Ethnicity | Language(s) | Primary homeland | Subgroups, tribes & castes | Religion(s) |
ǃKung | Kxʼa → ǃKung[note 1] | Namibia (Kalahari Desert) | | Animism |
Abagusii | Atlantic–Congo → Bantu → Gusii | Kenya (Kisii County) | | Christianity, Traditional African religion |
Abazins | Northwest Caucasian → Abazgi → Abaza | Russia (Abazinia) | Significant populations in Turkey, Egypt, and Russia | Islam → Sunni Islam |
Abelam | Sepik → Ndu → Abelam | Papua New Guinea (East Sepik) | | Christianity |
Abenaki | Algic → Algonquian → Western Abenaki, formerly Algic → Algonquian → Eastern Abenaki | Canada (Quebec), United States (Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont) | | Abenaki religion |
Abkhazians | Northwest Caucasian → Abazgi → Abkhaz | Georgia (Abkhazia)[note 2] | Sadz, Afro-Abkhazians | Christianity → Eastern Orthodoxy → Abkhazian Orthodoxy, Islam → Sunni Islam |
Acehnese | Austronesian → Chamic → Acehnese | Indonesia (Aceh) | Significant populations in Australia, Canada, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and the United States | Islam → Sunni Islam |
Achagua | Arawakan → Upper Amazon Arawakan → Achagua | Colombia (Meta), Venezuela | | Traditional religion, Christianity → Catholicism |
Acholi | Nilotic → Luo → Acholi | South Sudan, Uganda (Acholiland) | | Christianity |
Adi Jambava | | India (Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka) | | Hinduism |
Adjoukrou | Niger–Congo → Kwa → Adjukru | Ivory Coast (Dabou) | | Christianity |
Afar | Afro-Asiatic → Cushitic → Afar | Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia (Afaria) | | Islam |
Afemai | Atlantic–Congo → Edoid → Afenmai | Nigeria (Edo State) | | Christianity |
Afghan Tatars | Turkic → Kipchak → Tatar → Afghan Tatar; Indo-European → Iranian → Dari, Pashto; Turkic → Karluk → Uzbek; Turkic → Oghuz → Turkmen | Afghanistan (Afghan Turkestan) | | Islam → Sunni Islam → Hanafi |
African-Americans | Indo-European → Germanic → English; Indo-European → French Creole → Louisiana Creole; Indo-European → English Creole → Gullah, Afro-Seminole Creole; Francosign → ASLic → American Sign → Black American Sign | United States, Mexico (Coahuila) | Black Southerners, Creoles of color, Freedmen (including Black Seminoles (including Mascogos), Cherokee Freedmen, Choctaw Freedmen, Creek Freedmen), Gullah, Samaná Americans, Affrilachians, 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 | Boers, Afrikaner-Jews | Christianity → Protestantism → Calvinism |
Afro-Argentines | Indo-European → Romance → Spanish → Argentinian Spanish | Argentina | | Christianity → Catholicism |
Afro-Brazilians | Indo-European → Romance → Portuguese, Indo-European → Romance → Cafundo | Brazil | Zambo | Christianity → Catholicism |
Afro-Turks | Turkic → Oghuz → Turkish | Turkey | | Islam |
Afro-Virgin Islanders | Indo-European → English-based creoles → Virgin Islands Creole; formerly Indo-European → Zeelandic-based creoles → Negerhollands | Virgin Islands (United Kingdom, United States), SSS islands (Netherlands, France) | | Christianity |
Agaw | Afro-Asiatic → Cushitic → Agaw[note 1] | Horn of Africa (Ethiopia, Eritrea)[note 3] | Bilen, Ximre, Awi, Qemant | Christianity → Oriental Orthodoxy |
Aghuls | Northeast Caucasian → Lezgic → Aghul | Russia (Dagestan) | | Islam → Sunni Islam[1] |
Ahiarmiut | Eskaleut → Inuit → Inuktitut → Ahiarmiut[2] | Canada (Kivalliq Region) | | |
Ahoms | Kra–Dai → Tai → Ahom[note 4] | India (Assam, Arunachal Pradesh) | | Hinduism, Ahom religion |
Aikana | Aikana language | Brazil (Rondonia) | | Animism |
Aimaq | Indo-European → Iranian → Persian → Aimaq | Afghanistan | Aimaq Hazara, Firozkohi, Jamshidi, Aimaq Kipchaks, Timuri, Taymani | Islam → Sunni Islam |
Ainus | Ainu → Hokkaido Ainu; formerly Ainu → Sakhalin Ainu, Kuril Ainu | Japan (Hokkaido, Tōhoku region), Russia (Sakhalin, Kamchatka Peninsula, Khabarovsk Krai), Kuril Islands (Russia or Japan) | Hokkaido Ainus (including Ishikari Ainus, Menasunkur Ainus, Sumunkur Ainus, and Uchiura Ainus), Tokyo Ainus, Sakhalin Ainus, Russian Ainus | Animism → Ainu folk religion; Buddhism → Nichiren Shōshū; Shinto; Christianity → Eastern Orthodoxy → Russian Orthodoxy |
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[3] |
Akans | Niger–Congo → Kwa → Central Tano,[note 1][note 5] Avikam–Alladian,[note 1] Potou,[note 1] Abé, Abidji, Attie, Ega;[4] Francosign → American Sign → Ghanaian Sign; Adamorobe Sign; Nanabin Sign | Ghana (Gold Coast)[note 6] | 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 |
Akha | Sino-Tibetan → Loloish → Akha | China (Pu'er and Xishuangbanna)[note 7] | Akeu[citation needed] | Animism |
Akhvakhs | Northeast Caucasian → Avar–Andic → Akhvakh | Russia (Dagestan) | | Islam |
Akie | Nilotic → Kalenjin → Akie, Nilo-Saharan → Nilotic → Maasai[5] | Tanzania (Manyara Region) | | Traditional Akie religion[6] |
Alabamas | Muskogean → Alabama–Koasati → Alabama[note 8] | United States (Alabama–Quassarte Tribal Town, Alabama–Coushatta Reservation)[note 9] | | Christianity → Protestantism; Ethnic religion |
Alavi Bohras | Indo-European → Indo-Aryan → Gujarati → Lisan ud-Dawat | India (Gujarat) | | Islam → Shia Islam → Isma'ilism |
Albanians | Indo-European → Albanoid → Albanian,[note 1] Albanian Sign Language, Francosign → Austro-Hungarian Sign → Yugoslav Sign Language | Albania, Kosovo, North Macedonia (Ilirida), Greece, Serbia (Preševo Valley), Croatia (Zadar County) Italy (Southern Italy), Bulgaria (Mandritsa) | Ghegs (including Arbanasi and Kosovars), Tosks (including Arbereshe, Cham Albanians, Arvanites, Lab Albanians), along with significant populations in Turkey, Egypt, Syria, France, the United Kingdom Italy, Spain, Germany, the Netherlands, Austria, Belgium, Nordic countries, Switzerland, Greece (including Western Thrace), Ukraine, Romania, Hungary, Croatia, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Bulgaria, North Macedonia, Australia, Canada, and the United States | Islam → Sunni Islam, Islam → Sufism → Bektashism, Christianity |
Aleuts | Eskaleut → Aleut | Aleutian Islands (United States, Russia) | Agdaagux Tribe | Christianity → Eastern Orthodoxy |
Altaians | Turkic → Kipchak → Southern Altai, Northern Altai | Russia (Altai Republic and Altai Krai), Mongolia (Altai Mountains), China (Altay Prefecture) | | Altai faith |
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 |
Alyutors | Chukotko-Kamchatkan → Chukotkan → Alyutor | Russia (Koryak Okrug) | | Shamanism, Christianity → Eastern Orthodoxy |
Ambonese | Austronesian → Malayic → Ambonese Malay | Indonesia (Ambon Island) | | Christianity → Protestantism → Calvinism |
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) English → Merico English → Liberian Kreyol | Liberia | | Christianity → Protestantism |
Amhara | Afro-Asiatic → Semitic → Ethiopic → Amharic | Ethiopia (Amharia) | | Christianity → Oriental Orthodoxy |
Amis | Austronesian → Formosan → Amis | Taiwan (Taitung and Hualien Counties) | | Animism, Christianity |
Amish | Indo-European → Germanic → Pennsylvania Dutch, Alemannic German → Alsatian | United States (Pennsylvania) | 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 |
Amung | Trans-New Guinea → Amung | Indonesia (Mimika, Puncak) | | Christianity |
Andis | Northeast Caucasian → Avar–Andic → Andi | Russia (Dagestan) | | Islam |
Aneuk Jamee | Austronesian → Malayic → Minangkabau → Aneuk Jamee[note 10] | Indonesia (Aceh) | | Islam |
Anglo Afro-Caribbean | Indo-European → Germanic → English → Caribbean English → English-based creoles | Anguila, Antigua and Barbuda, The Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, Montserrat, San Andres y Providencia, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos Islands and U.S. Virgin Islands | Afro-Antiguans and Barbudans, Afro-Bahamians, Afro-Barbadians, Afro-Bermudians, Afro-Dominicans, Afro-Grenadians, Afro-Guyanese, Afro-Jamaicans, Afro-Kittitians and Nevisians, Afro-Saint Lucians, Afro-Trinidadians and Tobagonians, Afro-Vincentians, Belizean Creole, Raizal | Christianity → Protestantism → Anglicanism, Methodism, Calvinism, Baptist; Catholicism |
