono O'odham, Hia C-eḍ O'odham | Christianity → Catholicism, Native American religion |
| Odawa | Algic → Algonquian → Ottawa[note 24] | Canada (Ontario), United States (Oklahoma, Michigan) | Midewiwin, Animism, Traditional religion, Christianity[17] | |
| Ogiek | Nilo-Saharan → Nilotic → Ogiek | Kenya (Mau Forest, Mount Elgon) | Christianity, Traditional Ogiek religion[18] | |
| Ogoni | Niger–Congo → Cross River → Ogoni[note 1] | Nigeria (Ogoniland) | Baan, Eleme, Gokana, Tẹẹ | Christianity |
| Ogu | Niger–Congo → Kwa → Gbe → Gun | Nigeria (Lagos, Ogun State), Benin | Christianity, Islam, West African Vodun[19] | |
| Oji-Cree | Algic → Algonquian → Oji-Cree | Canada (Ontario, Manitoba) | Anishinaabe traditional beliefs, Christianity[20] | |
| Ojibwe | Algic → Algonquian → Ojibwe[note 1][note 24] | Anishinaabeland (Canada, United States) | Mississaugas, Saulteaux, Findians | Midewiwin |
| Okies | Indo-European → Germanic → English → Oklahoman English | United States (Oklahoma, California) | Christianity → Protestantism → Southern Baptist | |
| Oku | Indo-European → English Creole → Krio; Indo-European → Germanic → English | Sierra Leone, The Gambia | Islam | |
| Omaha | Siouan → Western Siouan → Dhegihan → Omaha-Ponca | United States (Nebraska, Iowa) | Christianity, Native American religion | |
| Oneida | Iroquoian → Northern Iroquoian → Oneida[note 24] | Canada (Ontario), United States (New York, Wisconsin) | Longhouse Religion | |
| Onondaga | Iroquoian → Northern Iroquoian → Onondaga | Canada (Ontario), United States (New York) | Longhouse Religion, Kanoh'hon'io, Kahni'kwi'io, Christianity[21] | |
| Opata | Indo-European → Romance → Spanish; historically Uto-Aztecan → Opata | Mexico (Sonora) | Eudeve, Teguima, Jova | Christianity → Catholicism |
| Oromo | Afroasiatic → Cushitic → Oromo[note 1] | Ethiopia (Oromia), Kenya | Boorana, Barento, Salale, Machaa, Arsi, Wollo | Islam → Sunni Islam |
| Osage | Siouan → Western Siouan → Dhegihan → Osage; Indo-European → Germanic → English; Indo-European → Romance → French[22] | United States (Missouri, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Kansas) | Christianity, Inlonshka, Traditional Spirituality[23] | |
| Otoe | Siouan → Western Siouan → Chiwere | United States (Oklahoma, formerly Nebraska) | Native American Church, Christianity | |
| Otomi | Oto-Manguean → Otomian → Otomi | Mexico (Hidalgo, Puebla, Veracruz, State of Mexico, Queretaro) | Christianity → Catholicism | |
| Ovambo | Niger–Congo → Bantu → Ovambo | Namibia (Ovamboland), Angola | Christianity → Protestantism → Lutheranism | |
| Ovimbundu | Niger–Congo → Bantu → Umbundu | Angola | Christianity | |
| Papel | Niger–Congo → Atlantic → Senegambian → Papel | Guinea-Bissau (Biombo Region) | Christianity → Catholicism | |
| Pare | Niger–Congo → Bantu → Pare | Tanzania (Pare Mountains) | Islam | |
| Pawnee | Caddoan → Pawnee-Kitsai → Pawnee-Arikara → Pawnee | United States (Oklahoma, formerly Kansas and Nebraska) | Christianity, Native American Church | |
| Pedi | Niger–Congo → Bantu → Northern Sotho → Sepedi | South Africa (Limpopo) | Christianity | |
| Pende | Niger–Congo → Bantu → Pende | Democratic Republic of the Congo | Christianity | |
| Pennsylvania Dutch | Indo-European → Germanic → Pennsylvania Dutch; Indo-European → Germanic → English → Pennsylvania Dutch English | United States (Pennsylvania) | Schwenkfelders, River Brethren (including Yorker Brethren) | Christianity → Protestantism |
| Pied-Noir | Indo-European → Romance → French | Algeria | Christianity | |
| Ponca | Siouan → Western Siouan → Dhegihan → Omaha-Ponca | United States (Nebraska, Oklahoma) | Christianity, Native American Church | |
| Poqomam | Mayan → Quichean → Poqomam | Guatemala (Alta Verapaz) | Christianity, Maya religion | |
| Poqomchi | Mayan → Quichean → Poqomchi' | Guatemala (Baja Verapaz) | ||
| Potawatomi | Algic → Algonquian → Potawatomi | Canada (Ontario, United States (Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Michigan, Oklahoma, Wisconsin) | Midewiwin, Christianity → Catholicism; Protestantism → Methodism[24] | |
| Powhatans | Indo-European → Germanic → English; historically Algic → Algonquian → Virginia Algonquian | United States (Tsenacommacah) | Christianity, Native American religion[25] | |
| Punjabi Mexican Americans | Indo-European → Germanic → English → American English | United States (California) | Hinduism, Sikhism, Islam, Christianity | |
| Purepecha | Purépechan languages[note 1] | Mexico (Michoacan) | Christianity → Catholicism | |
| Q'anjob'al | Mayan → Q'anjobalan → Q'anjob'al | Guatemala (Huehuetenango Department), Mexico (Chiapas) | Christianity, Mayan religion | |
| Quapaw | Siouan → Western Siouan → Dhegihan → Quapaw | United States (Oklahoma, formerly Arkansas) | Christianity, Native American religion, Native American Church | |
| Quechan | Yuman → Quechan | United States (Arizona, California) | Native American religion, Christianity | |
| Q'eqchi' | Mayan → Quichean → Q'eqchi | Guatemala (Alta Verapaz, Peten Department, Izabal Department, Baja Verapaz, Quiche Department), Belize (Toledo District), Mexico (Campeche, Quintana Roo, Chiapas | Western Q'eqchi, Eastern Q'eqchi | Christianity, Maya religion |
| Quileute | Chimakuan → Quileute | United States (Washington) | Native American religion | |
| Rama | Chibchan → Rama; Germanic → English Creole → Miskito Coast Creole → Rama Cay Creole | Nicaragua (Rama Cay) | Christianity → Protestantism → Moravian Church | |
| Redbones | Indo-European → Germanic → English → American English | United States (Louisiana) | Christianity | |
| Rendille | Afroasiatic → Cushitic → Rendille | Kenya (Eastern Province) | Waaq | |
| Rhodesians | Indo-European → Germanic → English → Zimbabwean English | Zimbabwe | Significant populations in the United Kingdom | Christianity |
| Rifians | Afroasiatic → Berber → Tarifit | Morocco | Islam → Sunnism | |
| Saho | Afroasiatic → Cushitic → Saho | Eritrea, Ethiopia | Islam → Sunnism | |
| Sahrawis | Afroasiatic → Arabic → Hassaniya Arabic | Western Sahara | Reguibat, Oulad Delim, Oulad Tidrarin, Laaroussien, Tekna, Tajakant, Aït Oussa | Islam → Sunnism |
| Saint Helenians | Indo-European → Germanic → English | Saint Helena | Christianity → Anglicanism | |
| Salinan | Hokan → Salinan | United States (California) | Native American religion | |
| Sandawe | Sandawe | Tanzania (Chemba District) | Traditional African Religion, Islam | |
| Sara | Nilo-Saharan → Central Sudanic → Sara[note 1] | Chad, Central African Republic | Ngambay, Doba, Laka, Kabba, Sar, Mbay, Ngam, Dagba, Gulay | Traditional African religions |
| Sekani | Na-Dene → Athabaskan → Sekani | Canada (British Columbia) | Christianity, Animism | |