Anglo-Americans | Indo-European → Germanic → English → United States English; Francosign → ASLic → American Sign | United States of America | New England Americans, Middle Atlantic Americans, Midwestern Americans, Southern Americans, Western Americans | Christianity → Catholicism, Protestantism → Anglicanism, Methodism, Calvinism |
Anglo-Burmese | Indo-European → Germanic → English, Sino-Tibetan → Lolo-Burmese → Burmese, Sino-Tibetan → Tibeto-Burman → Karenic → Karen | Myanmar | Significant population in Western Australia | Christianity → Catholicism, Protestantism → Anglicanism; Buddhism |
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-Celtic Australians | Indo-European → Germanic → English → Australian English | Australia | | Christianity |
Anglo-Indians | Indo-Europeans → Germanic → English | India | Significant populations in the United Kingdom, Australia, and Bangladesh | Christianity |
Anglo-Irish | Indo-European → Germanic → English → Hiberno-English; Francosign → Irish Sign, BANZSL → British Sign; BANZSL → British Sign → Northern Ireland Sign | Ireland | | Christianity → Protestantism → Anglicanism |
Anglo-New Zealanders | Indo-European → Germanic → English → New Zealand English | New Zealand | | Christianity → Protestantism → Anglicanism |
Angu | Trans-New Guinea → Angan[note 1] | Papua New Guinea (Kratke Range) | | Animism |
Antiochian Greek Christians | Afro-Asiatic → Arabic → Levantine Arabic, historically Indo-European → Hellenic | Levant (Lebanon, Syria, Israel, Jordan, Turkey) | | Christianity → Eastern Orthodoxy → Greek Orthodoxy → Greek Orthodox Church of Antioch, Catholicism → Melkite Catholicism |
Anuak | Nilo-Saharan → Nilotic → Anuak | Ethiopia (Anuakia), South Sudan (lanBoma) | | Christianity |
Apache | Na-Dene → Athabaskan → Apachean[note 1][note 11] | United States (Apacheria) | Chiricahua, Jicarilla, Lipan, Mescalero, Salinero, Plains Apache, Western Apache | Native American religions → Native American Church |
Apanyekra | Macro-Je → Je → Canela | Brazil (Northeast Region) | | Ethnic religion |
Apinajé | Macro-Je → Je → Apinayé | Brazil (Tocantins) | | Animism |
Arabs | Afro-Asiatic → Semitic → Arabic,[note 1] Arab Sign,[note 1] Al-Sayyid Bedouin Sign, formerly Afro-Asiatic → Arabic → Sicilian Arabic and Afro-Asiatic → Arabic → Shirvani Arabic | Arabian Peninsula[7] and Syrian Desert[8] | Bedouins (including Palestinian Bedouins (including Jahalin Bedouins, Negev Bedouins (including Al-Sayyid Bedouins and Hanajira), Galilee Bedouins, Ta'amreh), Tarabin Bedouins, Bedul, Liyathnah), Israeli Arabs, Palestinians (including Palestinian Christians, Palestinian Baháʼís, Palestinian Muslims (including Palestinian Metawalis), Palestinian Bedouins (including Jahalin Bedouins), and Afro-Palestinians), Egyptian Arabs, Maghrebi Arabs, Dawada, Iranian Arabs (including Khuzestani Arabs, Khorasani Arabs, Huwalas, and Khamseh Arabs), Sudanese Arabs, Marsh Arabs, Arab Christians[9] (including Antiochians, Jerusalemites, and Alexandrians), Alawites, Druze,[10] Hadharem, Mhallami, Rashaida, Baggara Arabs, Abbala Arabs, Azawagh Arabs, Diffa Arabs, Manga Arabs, Ababda, Arab-Persians, Arab-Berbers, with diaspora populations (including the Palestinian diaspora) in Europe (including the United Kingdom, the Caucasus, Sweden, Spain), Turkey, Pakistan (including Palestinians), India, Colombia, Chile (including Palestinians), Nicaragua, Brazil (including Palestinians), Mexico (including Palestinians), Venezuela, the United States (including Palestinians), Canada, Haiti (including Palestinians), Cuba, El Salvador (including Palestinians), Australia (including Palestinians), New Zealand, Singapore | Islam → Sunni Islam, Sufism, Shia Islam → Twelver Shi'ism, Isma'ilism → Tayyibi Isma'ilism → Sulaymani, Zaydism, Ibadism |
Aragonese | Indo-European → Romance → Aragonese, Indo-European → Romance → Spanish | Spain (Aragon) | | Christianity → Catholicism |
Arameans (Syriacs) | Afro-Asiatic → Semitic → Neo-Aramaic[note 1] | Syria (Qalamoun Mountains), Israel | Israeli Arameans | Christianity → Eastern Christianity → Syriac Christianity |
Aranadans | Dravidian → Malayalamoid → Eranadan | India (Kerala) | | |
Arapaho | Algic → Algonquian → Arapahoan → Arapaho | United States (Colorado, Wyoming) | | Christianity, Native American Church |
Arará | Indo-European → Romance → Spanish → Cuban Spanish | Cuba | | Animism |
Argobba | Afro-Asiatic → Ethiopic → Argobba[note 12] | Ethiopia (Afar, Harari, Amhara, and Oromia Regions)[note 3] | | Islam → Sunni Islam |
Armenians | Indo-European → Armenian,[note 1] Northwest Caucasian → Circassian,[note 1] Armenian Sign language, formerly Harsneren language, Turkic → Kipchak → Armeno-Kipchak | Armenian highlands (Armenia, Turkey (Western Armenia)),[note 13] Azerbaijan | Turkish Armenians (including Armenians in Istanbul, Hemshin, and Hidden Armenians), Cherkesogai, Armeno-Tats, Zoks, Hayhurum, Karabakhis and historically Udis and Turkic peoples who adhered to the Armenian Apostolic Church, along with significant populations in Russia, Belarus, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Serbia, Poland, Greece, Hungary, Moldova, Romania, Ukraine (including Crimea), Cyprus, the United States, Canada, Mexico, Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay, France, Spain, the United Kingdom Sweden, Switzerland, Italy, Malta, Georgia (including Samtskhe–Javakheti, Abkhazia, and Tbilisi), Azerbaijan, (including Baku), Egypt, Lebanon, Pakistan, Iran, Qatar, Iraq, Kuwait, Syria, the United Arab Emirates, Israel, Jordan, Ethiopia, China, India, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Singapore, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Israel, Palestine, the Netherlands, and Germany | Christianity → Oriental Orthodoxy, Catholicism → Eastern Catholicism → Armenian Catholicism |
Aromanians | Indo-European → Romance → Aromanian | Balkans (Greece, Albania, North Macedonia, Serbia, Bulgaria, Romania)[note 3] | Significant populations in Greece, Albania, Romania, Bulgaria, Serbia, and North Macedonia, along with diaspora populations | Christianity → Eastern Orthodoxy |
Arrernte | Pama-Nyungan → Arandic → Arrernte | Australia (Arrernte Land) | | Alcheringa |
Ashkali | Indo-European → Albanian | Kosovo | | Islam → Sunni Islam |
Asmat | Trans–New Guinea → Asmat–Kamrau → Asmat[note 1] | South Papua | | Christianity |
Assamese | Indo-European → Indo-Aryan → Assamese | India (Assam) | Assamese Brahmins, Kalitas, Kaibartas, Assamese Muslims, Chutias | Hinduism |
Assiniboine | Siouan → Western Siouan → Assiniboine | Canada (Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta), United States (North Dakota, Montana) | Bizebina, Insaombi, Wokpanbi | Traditional Assiniboine religion |
Assyrians | Afro-Asiatic → Semitic → Neo-Aramaic[note 1][note 14] | Assyria (Iraq, Iran, Syria, Turkey)[note 15] | Iraqi Assyrians, Turkish Assyrians, Syrian Assyrians and Iranian Assyrians. Groupings include Chaldean Assyrians from Nineveh and Bohtan, Syriac Assyrians from Tur Abdin, Citadel Christians, Hakkari and Urmia tribes including; Tyari, Jilu, Baz, Tkhuma, Nochiya, along with significant populations in Armenia, Lebanon, Israel, Georgia, Jordan, the State of Palestine, the Netherlands, Austria, Australia, New Zealand, the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Russia, Belgium, Finland, France, Greece, Germany, Sweden, Mexico, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Uruguay, Argentina, | Christianity → Eastern Christianity → Syriac Christianity |