| Seminoles | Muskogean → Muscogee → Seminole, Muskogean → Mikasuki, Afro-Seminole Creole | United States (Oklahoma, Florida), Mexico (Coahuila) | Oklahoma Seminoles, Black Seminoles (including Mascogos), Florida Seminoles | Christianity → Protestantism, Catholicism; Green Corn Ceremony |
| Seneca | Iroquoian → Northern Iroquoian → Seneca | Canada (Ontario), United States (New York, Oklahoma) | Longhouse Religion, Christianity[26] | |
| Senufo | Atlantic–Congo → (disputed) → Senufo[note 1] | Mali, Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso | Nafana, Minyanka | Traditional African religions |
| Serer | Atlantic–Congo → Senegambian → Serer, Cangin[note 1] | Senegal | Laalaa, Ndut, Niominka, Serer-Noon, Palor, Saafi | Islam, Serer religion |
| Serrano | Uto-Aztecan → Takic → Serrano[note 5] | United States (California) | Mountain Serrano, Desert Serrano | Native American religion |
| Seychellois Creoles | Indo-European → French-based creole → Seychellois Creole | Seychelles | Christianity → Catholicism | |
| Shawnee | Algic → Algonquian → Shawnee | United States (Oklahoma, historically Ohio) | Absentee Shawnee, Eastern Shawnee, Piqua Shawnee, Shawnee Tribe | Indigenous religion[27] |
| Sherbro | Atlantic–Congo → Mel → Sherbro | Sierra Leone (Sherbro Island) | Traditional African religions | |
| Shilha | Afroasiatic → Berber → Shilha | Morocco | Islam → Sunnism | |
| Shilluk | Nilo-Saharan → Nilotic → Shilluk | South Sudan | Gule | Christianity → Catholicism |
| Shirazi | Atlantic-Congo → Bantu → Swahili | Tanzania (Swahili Coast), Kenya, Mozambique, Comoros | Zanzibaris, and Maore | Islam → Sunnism |
| Shona | Niger–Congo → Bantu → Shona | Zimbabwe (Mashonaland) | Manyika, Ndau | Christianity |
| Shoshone | Uto-Aztecan → Numic → Shoshoni | Wyoming, Idaho, Nevada, Utah (United States) | Eastern Shoshone, Northern Shoshone, Western Shoshone, Goshute | Native American Church, Christianity |
| Sidama | Afroasiatic → Cushitic → Sidaama | Ethiopia (Sidamia) | Christianity | |
| Sierra Leone Creoles | Indo-European → Germanic → English → Krio, Indo-European → Germanic → English → Pichinglis | Sierra Leone | Gambian Creoles, Saros, Krio Fernandinos, with significant populations in the United States | Christianity |
| Siglit | Eskaleut → Inuit → Sallirmiutun | Canada (Inuvialuit Settlement Region) | Christianity, Inuit religion | |
| Siltʼe | Afroasiatic → Semitic → Ethiopic → Gurage → Siltʼe | Ethiopia (Siltia) | Islam | |
| Sino-Mauritians | Indo-European → Romance → French-based creole → Mauritian Creole; Sino-Tibetan → Sinitic → Chinese → Hakka, Cantonese | Mauritius | Christianity, Chinese folk religion, Buddhism | |
| Sino-Seychellois | Indo-European → Romance → French-based creole → Seychellois Creole; Sino-Tibetan → Sinitic → Chinese → Hakka, Cantonese | Seychellois | Christianity, Chinese folk religion, Buddhism | |
| Sioux | Siouan → Western Siouan → Sioux[note 1][note 25] | United States (Lakotah) | Lakota (including Brulé, Oglala, Sans Arc, Hunkpapa, Miniconjou, and Sihasapa) and Dakota (including Mdewakanton) | Native American religion |
| Sirenik | Eskaleut → Eskimo → Siberian Yupik,[note 26] historically Eskaleut → Eskimo → Sirenik | Russia (Sireniki) | Christianity, formerly shamanism | |
| Skokomish | Salishan → Coast Salish → Twana | United States (Skokomish Indian Reservation) | Christianity → Indian Shaker Church[28] | |
| Slavey | Na-Dene → Athabaskan → Slavey[note 1] | Canada (Alberta, Northwest Territories) | Deh Cho, Sahtu | Christianity, Animism |
| Soga | Niger–Congo → Bantu → Soga | Uganda (Busoga) | Christianity, Traditional African religions | |
| Somalis | Afroasiatic → Cushitic → Somali[note 1] | Greater Somalia (Somalia, Ethiopia, Djibouti, Kenya) | Hawiye, Darod (including Majeerteen), Isaaq, Dir, Rahanweyn, Madhiban, Yibir, Ajuran along with significant populations in the United States, the United Kingdom, Sweden, and Canada | Islam → Sunnism → Shafi'ism |
| Songhai | Songhay languages[note 1] | West Africa | Songhai proper, Zarma, Wogo, Kurtey, Ingalkoyyu, Arma, Belbali, Dendi | Islam |
| Soninke | Niger–Congo → Mande → Soninke | Mali | Islam → Sunni Islam → Malikism | |
| Sotho | Niger–Congo → Bantu → Sotho | South Africa (Free State), Lesotho | Christianity | |
| South Carolina Turks[29] | Indo-European → Germanic → English | United States (Dalzell, Sumter County, South Carolina) | Islam | |
| Squamish | Salishan → Coast Salish → Squamish | Canada (British Columbia (North Vancouver (Squamish Nation))) | Senakw, X̱wáýx̱way, X̱wemelch'stn, Stawamus | Irreligion, Christianity |
| Sukuma | Niger–Congo → Bantu → Sukuma | Tanzania | Christianity → Catholicism | |
| Surma | Nilo-Saharan → Surmic[note 1] | Ethiopia, South Sudan | Me'en, Mursi, Kichepo | Traditional African religions |
| Susu | Niger–Congo → Mande → Susu | Guinea, Sierra Leone (Kambia) | Islam | |
| Swahili | Niger–Congo → Bantu → Swahili | Swahili coast (Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique, Comoros) | Islam | |
| Swazi | Niger–Congo → Bantu → Swazi | South Africa (Mpumalanga), Eswatini | Christianity → African Zionism | |
| Tagish | Na-Dene → Athabaskan → Tagish | Canada (Yukon) | Christianity, Animism[30] | |
| Tahltan | Na-Dene → Athabaskan → Tahltan | Canada (Northern British Columbia) | Christianity, Animism[31] | |
| Taidnapam | Historically Plateau Penutian → Sahaptian → Northwest Sahaptin → Upper Cowlitz; Chinookan, Wakashan, and Indo-European → Lower Chinook, Nootka Jargon, Germanic, and Italic → Chinook Jargon | United States (Yakama Indian Reservation) | Upper Cowlitz, Lewis River Cowlitz | Native American religion[32] |
| Taino | Arawakan → Taino | Greater Antilles | Native American religion | |
| Tallensi | Atlantic–Congo → Gur → Talni | Ghana (Tallensi Traditional Area), Burkina Faso | Tallensi religion | |
| Tama | Nilo-Saharan → Taman → Tama | Chad, Sudan | Islam | |
| Tanana Athabaskans | Na-Dene → Athabaskan → Upper Tanana, Na-Dene → Athabaskan → Lower Tanana, Na-Dene → Athabaskan → Tanacross | United States (Interior Alaska), Canada (Western Yukon) | Lower Tanana, Middle Tanana, Tanacross, Upper Tanana | Christianity, Shamanism[33] |
| Taos | Tanoan → Tiwa → Taos | United States (Taos Pueblo) | Native American religion, Native American Church, Christianity | |
| Tarahumara | Uto-Aztecan → Tarahumaran → Tarahumara | Mexico (Chihuahua) | Animism, Peyotism, Christianity → Catholicism | |
| Tarok | Niger–Congo → Plateau → Tarok | Nigeria (Plateau State) | Christianity | |
| Teke | Niger–Congo → Bantu → Teke | Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo | Traditional African religions[34] | |
| Temne | Niger–Congo → Mel → Temne | Sierra Leone (Northern Sierra Leone) | Islam | |