Asturians | Indo-European → Romance → Asturleonese → Asturian, Indo-European → Romance → Galician and Asturleonese → Eonavian[note 16] | Spain (Asturias) | Eonavians | Christianity → Catholicism |
Asurs | Austroasiatic → Munda → Asur–Birjia[note 1] | India (Bihar, Jharkhand) | Bir, Asur, Birjia, Agaria | Animism and Hinduism → Asur religion |
Atacama | Kunza | Chile (Atacama Desert, Altiplano), Argentina (Altiplano), Bolivia (Antofagasta Region) | | Inca Religion |
Atayals | Austronesian → Formosan → Atayal; Japonic → Japanese-based creoles → Yilan Creole Japanese | Taiwan | | Animism, Christianity |
Ati | Ati language | Western Visayas | | Animism, Christianity |
Atikamekw | Algic → Algonquian → Atikamekw | Canada (Nitaskinan) | | Christianity→ Roman Catholicism, Ethnic religion |
Atoni | Austronesian → Timoric → Uab Meto | Indonesia (West Timor), East Timor (Oecusse) | Amarasi | Christianity |
Atyap | Niger–Congo → Plateau → Atyap | Nigeria (Kaduna State) | | Christianity |
Austral Islanders | Austronesian → Malayo-Polynesian → Polynesian → Austral | France (Austral Islands) | | Christianity |
Austrians | Indo-European → Germanic → Bavarian, Francosign → Austro-Hungarian Sign → Austrian Sign | Austria | | Christianity → Catholicism |
Avars | Northeast Caucasian → Avar–Andic → Avar, Northeast Caucasian → Lezgic → Archi | Russia (Dagestan) | Archis | Islam → Sunni Islam |
Awa | Barbacoan → Awan → Awa | Colombia (Narino), Ecuador (Carchi) | | Christianity |
Awadhis | Indo-European → Indo-Aryan → Awadhi | India (Awadh) | Barhai | Hinduism |
Aymara | Aymaran → Aymara | Bolivia, Peru, Chile | | Christianity → Catholicism |
Aynu | Turkic and Indo-European → Karluk and Iranian → Uyghur and Persian → Aynu, Turkic → Karluk → Uyghur | China (Xinjiang) | | Islam → Alevism |
Azerbaijanis | Turkic → Oghuz → Azeri[note 1] | Azerbaijan, Iran (Iranian Azerbaijan) | Ayrums, Baharlu, Bayat, Karadaghis, Qajars, Kuresunni, Padar, Qarapapaqs, Shahsevan, Terekeme, Yeraz, Afshar (including Javanshir Qizilbash), Iranian Azeris, along with significant populations in Georgia, Russia, and historically Armenia | Islam → Shia Islam |
Babur and Bura | Afro-Asiatic → Chadic → Bura | Nigeria (Borno State and Adamawa State) | Babur, Bura | Islam |
Badagas | Dravidian → Badaga–Kannada → Badaga | India (Nilgiris district) | | Hinduism |
Bagirmi | Nilo-Saharan → Central Sudanic → Bongo-Bagirmi → Bagirmi language | Chad (Chari-Baguirmi) | | Islam → Folk Islam |
Bagvalals | Northeast Caucasian → Avar–Andic → Bagvalal | Russia (Dagestan) | | Islam → Sunni Islam |
Baining | East New Britain → Baining | Papua New Guinea (Gazelle Peninsula) | | Christianity, Pomio Kivung |
Baharna | Afro-Asiatic → Arabic → Bahrani Arabic | Bahrain | Significant population in Kuwait | Islam → Shia Islam |
Bahnar | Austroasiatic → Bahnaric → Bahnar | Vietnam (Central Highlands) | | Animism |
Bai | Sino-Tibetan → Macro-Bai → Bai[note 1] | China (Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture, Bijie, Sangzhi County) | | Buddhism, Benzhuism, Daoism |
Bakarwal | Indo-European → Indo-Aryan → Gujari → Bakarwal | India or Pakistan (Kashmir) | | Islam |
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 |
Balinese | Austronesian → Balinese | Indonesia (Bali) | Bali Aga | Hinduism → Balinese Hinduism |
Balkars | Turkic → Kipchak → Balkar | Russia (Kabardino-Balkaria) | | Islam → Sunni Islam |
Balochs | Indo-European → Iranian → Balochi | Balochistan (Pakistan (Balochistan), Iran (Sistan and Baluchestan), Afghanistan (Balochistan)) | Askani, Bajkani, Bangulzai, Barazani, Bhurgari, Bugti, Buledi, Chandio, Darzada, Dehwar, Dodai, Dombki, Gabol, Ghazini, Jamali, Jatoi, Kalmati, Khetran, Kunara, Langhani, Lango, Lashkrani, Loharani, Lund, Marri, Mazari, Mengal, Mirali, Mugheri, Muhammad Shahi, Mullazai, Nothazai, Pitafi, Qaisrani, Rind, Sadozai, Sethwi, Shaikhzadah, Talpur, Tauki, Umrani, Yarahmadzai, Zardari, Makrani, along with significant populations in the United Arab Emirates (including Al Balushi) and Turkmenistan | Islam → Sunni Islam |
Balondo-ba-Konja | Niger–Congo → Bantu → Londo | Cameroon | | Creationism → Balondo-ba-Konja religion |
Balti | Sino-Tibetan → Tibetic → Balti | Pakistan (Gilgit-Baltistan) | | Islam → Shia Islam |
Bamars | Sino-Tibetan → Burmese | Myanmar | Taungyo, Yaw, Intha, Danu, Anglo-Burmese | Buddhism → Theravada Buddhism, Burmese folk 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 |
Baniwa | Arawakan → Upper Amazon Arawakan → Karu | Brazil (Amazonas), Colombia (Amazonas), Venezuela (Amazonas) | | Traditional religion; Christianity → Catholicism |
Banjara | Indo-European → Rajasthani → Lambadi | India (Mewar) | | Hinduism |
Banjarese | Austronesian → Malayic → Malay → Banjarese | Indonesia (South Kalimantan) | | Islam → Sunni Islam |
Baraks | Turkic → Oghuz → Turkish | Turkey (Manbij Plain and neighboring regions), Syria (Jarabulus Subdistrict) | | Islam → Sunni Islam |
Bari | Nilo-Saharan → Nilotic → Bari | South Sudan (Central Equatoria), Uganda | Pojulu, Kakwa, Nyangwara, Mandari, Kuku | Christianity |
Bariba | Niger–Congo → Gur → Bariba | Borgu (Benin, Nigeria) | | Islam |
Bashkirs | Turkic → Kipchak → Bashkir | Russia (Bashkortostan) | | Islam → Sunni Islam |
Basques | Basque[note 17] | Basque Country (Spain, France) | Navarreans, Alavans, Biscayans, Gipuzkoans, Northern Basques, along with significant populations in Argentina, Chile, Colombia, the United States, Canada, Mexico, Venezuela, and Uruguay | Christianity → Catholicism |
Bassa | Niger–Congo → Kru → Bassa | Liberia (Bassaland) | | Christianity → Protestantism → Anglicanism |
Basters | Indo-European → Germanic → Afrikaans | Namibia | | Christianity → Protestantism |
Batak | Austronesian → Northwest Sumatra–Barrier Islands → Batak[note 1] | Indonesia (North Sumatra) | Angkola, Karo, Mandailing, Pakpak, Simalungun, Toba, Alas, Kluet, Singkil | Christianity → Protestantism → Lutheranism |
Bateri | Indo-European → Dardic → Bateri | Pakistan (Kohistan) | | Islam → Sunni Islam |
Batwa | Niger–Congo → Bantu → Kirundi, Niger–Congo → Bantu → Kiga | African Great Lakes | | Traditional African religion |
Bauzi | East Geelvink Bay → Bauzi | Indonesia (Papua) | | Animism |
Bazigar | Indo-European → Indo-Aryan → Bazigar | India (Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, Chandigarh, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Rajasthan), Pakistan (Punjab) | | Hinduism |
Beja | Afro-Asiatic → Cushitic → Beja | Sudan, Egypt, Eritrea | Bishari, Hadendoa, Hedareb, Amarar, Beni-Amer | Islam → Sunni Islam |
Belarusians | Indo-European → Slavic → Belarusian[note 18] | Belarus, Lithuania (Vilnius Region), Polesia (Poland, Ukraine), Russia (Smolensk Oblast, Pskov Oblast, Bryansk Oblast, Kaluga Oblast, Oryol Oblast), and surrounding regions | Significant populations in the United States, Poland, Lithuania, Russia, Ukraine, and Russia | Christianity → Eastern Orthodoxy |
Belizean Creoles | Indo-European → Germanic → 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 → Roman Catholicism |
Bengalis | Indo-European → Indo-Aryan → Bengali, Indo-European → Indo-Aryan → Sylheti, Indo-European → Indo-Aryan → Hindustani → Dhakaiya Urdu | Bengal (Bangladesh, India (West Bengal)) | Bengali Muslims, Bengali Hindus, Bengali Buddhists, Bengali Christians, along with the Bengali Hindu diaspora, (British Bangladeshis, Middle Eastern Bangladeshis, Malaysian Bangladeshis, Bangladeshi Canadians, Italo-Bangladeshis, Polish Bangladeshis, Bangladeshi New Zealanders, Bangladeshi Australians, Maldivian Bangladeshis, Japanese Bangladeshis, Bengali Americans and Bangladeshi Americans), Bangals, Ghotis, Dhakaiyas, Mahifarash, Shershabadia, Mahimal, and Sylhetis | Islam → Sunni Islam, Hinduism |