| Tepehuán | Uto-Aztecan → Piman → Tepehuán | Mexico (Durango, Chihuahua, Sinaloa, Jalisco, Zacatecas, Nayarit) | Tepehuán Mythology, Shamanism, Animism, Peyotism, Christianity → Catholicism | |
| Tewa | Tanoan → Tewa | United States (New Mexico) | Christianity, Pueblo religion | |
| Tigrayans | Afroasiatic → Ethiopic → Tigrinya | Eritrea (Eritrean Highlands), Ethiopia (Tigrayia) | Christianity → Oriental Orthodoxy → Ethiopian Orthodoxy | |
| Tigre | Afroasiatic → Ethiopic → Tigre | Eritrea | Islam | |
| Tiv | Niger–Congo → Tiv | Nigeria (Benue State) | Christianity | |
| Tlapanec | Oto-Manguean → Tlapanec | Mexico (Guerrero) | Christianity → Catholicism | |
| Tlicho | Na-Dene → Athabaskan → Tlicho | Canada (Northwest Territories) | Christianity, Animism | |
| Tlingit | Na-Dene → Tlingit | Canada (British Columbia, Yukon Territory), United States (Alaska, Washington) | Alaska Native religion | |
| Tojolabal | Mayan → Q'anjobalan → Tojolab'al | Mexico (Chiapas) | Christianity, Mayan religion | |
| Tonga | Niger–Congo → Bantu → Tonga | Zambia, Zimbabwe | Traditional African Religion | |
| Tooro | Niger–Congo → Bantu → Tooro | Uganda (Tooro Kingdom) | Abagweri, Abasingo, Abahinda, Ababiito, Abasumbi, Abayaga, Ababwiju, Abasiita, Abasambo, Ababoopi, Ababwooro, Abagaya, Abalebeki, Abango, Abagimu, Abarungu, Abanyakyoozi, Abasoigi[35] | Christianity, Ruhanga |
| Totonac | Totonac[note 1] | Mexico (Veracruz, Puebla, Hidalgo) | Christianity, Native American religion | |
| Toubou | Nilo-Saharan → Saharan → Tebu[note 1] | Toubouland (Chad, Niger, Sudan, Libya) | Daza, Teda | Islam → Sunni Islam |
| Toucouleur | Atlantic–Congo → Senegambian → Pulaar | Senegal (Futa Tooro) | Islam | |
| Tsimshian | Tsimshianic → Maritime Tsimshianic[note 1] | Canada (British Columbia), United States (Alaska) | Kitasoo, Gitga'ata, Kitkatla, Kitsumkalum, Kitselas, Ginadoiks, Ginaxangiik, Gispaxlo'ots, Gitando, Gitlaan, Gits'iis, Gitwilgyoots, Gitzaxłaał, Giluts'aaw | Alaskan Native religion |
| Tsonga | Niger–Congo → Bantu → Tsonga | Mozambique (Maputo City and Maputo Province, Gaza Province), South Africa (Limpopo, Mpumalanga) | Christianity → Catholicism | |
| Tsuut'ina | Na-Dene → Athabaskan → Tsuut'ina | Canada (Alberta) | Christianity, Native American religion | |
| Tswana | Niger–Congo → Bantu → Tswana | Botswana, South Africa (South Tswanaland) | Balete, Mangwato, Bangwaketse, Bakwena, Batlokwa, Bahurutshe, Bakgatla, Rolong | Christianity |
| Tumbuka | Niger-Congo → Bantu → Tumbuka | Malawi, Zambia, Tanzania, Zimbabwe | Senga, Henga, Yombe, Phoka, Tonga | Christianity, Tumbuka mythology |
| Tunica-Biloxi | Indo-European → Germanic → English; Indo-European → Romance → French;[36] Tunica language; historically Siouan → Ohio Valley Siouan → Biloxi | United States (Tunica-Biloxi Indian Reservation) | Biloxi, Tunica | Christianity → Protestantism, Catholicism; Native American religion[37] |
| Tunumiit | Eskaleut → Inuit → Tunumiisut | Danish Realm (Tunu) | Inuit religion, Christianity | |
| Tupuri | Niger–Congo → Adamawa → Tupuri | Cameroon (Far North Region), Chad (Mayo-Kebbi) | Christianity | |
| Turkana | Nilo-Saharan → Nilotic → Turkana | Kenya (Turkanaland) | Christianity → Catholicism | |
| Tuscarora | Iroquoian → Northern Iroquoian → Tuscarora | Canada (Ontario), United States (New York, North Carolina) | Longhouse Religion, Christianity[38] | |
| Tutchones | Na-Dene → Athabaskan → Tutchone[note 1] | Canada (Yukon Territory) | Northern Tutchones, Southern Tutchones | Native American religion |
| Tutsi | Niger–Congo → Bantu → Great Lakes → Rwanda-Rundi[note 18] | Rwanda, Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo (Kivu) | Banyamulenge | Christianity, Islam |
| Tzeltal | Mayan → Cholan → Tzeltal | Mexico (Chiapas) | Christianity, Mayan religion | |
| Tzotzil | Tzotzil | Mayan → Cholan → Tzotzil | Christianity, Mayan religion, Islam | |
| Tz'utujil | Mayan → Quichean → Tz'utujil | Guatemala (Guatemalan Highlands) | ||
| Umatilla | Plateau Penutian → Sahaptian → Umatilla | United States (Oregon) | Native American religion | |
| Upper Kuskokwim | Na-Dene → Athabaskan → Upper Kuskokwim | United States (Interior Alaska) | Christianity → Eastern Orthodoxy → Russian Orthodoxy | |
| Urhobos | Niger–Congo → Edoid → Urhobo | Nigeria (Delta State) | Christianity | |
| Ute | Uto-Aztecan → Numic → Colorado River Numic → Ute | United States (Colorado, Utah) | Native American Church, Christianity | |
| Vai | Niger–Congo → Mande → Vai | Liberia, Sierra Leone | Islam, Christianity, Traditional African religions | |
| Venda | Niger–Congo → Bantu → Tshivenda | South Africa (Vendaland) | Christianity, Traditional African religions | |
| Walla Walla | Plateau Penutian → Sahaptin → Walla Walla | United States (Oregon, Washington) | Waashat Religion | |
| Wampanoag | Algic → Algonquian → Wampanoag | United States (Massachusetts) | Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe, Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah) | Native American religion, Christianity |
| Wassamasaw | Indo-European → Germanic → English → American English | United States (Berkeley County, South Carolina) | Christianity → Protestantism → Baptism[39] | |
| Welayta | Afroasiatic → Omotic → Wolaitta | Ethiopia (Wolayitia) | Christianity → Protestantism → P'ent'ay | |
| Wichita | Caddoan → Wichita[note 5] | United States (Oklahoma; formerly Kansas, Texas) | Native American Church, Christianity, Native American religion | |
| Wolane | Afroasiatic → Ethiopic → Wolane | Ethiopia (Gurage) | Islam[40] | |
| Wolof | Niger–Congo → Atlantic → Senegambian → Wolof | Senegambia (Senegal, The Gambia) | Lebu | Islam → Sunni Islam → Sufism → Mouride |
| Wuikinuxv | Wakashan → Northern Wakashan → Heiltsuk–Oowekyala → Oowekyala | Canada (British Columbia) | Native American religion | |
| Xhosa | Niger–Congo → Bantu → Nguni → Xhosa | South Africa (Xhosaland) | Christianity | |
| Xinca | Xincan[note 1] | Guatemala | Christianity → Catholicism; Native American religion | |
| Yabs | French Creole → Bourbonnais Creole → Réunion Creole | Réunion | Christianity | |
| Yako | Niger–Congo → Cross River → Yako | Nigeria (Yakurr Local Government) | Christianity | |
| Yao | Niger–Congo → Bantu → Yao | Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania (Ruvuma and Mtwara Regions) | Islam and Animism → Yao Folk Islam | |
| Yaqui | Uto-Aztecan → Cahitan → Yaqui | Mexico (Sonora), United States (Arizona) | Peyotism, Christianity → Catholicism | |
| Yellowknives | Na-Dene → Athabaskan → Chipewyan | Canada (Northwest Territories) | Christianity | |
| Yoa-Lokpa | Niger–Congo → Gur → Oti–Volta → Yom, Niger–Congo → Gur → Gurunsi → Lukpa | Benin (Donga Department) | Ethnic religion[41] | |