Berbers | Afro-Asiatic → Berber,[note 1] Afro-Asiatic → 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 |
Betawis | Austronesian → Malayic → Malay → Betawian | Indonesia (Jakarta) | | Islam → Sunni Islam |
Beti[note 19] | Niger–Congo → Bantu → Ewondo, Niger–Congo → Bantu → Eton | Cameroon | Ewondo, Eton | Christianity |
Bezhta | Northeast Caucasian → Tsezic → Bezhta | Russia (Tsuntinsky District) | | Islam → Sunni Islam |
Bhils | Indo-European → Indo-Aryan → Bhil[note 1] | India (Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Rajasthan, Maharashtra) | Barda, Bhagalia, Bhilala, Bhil Gametia, Bhil Garasia, Bhil Kataria, Bhil Mama, Bhil Mavchi, Dholi Bhil, Dungri Bhil, Damor, Dungri Garasia, Mewasi Bhil, Nirdhi Bhil, Rawal Bhil, Tadvi Bhil, Vasava, Bhil Meena, Chaudhri, Bagdi | Hinduism |
Bhojpuris | Indo-European → Indo-Aryan → Bihari → Bhojpuri | India, Nepal | Paswan, Teli | Hinduism, Jainism |
Bhumijs | Austroasiatic → Munda → Bhumij[note 20] | India (West Bengal, Odisha, Jharkhand) | | Sarnaism |
Bicolanos | Austronesian → Philippine → Bikol[note 1] | Philippines (Bicol Region) | Central Bikol, Sorsoganons, Catandunganons, Rinconada, Albayanon | Christianity → Catholicism |
Bidayuh | Austronesian → Malayo-Polynesian → Land Dayak[note 1] | Malaysia (Sarawak) | Kendayan, Selako, Bakatiʼ, Sara Bakati', Laraʼ, Bukar–Sadong, Biatah, Tringgus, Jagoi, Jangkang, Kembayan, Semandang, Ribun, Nyaduʼ, Sanggau | Christianity |
Bilala | Nilo-Saharan → Central Sudanic → Naba | Chad (Lake Fitri) | | Islam |
Bimanese | Austronesian → Malayo-Polyneisan → Bima | Indonesia (Sumbawa Island) | | Islam |
Bisayas | Austronesian → Dusunic → Sabah Bisaya, Brunei Bisaya | Brunei, Malaysia (Sabah, Sarawak) | Sabah Bisaya, Brunei Bisaya | Islam, Christianity |
Bishnupriyas | Indo-European → Indo-Aryan → Bengali-based creole → Bishnupriya Manipuri | India (Manipur), Bangladesh | | Hinduism → Vaishnavism |
Bissa | Niger–Congo → Mande → Bissa | Burkina Faso | | Islam |
Blaan | Austronesian → Philippine → Blaan | Philippines (Soccsksargen) | | Anitism |
Black Nova Scotians | Indo-European → Germanic → English | Canada (Nova Scotia) | | Christianity → Protestantism → Baptist |
Blackfoot | Algic → Algonquian → Blackfoot | Canada (Alberta), United States (Montana) | Kainai Nation, Piegan Blackfeet, Piikani Nation, Siksika Nation | Native American Church, Christianity |
Boa | Niger–Congo → Bantu → Boa | Democratic Republic of the Congo (Bas-Uele) | | Christianity |
Bodo | Sino-Tibetan → Sal → Bodo | India (Bodoland) | Mech, Kachari | Bathouism, Hinduism |
Bokota | Chibchan → Buglere | Panama (Bocas del Toro) | | Native American religion |
Bondei | Niger–Congo → Bantu → Sueta → Bondei | Tanzania (Pangani District) | | Islam, Traditional African religions |
Bororo | Macro-Je → Bororoan → Bororo | Brazil (Mato Grosso) | | Animism |
Bosniaks | Indo-European → Slavic → Shtokavian → Bosnian | Bosnia and Herzegovina, Sandžak (Serbia, Montenegro) | Significant populations in Serbia, Turkey, Austria, Germany and the United States | Islam → Sunni Islam |
Botlikhs | Northeast Caucasian → Avar–Andic → Botlikh | Russia (Dagestan) | | Islam → Sunni Islam[11] |
Bouyei | Kra–Dai → Tai → Bouyei | China (Guizhou) | Giay | Moism |
Bozo | Niger–Congo → Mande → Bozo | Mali | | Islam |
Brahuis | Dravidian → Northern Dravidian → Brahui | Pakistan (Balochistan) | Raisani, Jhalawan, Sarawan, Mengal (including Zagar and Zakria Zae), Sasoli | Islam → Sunni Islam → Hanafi |
Bretons | Indo-European → Celtic → Breton[note 21] | France (Brittany) | Significant populations in Canada and the United States | Christianity → Catholicism |
Bribri | Chibchan → Talamanca → Bribri, Bribri Sign language | Costa Rica (Cordillera de Talamanca) | | Talamancan mythology |
Bru | Austroasiatic → Katuic → Bru | Laos (Savannakhet province), Vietnam (Quảng Binh and Quảng Trị provinces) | | Satsana Phi, Buddhism → Theravada Buddhism |
Bruneian | Austronesian → Bruneian | Brunei | Kedayan Bruneian | Sunni Islam |
Bubi | Niger–Congo → Bantu → Bube | Equatorial Guinea (Bioko) | | Christianity → Catholicism |
Budu | Niger–Congo → Bantu → Budu | Democratic Republic of the Congo (Wamba Territory) | | Christianity |
Budukhs | Northeast Caucasian → Lezgic → Budukh | Azerbaijan (Buduq) | | Islam → Sunni Islam |
Buduma | Afro-Asiatic → Chadic → Yedina | Lake Chad (Chad, Nigeria, Cameroon) | | Islam |
Buginese | Austronesian → South Sulawesi → Buginese | Indonesia (South Sulawesi) | | Islam, Christianity, folk religion |
Bulgarians | Indo-European → Slavic → Bulgarian, Francosign → Bulgarian Sign | Bulgaria | Pomaks, Paulicians, Macedonian Bulgarians, Bessarabian Bulgarians, Dobrujan Bulgarians, Thracian Bulgarians, Karakachani, along with significant populations in Turkey, Ukraine and Moldova, Romania and Serbia, Croatia, Germany, Spain, and the United States | Christianity → Eastern Orthodoxy |
Bunak | Trans–New Guinea → Timor–Alor–Pantar → Bunak | Indonesia (West Timor), East Timor | | Christianity → Roman Catholicism |
Bunun | Austronesian → Formosan → Bunun | Taiwan (Nantou) | | Animism, Christianity |
Burghers | Indo-European → Indo-Aryan → Sinhala, Indo-European → Germanic → English, Indo-European → Romance → Portuguese → Sri Lankan Portuguese Creole | Sri Lanka | Dutch Burghers, Portuguese Burghers | Christianity |
Burushos | Burushaski | Pakistan (Gilgit-Baltistan) | | Islam → Shia Islam → Isma'ilism |
Buryats | Mongolic → Central Mongolic → Buryat;[note 1] Mongolic → Central Mongolic → Khalkha → Sartul, Tsongol | Russia (Buryatia) | | Buddhism → Tibetan Buddhism, Shamanism → Mongolian shamanism, Christianity → Eastern Orthodoxy |
Butonese | Austronesian → Celebic → Butonese[note 1] | Indonesia (Buton) | | Islam |
Bwa | Niger–Congo → Gur → Bwa[note 1] | Burkina Faso, Mali | | Traditional African religions |
Bwatiye | Afro-Asiatic → Chadic → Bacama | Nigeria (Adamawa State) | | Christianity, Neo-Pentecostalism |
Cabiyari | Arawakan → Upper Amazon Arawakan → Cabiyari | Colombia (Vaupes) | | Christianity |
Caddo | Caddoan → Caddo | United States (Oklahoma) | | Peyote religion, 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 → Roman Catholicism, Moravian, Protestantism, Ethnic religion |
Caldoche | Indo-European → Romance → French, Francosign → French Sign | France (New Caledonia) | | Christianity → Catholicism |
Camminanti | Indo-European → Romance → Sicilian → Baccagghiu | Italy (Sicily) | | Christianity → Catholicism |
Canary Islanders | Indo-European → Romance → Spanish → Canarian Spanish, Silbo Gomero, Isleño Spanish | Spain (Canary Islands) | Isleños (including Louisiana Isleños) | Christianity → Catholicism |
Cape Coloureds | Indo-European → Germanic → Afrikaans, Kaaps, English | South Africa (Western Cape) | | Christianity |
Cape Malays | Indo-European → Germanic → Afrikaans, Kaaps, English | South Africa (Western Cape) | | Islam |
Cape Verdeans | Indo-European → Romance → Portuguese → Cape Verdean Creole | Cabo Verde | | Christianity → Catholicism |
Caipiras | Indo-European → Romance → Portuguese → Caipira, formerly Tupian → Tupi–Gurani → Tupinambá → Paulista General Language, Indo-European → Italian-based creoles → Italo-Paulista | Brazil (Centro-Sul) | | Christianity→ Catholicism |
Carolinians | Austronesian → Micronesian → Carolinian | United States (Northern Mariana Islands) | | Christianity → Catholicism |
Catalans | Indo-European → Romance → Catalan, LSCic → Catalan Sign | Catalan Countries (Spain, France, Andorra, Italy) | Balears, Algherese, Andorrans, Roussillonese with significant populations in the United States | Christianity → Catholicism |
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 22] | | Christianity, Rastafari |
Chaharmahali Turks | Turkic → Oghuz → Chaharmahali Turkic | Iran (Chaharmahal) | | Islam → Shia Islam → Twelver Shi'ism |