| Yoruba | Atlantic–Congo → Yoruboid → Yoruba; Yoruba Sign | Yorubaland (Nigeria, Benin, Togo) | Ijesha, Egba, Yewa, Igbomina, Awori, Akoko, Okun, Ana, Ekiti, Ilaje, Ijebu, Oyo, Ondo, Ife, Nagos, with significant populations in the United States and Canada | Islam, Christianity, Yoruba religion |
| Yucatec Maya | Mayan → Yucatecan → Yucatec Maya | Mexico (Yucatan, Campeche, Quintana Roo), Belize (Corozal District, Orange Walk District) | Christianity, Mayan religion | |
| Yuchi | Yuchi language | United States (Tennessee, Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina)[note 6] | Christianity → Protestantism → Methodism; Stomp Dance; Native American Church[42] | |
| Yup'ik | Eskaleut → Eskimo → Yup'ik | United States (Alaska) | Nunivak Cupʼig, Chevak Cupʼik | Christianity, Shamanism |
| Zaghawa | Nilo-Saharan → Saharan → Zaghawa | Chad, Sudan | Islam → Sunni Islam | |
| Zande[note 27][43] | Niger–Congo → Zande | Democratic Republic of the Congo, Central African Republic, South Sudan | Barambu | Christianity |
| Zapotecs | Oto-Manguean → Zapotec[note 1] | Mexico (Oaxaca) | Ixtlan | Christianity → Catholicism |
| Zarabes | French Creole → Bourbonnais Creole → Réunion Creole | Réunion | Islam | |
| Zonians | Indo-European → Germanic → English → American English | Panama (Panama Canal Zone) | Christianity | |
| Zoque | Mixe–Zoque → Zoque[note 1] | Mexico (Chiapas, Oaxaca, Veracruz, Tabasco) | Christianity → Catholicism | |
| Zulu | Niger–Congo → Bantu → Nguni → Zulu | South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal) | Northern Ndebele | Christianity |
| Zuni | Zuni language | United States (New Mexico) | Christianity | |
| ǃKung | Kxʼa → ǃKung[note 1] | Namibia (Kalahari Desert) | ǃXun, Ju | Animism |
| ǂAakhoe | Khoe-Kwadi → Khoe → Khoekhoe → ǂAakhoe | Namibia | Animism |
Lists of ethnic groups
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- African people
- List of contemporary ethnic groups of Africa
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- Ethnic groups in Botswana
- Ethnic groups in Burundi
- Ethnic groups in Chad
- List of ethno-linguistic groups in Eritrea
- List of ethnic groups in Ethiopia
- List of ethnic groups in Nigeria
- Ethnic groups in Rwanda
- List of ethnic groups in Tanzania
- Ethnic groups in Senegal
- Ethnic groups in Sierra Leone
- List of ethnic groups in South Sudan
- List of ethnic groups in Zambia
- Asian people
- European people
- Indigenous peoples of the Americas
- Oceanian people
- Ethnoreligious group
- Ethnic groups by country
See also
- List of languages by number of native speakers
- List of language families
- Lists of people by nationality
- Lists of active separatist movements
- Uncontacted peoples
- Ethnic flag
- Race (human categorization)
- List of Y-chromosome haplogroups in populations of the world
Notes
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 1.17 1.18 1.19 1.20 1.21 1.22 1.23 1.24 1.25 1.26 1.27 1.28 1.29 1.30 1.31 1.32 1.33 1.34 1.35 1.36 1.37 1.38 1.39 1.40 1.41 1.42 1.43 1.44 1.45 1.46 1.47 1.48 1.49 1.50 1.51 1.52 1.53 1.54 1.55 1.56 1.57 1.58 1.59 1.60 1.61 1.62 Language family; with some exceptions, all speakers of the various languages within this family are typically seen as one singular ethnicity.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Non-contiguous homeland. Throughout most of its history (if not its entire history), this ethnic group has lived in separate, isolated communities scattered throughout the countries/subdivisions listed.