Chakmas | Indo-European → Indo-Aryan → Chakma | Bangladesh (Chittagong Hill Tracts) | | Buddhism → Theravada Buddhism |
Chamalals | Northeast Caucasian → Avar–Andic → Chamalal | Russia (Tsumadinsky District) | | Islam→ Sunni Islam, Animism |
Chamorro | Austronesian → Malayo-Polynesian → Chamorro | United States (Mariana Islands) | | Christianity → Catholicism |
Chams | Austronesian → Chamic → Cham[note 1] | Champa (Cambodia, Vietnam), China (Hainan) | Churu, Jarai, Rade, Raglai, Utsuls | Islam → Sunni Islam, Shia Islam → Bani Islam, Hinduism |
Chaoui | Afro-Asiatic → Berber → Shawiya | Algeria (Aurès) | | Islam→ Sunni Islam |
Charrúa | Charruan languages[note 1] | Uruguay | Chaná | Animism |
Chechens | Northeast Caucasian → Nakh → Chechen | Russia (Chechnya, Aukh), Georgia (Pankisi) | Kists, Chechen Kurds, Aukhs, with significant populations in Austria, France, Jordan, Syria, Turkey, and the United States | Islam → Sunni Islam |
Chehalis | Formerly Salishan → Coast Salish → Lower Chehalis, Upper Chehalis | United States (Washington) | Lower Chehalis, Upper Chehalis | Ethnic religion |
Chelkans | Turkic → Siberian Turkic → Northern Altai → Chelkan | Russia (Altai Republic, Kemerovo Oblast) | | Christianity → Eastern Orthodoxy, Burkhanism, Shamanism |
Chepang | Sino-Tibetan → Chepangic → Chepang | Nepal | | Hinduism |
Chenouas | Afro-Asiatic → Berber → Chenouas | Algeria (Mount Chenoua) | | Islam → Sunni Islam |
Cherokee | Iroquoian → Southern Iroquoian → Cherokee[note 8] | United States (North Carolina, Tennessee)[note 9] | 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 Language[note 8] | United States (Montana, Oklahoma) | | Native American religion, Native American Church, Christianity |
Chickasaw | Muskogean → Western Muskogean → Chickasaw | United States (Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee)[note 9] | | Ethnic religion, Christianity→ Protestantism |
Chinese Tatars | Turkic → Kipchak → Tatar, Sino-Tibetan → Chinese → Mandarin | China (Xinjiang) | | Islam → Sunni Islam |
Choctaw | Muskogean → Choctaw[note 8] | United States (Alabama, Florida, Mississippi, Louisiana)[note 9] | Choctaw Freedmen | Christianity, Choctaw religion |
Chokwe | Niger–Congo → Bantu → Chokwe | Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Zambia | | Christianity |
Cholanaikkans | Dravidian → South Dravidian I → Cholanaikkan | India (Kerala) | | |
Cho Ro | Austroasiatic → Bahnaric → Chrau | Vietnam, (Dong Nai, Binh Duong, Binh Phuoc, Ba Ria-Vung Tau) | | Animism, Theravada |
Chuanqing | Sino-Tibetan → Sinitic → Mandarin Chinese → Southwestern Mandarin | China (Guizhou) | | Ethnic religion |
Chukchis | Chukotko-Kamchatkan → Chukotkan → Chukchi | Chukchia | | Christianity → Eastern Orthodoxy → Russian Orthodoxy, Shamanism |
Chulyms | Turkic → Siberian Turkic → Chulym | Russia (Tomsk Oblast, Krasnoyarsk Krai) | | Christianity → Eastern Orthodoxy → Russian Orthodoxy |
Chumash | Chumashan languages[note 1][note 23] | United States (California) | | Christianity, Native American religion |
Chutiya | Sino-Tibetan → Sal → Deori[note 4] | India (Assam) | Deori | Ekasarana Dharma |
Chuukese | Austronesian → Micronesian → Chuukese | Federated States of Micronesia (Chuuk Lagoon) | | Christianity → Catholicism |
Chuvans | Indo-European → Slavic → Russian; Chukotko-Kamchatkan → Chukotkan → Chukchi; formerly Yukaghir → Chuvan | Russia (Chukotka) | | Christianity → Eastern Orthodoxy → Russian Orthodoxy |
Chuvash | Turkic → Oghur → Chuvash | Russia (Chuvashia) | Virjal, Anatri | Christianity → Eastern Orthodoxy |
Cinta Larga | Tupian → Monde → Cinta Larga | Brazil (Amazon rainforest) | | Indigenous religion, Santo Daime |
Circassians | Northwest Caucasian → Circassian[note 1] | Russia (Circassia)[note 2] | Abzakhs, Adygeans, Besleneys, Bzhedugs, Chemirgoys, Cherkess, Kabardians, Natukhajs, Shapsugs, Ubykhs, Makhosh, and Hatuqways, with significant populations in Turkey, Israel, Syria, Jordan, Iran, Germany, Iraq, Bulgaria, the United States, Egypt, Libya, and Saudi Arabia | Islam → Sunni Islam → Hanafi, Sufism → Naqshbandi |
Cirebonese | Austronesian → Malayo-Polynesian → Cirebonese | Indonesia (Cirebon) | | Islam |
Clatsop | Chinookan, Wakashan, and Indo-European → Lower Chinook, Nootka Jargon, Germanic, and Italic → Chinook Jargon; formerly Chinookan → Lower Chinook → Clatsop | United States (Oregon) | | |
Cocopah | Yuman → Cocopah | Mexico (Baja California, Sonora), United States (Arizona) | | Native American religion |
Cocos Malays | Malay creoles → Cocos Malay | Australia (Cocos (Keeling) Islands) | significant populations in Malaysia | Islam → Sunni Islam |
Cofan | Cofan language | Ecuador (Sucumbios), Colombia (Putumayo) | | Animism |
Cook Islanders | Austronesian → Polynesian → Cook Islands Māori, Austronesian → Polynesian → Penrhyn, Austronesian → Polynesian → Rakahanga-Manihiki, Austronesian → Polynesian → Pukapukan | Cook Islands | | Christianity → Protestantism |
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 → Sunni Islam |
Conch | Indo-European → Germanic → English, English creole → Bahamian Creole | Bahamas | | Christianity |
Confederados | Indo-European → Germanic → English → American English | Brazil (Santa Barbara d'Oeste, Americana) | | Christianity → Protestantism |
Copts | Afro-Asiatic → Coptic,[note 24] Egyptian Sign | Egypt, Sudan, Libya | Sudan and Libya along with the Coptic diaspora | Christianity → Coptic Orthodoxy |
Cornish | Indo-European → Celtic → Cornish,[note 25] Indo-European → Germanic → English → Cornish English, BANZSL → British Sign | United Kingdom (Cornwall) | Significant populations in the United States and Australia | Christianity → Protestantism → Anglicanism, Methodism |
Corsicans | Indo-European → Romance → Corsican[note 21] | France (Corsica) | Corsican Americans (including Corsican Puerto Ricans) | Christianity → 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 26] | Canada (Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec, Newfoundland and Labrador) | James Bay Cree, Moose Cree, Swampy Cree, Woodland Cree, Papaschase | Christianity |
Crimean Tatars | Turkic → Kipchak → Kipchak-Cuman → Middle Crimean Tatar, Turkic → Kipchak → Kipchak-Nogai → Northern Crimean Tatar, Turkic → Oghuz → Balkan Gagauz → Southern Crimean Tatar, Indo-European → Indo-Aryan → Balkan Romani → Crimean Romani | Ukraine (Crimea) | Steppe, Mountain, and Southcoast tribes, Crimean Roma, along with Significant populations in Turkey, Romania, and Uzbekistan. | Islam → Sunni Islam |
Croats | Indo-European → Slavic → Shtokavian, Chakavian, Kajkavian, Torlakian, Burgenland Croatian, and Slavomolisano; Francosign → Austro-Hungarian Sign → Yugoslav Sign[note 1] | Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina (Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina), Kosovo, Austria (Burgenland), and surrounding regions | Bunjevci, Krashovani, Janjevci, Šokci, Bosnian and Herzegovinian Croats, Montenegrin Croats, Serbian Croats, Slovenian Croats, Burgenland Croats, Croat Muslims, along with significant populations in Italy (including Molise Croats), the Czech Republic, the United States, Chile, Argentina, Germany, Australia and Canada | Christianity → Catholicism |
Crow | Siouan → Western Siouan → Crow | United States (Montana) | | Christianity, Crow religion |
Czechoslovaks | Indo-European → Slavic → Czech, Indo-European → Slavic → Slovak | Czech Republic, Slovakia | Significant populations in Canada and the United States | Christianity→ Roman Catholicism |
Czechs | Indo-European → Slavic → Czech | Czech Republic | Bohemians, Chodové, along with significant populations in United States and Canada | Christianity → Catholicism[note 27] |
Dagaaba | Niger–Congo → Gur → Dagaare | Ghana, Burkina Faso | | Christianity, Traditional African religions |
Dagombas | Niger–Congo → Gur → Dagbani | Ghana (Kingdom of Dagbon) | | Islam → Sunni Islam |
Damara | Khoe → Khoekhoe | Namibia (Damaraland) | | Christianity |
Damia | Indo-European → Indo-Aryan → Dameli | Pakistan (Chitral District) | | |
Danes | Indo-European → Germanic → Danish, East Danish, Jutish; Francosign → DTSic → Danish Sign | Danish Realm (Denmark), Germany (Southern Schleswig) | Significant populations in the United States, Canada, Greenland, and Germany. | Christianity → Protestantism → Lutheranism |
Dani | Trans-New Guinea → West Papuan Highlands → Dani[note 1] | Papua New Guinea (Baliem Valley) | Indonesia (Highland Papua) | Christianity→ Protestantism, Islam |
Dargins | Northeast Caucasian → Dargin[note 1] | Russia (Dagestan) | Kaitags, Kubachis, Itsaris, Chirags | Islam → Sunni Islam |
Daurs | Mongolic → Dagur | China (Inner Mongolia, Heilongjiang, Xinjiang) | | Shamanism |
Dawoodi Bohra | Indo-European → Indo-Aryan → Gujarati → Lisan ud-Dawat | India, Pakistan | | Islam → Shia → Isma'ilism → Tayyibi Isma'ilism |
Deccani | Indo-European → Indo-Aryan → Hindustani → Deccani | India (Deccan) | Hyderabadi | Islam → Sunni Islam, Sufism, Shia Islam → Isma'ilism → Nizari Isma'ilism |
Deg Xitʼan | Na-Dene → Athabaskan → Deg Xinag | United States (Alaska) | | Christianity |
Denaʼina | Na-Dene → Athabaskan → Denaʼina | United States (Alaska) | | Christianity→ Orthodox Christianity, Animism |
Dhimal | Sino-Tibetan → Dhimalish → Dhimal | Nepal | | Hinduism, Kiratism |
Dinka | Nilo-Saharan → Nilotic → Dinka | South Sudan | | Christianity, Dinka religion |
Dobrujan Tatars | Turkic → Kipchak → Dobrujan Tatar, Indo-European → Romance → Romanian | Romania (Constanța County) | | Islam → Sunni Islam |
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 |
Dogras | Indo-European → Indo-Aryan → Dogri | India (Jammu Division) | | Hinduism |
Dolgans | Turkic → Siberian Turkic → Dolgan | Russia (Krasnoyarsk Krai) | | Christianity → Eastern Orthodoxy → Russian Orthodoxy, Shamanism |
Doms | Indo-European → Indo-Aryan → Domari, Garachi | Azerbaijan, Middle East, North Africa | Garachi, with significant populations in Egypt, Israel, Libya, Sudan, Syria, and Tunisia | Islam, Judaism |
Dominickers | | United States (Holmes County, Florida) | | |
Dongxiangs | Mongolic → Shirongolic → Santa | China, (Gansu) | | Sunni Islam |
Doukhobors | Indo-European → Slavic → Russian | Russia | | Christianity → Spiritual Christianity |
Druze | Afro-Asiatic → Arabic → Levantine Arabic; DGSic → Israeli Sign | Levant (Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Jordan) | Lebanese Druze, Syrian Druze, Israeli Druze, Jordanian Druze | Druzism[12][13] |
Dubla | Indo-European → Indo-Aryan → Bhil → Dubli[note 28] | Gujarat (India) | | Hinduism |
Dukha | Turkic → Siberian Turkic → Taiga Sayan Turkic → Dukhan | Mongolia (Khövsgöl Province) | | Shamanism → Dukha indigenous religion |
Dutch | Indo-European → Germanic → Low Franconian;[note 1] Francosign → Dutch Sign | Netherlands | | Christianity[note 27] |
Dutch Afro-Caribbean | Indo-European → Romance → Portuguese and Spanish-based creoles → Papiamento | Aruba, Bonaire, Curacao, Saba, Sint Eustatius, Sint Maarten | | Christianity → Catholicism |
Dwe'e | Niger–Congo → Bantu → Nzime | Cameroon | | Christianity |
Dyula | Niger–Congo → Mande → Manding → Dyula | Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Mali | | Islam → Sunni Islam |
East Indian Catholics | Indo-European → Indo-Aryan → East Indian Mahratti | India (Seven Islands of Bombay) | | Christianity → Catholicism |
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 |
Egyptians | Afro-Asiatic → Arabic → Egyptian Arabic, Afro-Asiatic → Arabic → Sa'idi Arabic, Egyptian Sign, formerly Afro-Asiatic → Egyptian → Ancient Egyptian | Egypt | Sa'idi | Islam → Sunni Islam |
Ekari | Trans-New Guinea → Ekari | Indonesia (Wissel Lakes) | | Christianity |
Ekoi | Niger–Congo → Bantoid → Jagham | Nigeria, Cameroon | | Christianity, Ekoi religion |
Elbegli | Turkic → Oghuz → Turkish | Turkey (Kilis, Gaziantep, Sivas), Syria (Aleppo), Iran (South Azerbaijan)[14][15] | | Islam → Sunni Islam |
Embera | Choco → Embera[note 1] | Colombia (Choco Department), Panama (Darien, Embera) | | Shamanism |
Enets | Uralic → Samoyedic → Enets[note 1] | Russia (Krasnoyarsk Krai) | | Shamanism |
English | Indo-European → Germanic → English, BANZSL → British Sign | United Kingdom (England, Little England beyond Wales) | New Forest commoners, Berwickers | Christianity → Protestantism → Anglicanism |
Erzyas | Uralic → Mordvinic → Erzya | Russia (Mordovia), Armenia (Gegharkunik Province) | Shokshas, Erzya Molokans[16] | Christianity → Russian Orthodox, Protestantism → Lutheranism; Erzyas native religion |
Esan | Niger–Congo → Edoid → Esan | Nigeria (Esanland) | | Christianity |
Estonians | Uralic → Finnic → Estonian, Uralic → Finnic → South Estonian, Francosign → RSLic → Estonian Sign | Estonia, Setomaa (Estonia and Russia), Latvia (Ludza, Gauja) | Setos, Võros, Hiiumaans, Saaremaans, Ludza Estonians, Gauja Estonians, with significant populations in Argentina, Australia, Canada, Finland, Georgia (including Abkhazia), the United States | Christianity → Protestantism → Lutheranism[note 27] |
Eurasian Singaporeans | Indo-European → Germanic → English | Singapore | | Christianity |
Evenks | Tungusic → Northern Tungusic → Evenki, Tungusic → Northern Tungusic → Negidal | Russia, China | Negidals | Shamanism |
Evens | Tungusic → Northern Tungusic → Even, Turkic → Siberian Turkic → Yakut | Russia (Kamchatka Krai, Magadan Oblast, Sakha) | | Shamanism |
Ewe | Niger–Congo → Kwa → Gbe → Ewe | Togo, Ghana | Anlo Ewe, Waci | Christianity, West African Vodun |
Falkland Islanders | Indo-European → Germanic → English → Falkland Islands English | British Overseas Territories (Falkland Islands) | | Christianity |
Fang | Niger–Congo → Bantu → Fang | Equatorial Guinea (Rio Muni), Gabon | | Christianity |
Faroe Islanders | Indo-European → Germanic → Faroese, Indo-European → Germanic → Danish → Gøtudanskt | Danish Realm (Faroe Islands) | | Christianity → Protestantism → Lutheranism |
Fijians | Austronesian → Malayo-Polynesian → Fijian | Fiji | Fijian Americans, Fijian Australians, Fijian British | Christianity → Protestantism → Methodism |
Finnish Tatars | Turkic → Kipchak → Tatar → Mishar Tatar, Indo-European → Slavic → Russian | Finland | | Islam → Sunni Islam |
Finns | Uralic → Finnic → Finnish, Meänkieli, Siberian Ingrian Finnish; Indo-European → Germanic → Finland Swedish; SSLic → FSLic[note 1] | Fennoscandia (Finland, Russia, Sweden, Norway) | Forest Finns, Tornedalians, Ingrian Finns (including Siberian Finns (including Korlaks)), Savonians, Tavastians, Finns proper, Ostrobothnians, Finnish Karelians, Finland Swedes, Kainuu, and Murmansk Finns, along with significant populations in Sweden, Switzerland, Australia, United States (including Findians), Argentina, and Canada (including Findians). | Christianity → Protestantism → Lutheranism |
Fipa | Niger–Congo → Bantu (Zone M) → Fipa, Niger–Congo → Bantu → Mambwe-Lungu | Rukwa Region, Tanzania (Sumbawanga Rural District, Nkasi District) | | Christianity → Catholicism |
Flemings | Indo-European → Germanic → Dutch → Flemish, Indo-European → Germanic → West Flemish, Indo-European → Germanic → Zeelandic, Francosign → Belgian Sign → Flemish Sign | Belgium (Flanders, Brussels), France (French Flanders), Netherlands (Zeelandic Flanders) | | Christianity → Catholicism |
Fon | Niger–Congo → Kwa → Gbe → Fon | Dahomey (Benin) | | Christianity → Catholicism, West African Vodun |
French | Indo-European → Romance → French, Francosign → French Sign | France | | Christianity → Catholicism |