- ↑ Although Akan is the principal language of the Akan people, the Akan language has only recently been standardized. The majority of Akan people still speak their local dialects, which are usually considered by linguists to be separate languages altogether.
- ↑ Due to historical migrations, about half of the Akan population reside in Ivory Coast.
- ↑ 5.00 5.01 5.02 5.03 5.04 5.05 5.06 5.07 5.08 5.09 Due to the a long history of forced assimilation by the American government, the vast majority only speak English.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 Following the passage of the Indian Removal Act, the Cherokee, the Choctaw, the Chickasaw, and the Muscogee were all forced to relocate their entire population to Oklahoma.
- ↑ With the exception of Navajo, all Apachean speakers are seen as one ethnicity. However, due to a history of forced assimilation by the American government, the majority can only speak English.
- ↑ The Argobba have typically been a merchant community and usually trades with other ethnic groups; recently, these factors have resulted in the majority only speaking Amharic or Oromo.
- ↑ The Beti and the Fang form the Beti-Pahuin peoples. While the term Beti is sometimes used interchangeably to refer to the Beti-Pahuin people, the Beti ethnicity is specifically limited to Ewondo and Eton speakers.
- ↑ Due to the Expulsion of the Chagossians, there are no Chagossians living on the Chagos Archipelago. The majority of Chagossians now live in the United Kingdom, Mauritius, and Seychelles.
- ↑ The last of the Chumashan languages went extinct in 1965 but revival efforts have been ongoing since 2010.
- ↑ The original Egyptian language, which morphed into the Coptic language around the 1st century AD, died out as a spoken language around the 17th century and is now only used for religious ceremonies. Today, the Egyptians, including the Copts, speak Egyptian Arabic.
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 Due to the a long history of forced assimilation by the Canadian government, the vast majority can only either speak English.
- ↑ This ethnic group is largely a nomadic or semi-nomadic one and do not have a particular area to claim as a primary homeland; these countries are listed here due to having a significant population.
- ↑ The Gabrieleno language went extinct around 1900, but revival efforts have been ongoing since the 2000s. Most are fluent in English and/or Spanish
- ↑ Like its speakers, the Garifuna language is the only remnant of the Island Carib language.
- ↑ Following the Second Carib War, the majority of the Garifuna were deported to Honduras, where they later spread to Guatemala, Belize, and Nicaragua. Since then, Honduras has seen high murder rates, causing many to flee to United States.
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 Refers specifically to the Kinyarwanda and Kirundi dialects. The other speakers of the dialects within the Rwanda-Rundi continuum are considered to be separate from the Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa peoples.
- ↑ Despite the successful revival of the Hebrew language, many Jews continue to speak the various languages that have developed by the diaspora populations, including Yiddish, Ladino, and Judeo-Arabic. In addition, English serves as the lingua franca of Israel.
- ↑ Though many Jewish languages are not genetically related to each other, they are all known to be ethnolects developed by the Jewish diaspora.
- ↑ The Wapan language have largely replaced Jukun Takum as the main language.
- ↑ The indigenous Kalinago language became extinct in the 1920s. However, an offshoot of it known as Garifuna is still spoken today.
- ↑ Tutelo went extinct in 1982, leading most Monacans, Saponi, and Occaneechi to speak English. There has been some interest in reviving Tutelo in the 21st century.[13]
- ↑ 24.0 24.1 24.2 Due to a long history of forced assimilation by both American and Canadian governments, the vast majority can only speak English.
- ↑ Due to a history of forced assimilation by the American government, the majority can only speak English.
- ↑ Due to the Sirenik language going extinct, Sirenik people have begun using the related Siberian Yupik language in its place.
- ↑ Otherwise known as Azande.
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