French Afro-Caribbean | Indo-European → Romance → French → Antillean Creole | France (French West Indies), Dominica, Haiti, Saint Lucia | Guadeloupeans, Martinicans, Saint-Martinois, Barthelemois, Afro-French Guianans, Dominicans, Haitians, Saint Lucians | Christianity → Catholicism, Haitian Vodou |
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 → Louisiana French, Indo-European → Romance → French → Missouri French, Indo-European → Germanic → English → Cajun English, formerly 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 |
Frisians | Indo-European → Germanic → Frisian,[note 1] Indo-European → Germanic → East Frisian Low Saxon, Indo-European → Germanic → Dutch → West Frisian Dutch | Frisia (Netherlands, Germany, historically Denmark) | Westlauwers Frisians, East Frisians, North Frisians, Saterland Frisians, with significant populations in the United States | Christianity → Protestantism → Calvinism, Christianity → Protestantism → Lutheranism[note 27][17] |
Friulians | Indo-European → Romance → Friulian | Italy (Friuli) | | Christianity → Catholicism |
Fula | Atlantic–Congo → Senegambian → Fula[note 1] | West Africa (Guinea, Senegal, Mali, Mauritania, Nigeria, Cameroon, Niger, Burkina Faso, Benin, Chad)[note 29] | Wodaabe, Maasina Fulfulde | Islam |
Fur | Furan → Fur | Sudan (Darfur) | | Islam → Sunni Islam |
Fuyu Kyrgyz | Turkic → Siberian Turkic → Fuyu Kyrgyz | Fuyu County (Qiqihar, Heilongjiang, China) | | Buddhism → Vajrayana → Tibetan Buddhism |
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 30] | | | Native American religion, Christianity |
Gade | Niger–Congo → Nupoid → Gade | Nigeria (Niger State) | | |
Gagauz | Turkic → Oghuz → Gagauz | Moldova (Gagauzia, Taraclia, Basarabeasca), Ukraine (Budjak) | | Christianity → Eastern Orthodoxy |
Gajal | Turkic → Oghuz → Turkish, Indo-European → Slavic → Bulgarian | Bulgaria (Ludogorie), Turkey (East Thrace) | | Islam → Sunni Islam |
Galela | West Papuan → North Halmahera → Galela | Indonesia (North Maluku) | | Islam, Christianity |
Galicians | Indo-European → Romance → Galician, Indo-European → Romance → Spanish → Castrapo | Spain (Galicia) | Couto Mistans | Christianity → Catholicism |
Gamilaraay | Pama-Nyungan → Wiradhuric → Gamilaraay | Australia (New South Wales, Queensland) | | Alcheringa |
Ganda | Niger–Congo → Bantu → Great Lakes → Luganda | Uganda (Buganda) | Abayudaya | Christianity |
Garhwalis | Indo-European → Indo-Aryan → Garhwali | India (Uttarakhand) | | Hinduism |
Garifunas | Arawakan → Ta-Arawakan → Garifuna[note 31] | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines[note 32] | Significant populations in the United States | Christianity → Catholicism |
Garos | Sino-Tibetan → Sal → Garo | India (Garo Hills) | | Christianity, Songsarek |
Gaviao (Je) | Macro-Je → Je → Para Gaviao → Parkateje, Macro-Je → Je → Para Gaviao → Pykobje | Brazil (Pará, Maranhão) | Parkateje, Pykobje | Animism |
Gaviao (Rondonia) | Tupian → Monde → Gavião of Jiparaná | Brazil (Rondonia) | | Animism |
Gayonese | Austronesian → Northwest Sumatra–Barrier Islands → Gayo | Indonesia (Bener Meriah, Central Aceh, and Gayo Lues Regencies) | | Islam |
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 | Afro-Asiatic → Cushitic → Gedeo | Ethiopia (Gedeo) | | Christianity → Protestantism → P'ent'ay |
Gelao | Kra–Dai → Kra → Gelao[note 1][note 33] | China (Guizhou) | | Taoism, Buddhism |
Georgians | Kartvelian languages,[note 1] Northeast Caucasian → Nakh → Bats, Georgian Sign | Georgia, Azerbaijan (Saingilo), Turkey (Artvin Province) | Adjarians, Mingrelians, Svans, Tushetians, Meskhetians, Imerkhevians, Ingiloys, Bats,[note 34] with significant populations in Turkey (including Chveneburi, France, Belgium, Poland, Russia, Spain, Ukraine, the United States, and Iran | Christianity → Eastern Orthodoxy |
Germans | Indo-European → Germanic → High German,[note 1] Low German,[note 1] Limburgish; DGSic → German Sign | Germany, Austria, Belgium (Eupen-Malmedy) | Bavarians, Swabians, Hessians | Christianity |
Ghomaras | Afro-Asiatic → Berber → Ghomara | Morocco (Western Rif) | | Islam → Sunni Islam |
Ghorbati | Indo-European → Iranian → Persian, Ghorbati[note 1] | Central Asia | Mugats | Islam → Shia Islam |
Gibraltarians | Indo-European → Romance → Spanish → Llanito; Indo-European → Germanic → English → Gibraltarian English; BANZSL → British Sign[18] | British Overseas Territories (Gibraltar) | Significant populations in the United Kingdom | Christianity → Catholicism |
Gilaks | Indo-European → Iranian → Gilaki | Iran (Gilan) | | Islam → Twelver Shi’ism |
Gitxsan | Tsimshianic → Nass–Gitksan → Gitxsan | Canada (Skeena Country) | | Native American religion |
Gnawas | | Morocco | | Islam and Animism → Sufism and Animism → Gnawa religion |
Goan Catholics | Indo-European → Indo-Aryan → Konkani → Goan Konkani | India (Goa) | | Christianity → Catholicism |
Godoberis | Northeast Caucasian → Avar–Andic → Godoberi | Russia (Dagestan) | | Islam → Sunni Islam |
Gogo | Niger–Congo → Bantu → Gogo | Tanzania (Dodoma Region) | | Christianity, African Traditional Religion |
Gola | Niger–Congo → Gola | Liberia, Sierra Leone | | Islam |
Gonds | Dravidian → Gondi[note 1][note 35] | India (Gondwana) | Godha, Madia Gonds, Muria, Koya | Hinduism, Koyapunem |
Gorals | Indo-European → Slavic → Lechitic → Gorolski[note 36] | Southern Poland, northern Slovakia, Cieszyn Silesia (Poland, Czech Republic) | Sącz Lachs, Silesian Gorals | Christianity → Catholicism, Christianity → Protestantism → Lutheranism |
Gorani | Indo-European → Slavic → Torlakian → Gorani | Gora (Kosovo, Albania, North Macedonia) | | Islam → Sunni Islam |
Gorontalo | Austronesian → Philippine → Gorontaloan | Indonesia (Gorontalo) | | Islam → Sunni Islam |
Gosha | Niger-Congo → Bantu → Zigula → Mushunguli | Somalia | | Islam |
Great Andamanese | Great Andamanese[note 1] | India (Great Andaman) | | Animism |
Greeks | Indo-European → Hellenic;[note 1] Turkic → Kipchak → Urum; Indo-European → Romance → Aromanian, Megleno-Romanian; Indo-European → Albanian → Arvanitika; Indo-European → Slavic → Macedo-Bulgarian;[note 1] Francosign → French Sign and American Sign → Greek Sign; Cypriot Sign | Greece, Cyprus, Albania (Northern Epirus), Ukraine (Crimea, Donetsk), Turkey (Cappadocia, Pontus, Istanbul), Italy (Magna Graecia), Bulgaria (Balkan Mountains, Rila, Northeastern Bulgaria), North Macedonia, and surrounding regions | Greek Cypriots (including Greek Northern Cypriots), Asia Minor Greeks (including Pontic Greeks, Cappadocian Greeks, Constantinopolites, Ionian Greeks), Greek Muslims (including Vallahades, Cretan Muslims), Sarakatsani (including Karakachani), Souliotes, Azov Greeks (including Mariupol Greeks, Crimean Urums), Italiots (including Grikos and Grecanici), Macedonian Greeks, Tsakonians, Maniots, Karagounides, Mikrasiates [el], Phanariots, Egyptian Greeks, Caucasus Greeks, Sfakians, Slavophone Greeks, Corfiot Greeks, Melkites (including Antiochian Greeks, Jerusalemite Greeks, and Alexandrian Greeks) and also sizeable populations of Arvanites, Aromanians and Megleno-Romanians who identify as ethnic Greeks (including Helleno-Vlachs), along with significant populations in Albania (including Northern Epirotes (including Himariotes)), Turkey, Ukraine, Georgia, the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, Australia, France, Italy, Malta, Armenia, and Canada | Christianity → Eastern Orthodoxy, Catholicism → Greek Byzantine Catholicism, formerly Hellenism, Neoplatonism, Greco-Roman Mysteries |
Gros Ventre | Algic → Algonquian → Gros Ventre | United States (Montana) | | Sun Dance |
Guajajara | Tupian → Tenetehara | Brazil (Maranhão) | | Shamanism, Santo Daime |
Guan | Niger–Congo → Kwa → Guang[note 1] | Ghana (Brong-Ahafo and Volta Regions) | Gonja, Kyode, Cherepon, Efutu, Anyanga, Larteh, Chumburung, Krache, Anum-Boso | Christianity |
Guarani | Tupian → Guarani | Paraguay, Argentina (Misiones), Bolivia | Chiriguanos, along with Mestizos such as Paraguayans | Christianity → Catholicism |
Gujarati | Indo-European → Indo-Aryan → Gujarati | India (Gujarat) | Koli, Bharwad, Khoja, Patidar, Sunni Bohra, Lohana, Vagri, Kharva, Charan, Baria, Momna, Ghanchi, Shenva, Bhambi Khalpa, Zarabes, Bhoi, Luso-Indians, Gujarati Americans | Hinduism, Islam, Jainism |
Gurjars | Indo-European → Indo-Aryan → Gujari | Primarily Pakistan and India, also Afghanistan at smaller numbers | Khatana, Solanki, Parihar, Tanwar, Parmar, chandel, Chauhan, Bhadana, Bhatti, Kohli, Tomar, Panwar, Pawar, Bainsla, Bagri, Hans, etc. | Islam, Hinduism, Sikhism |
Gumuz | Bʼaga languages[note 1] | Ethiopia (Benishangul-Gumuz Region) | | Traditional African religion |
Guna | Chibchan → Kuna | Panama (Guna Yala) | | Native American religion |
Gurage | Afro-Asiatic → Ethiopic → Gurage,[note 1] formerly Afro-Asiatic → Ethiopic → Mesmes | Ethiopia (Guragia) | Kistane, Zay, Inor, Mesqan, Muher Sebat Bet (including Chaha) | Christianity |
Gurindji | Pama–Nyungan → Ngumpin–Yapa → Gurindji, Pama–Nyungan and Indo-European → Gurindji and Australian Kriol → Gurindji Kriol | Australia (Northern Territory) | | Dreamtime |
Gurma | Niger–Congo → Gur → Gourmanche | Gurmaland (Burkina Faso, Ghana) | Ntcham, Bimoba | Islam |
Gurungs | Sino-Tibetan → Gurung | Nepal, India (Sikkim, West Bengal) | | Buddhism → Vajrayana → Tibetan Buddhism, Bon, Hinduism |
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 | Afro-Asiatic → Cushitic → Hadiyya | Ethiopia (Hadiya) | | Islam |
Hadza | Hadza language | Tanzania (Karatu District) | | Hadza mythology |
Haida | Haida languages,[note 1] formerly 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 |
Han Chinese | Sino-Tibetan → Sinitic → Chinese;[note 1] CSLic languages;[note 1] JSLic → Taiwan Sign; Indo-European → Germanic → English → Manglish, Singlish, Hong Kong English; Austronesian → Malayic → Bazaar Malay → Baba Malay; Austronesian → Murutic–Papar–Tatana → Tatana; formerly Sino-Tibetan → Chinese → Ba–Shu; Indo-European → Germanic → English → Chinese Pidgin English; Indo-European → Slavic → Russian → Kyakhta Russian–Chinese Pidgin | China, Taiwan, Singapore, Myanmar (Kokang), Malaysia (Labuan, Sabah) | Subei, Yue (including Cantonese, Punti, Taishanese (including Taishanese Hongkongers), Hongkongers (including Punti), Macau, and Namshun), Tankas (including Fuzhou Tankas), Màirén, Hui (including Panthays), Fujianese (including Fuzhounese, Hoklos, Hui'an maidens, Putianese, Fujianese Hongkongers, Fokien, and Teochew), Gaoshan Han, Gan, Tunbao, Pinghua (including Northern Pinghua and Southern Pinghua), Hakka (including Ngai (including Dan)), Hainanese, Hebei, Hunanese, Jianghuai, Shandong, Sichuanese, Wu (including Shanghainese, Ningbonese, and Wenzhounese), Kokang Chinese, Han Taiwanese (including Hoklo Taiwanese and Benshengren), Sino-Singaporeans (including Straits Chinese), Chin Haw, Hwagyo, Zhongum), along with significant populations in the United States (including Hoklos, Hongkongers, Fuzhounese Americans, and Hakkas), Mongolia, Malaysia (including Penangite Chinese, Straits Chinese, Sino-Natives (including Tatanas), and Peranakans (including Baba-Nyonya and Kiau–Seng)), Thailand, Indonesia (including Benteng), Myanmar, Canada (including Hongkongers), the Philippines (including Sangleys), Peru, Australia (including Hong Kong Australians), Vietnam (including Chinese Nùng and Ngai (including Dan)), Japan, Russia, France (including Chinois and Wenzhounese French), the United Kingdom (including Hong Kong Britons), South Africa, Italy, Bulgaria, Germany, Korea (including North Korea and South Korea), Fiji, Finland, Spain, India (including Zhongum), Laos, Brazil, the Netherlands (including Hongkongers), Argentina, Panama, Madagascar, Mauritius (including Namshun, Fokien, Hakka, and Sino-creoles), Seychelles, Venezuela, Cambodia (including Teochew, Cantonese Cambodians, Hainanese Cambodians, Hoklos, and Hakkas), Belgium, Denmark, Iran, Ireland, Israel, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, the Czech Republic, Chinese Bangladeshis, the Caribbean (including Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Trinidad and Tobago, Belize, Suriname, and Guyana), Chile, Costa Rica, Brazil, Nicaragua, Pakistan, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Portugal, Mozambique, Romania, Samoa, Serbia, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Turkey, the United Arab Emirates, Uruguay, Algeria, Angola, Botswana, Cameroon, Cape Verde, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Egypt, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, Libya, Malawi, Mali, Morocco, Namibia, Nigeria, the Republic of Congo, Senegal, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe, and New Zealand | Chinese folk religion, Buddhism → Chinese Buddhism, Taoism, Irreligion (see also Religion in China and Religion in Taiwan) |
Hangaza | Niger–Congo → Bantu → Hangaza | Tanzania (Kagera Region) | | Christianity |
Hani | Sino-Tibetan → Loloish → Hani | China (Yunnan) | | Animism |
Harari | Afro-Asiatic → Semitic → Ethiopic → Harari | Ethiopia (Hararia) | | Islam → Sunni Islam |
Haratins | Afro-Asiatic → Arabic → Maghrebi Arabic,[note 1] Afro-Asiatic → Berber[note 1] | Mauritania | | Islam → Sunni Islam |
Hausa | Afro-Asiatic → Chadic → Hausa | Hausaland (Niger, Nigeria, Ghana) | | Islam → Sunni Islam |
Hawaiians | Austronesian → Polynesian → Hawaiian,[note 37] Indo-European → Germanic → English Creole → Hawaiian Pidgin, Hawaiʻi Sign, Hawaiʻi Sign and American Sign → Creole Hawaiʻi Sign | United States (Hawaii) | | Christianity, Hawaiian religion |
Ḫawlan bin ʾAmir | Afro-Asiatic → Semitic → Razihi, Faifi | Yemen (Saada Governorate), Saudi Arabia (Fifa Mountains) | Razihis, Faifis | Islam → Shia Islam → Zaydism |
Haya | Niger–Congo → Bantu → Haya | Tanzania (Kagera Region) | | Christianity, Ruhanga |
Hazaras | Karluks → Indo-European → Persian → Hazaragi | Afghanistan (Hazarajat) | | Islam → Shia and Sunni |
Hehe | Niger–Congo → Bantu → Hehe | Tanzania (Iringa Region) | | Christianity |
Heiltsuk | Wakashan → Northern Wakashan → Heiltsuk–Oowekyala → Heiltsuk | Canada (Central Coast Regional District) | | Native American religion |
Helong | Austronesian → Timoric → Helong | Indonesia (Kupang Regency, Semau Island, Flores Island) | | Christianity |
Herero | Niger–Congo → Bantu → Herero | Namibia (Hereroland), Angola | OvaHimba, Ovambanderu | Christianity |
Highland Travellers | Indo-European → Celtic → Scottish Gaelic → Beurla Reagaird | United Kingdom (Scottish Highlands) | | Christianity → Roman Catholic |
Hinukh | Northeast Caucasian → Tsezic → Hinuq | Russia (Tsuntinsky and Kizlyarsky districts) | | Islam → Sunni Islam |
Hispanic Americans | Indo-European → Romance → Spanish → American Spanish | Hispanic America (Mexico, Colombia, Argentina, Peru, Venezuela, Chile, Ecuador, Guatemala, Bolivia, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Honduras, Paraguay, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Panama, Uruguay), United States (Puerto Rico, Texas, New Mexico, California, Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Louisiana), Belize | Mexican (Northeastern Mexican, Northwestern Mexican, Baja Californian, Western Mexican, Abajeno, Central Mexican, Southern Mexican, Coastal Mexican, Chiapaneco, Yucateco, Basque-Mexican, Mexican-American), Colombian (Cundinamarqués, Bogotan, Boyacense, Santandereano, Huilense, Tolimense, Paisa, Caucano, Pastuso, Valluno, Llanero, Amazonian Colombian, Guajiro, Sabanero, Samario, Vallenato, Chochoano, Tumaqueño, Basque-Colombian, Colombian-American), Argentinian (North Argentinian, Guaranitic, Cuyano, Cordobes, Puntano, Litoraleno, Porteno, Patagonian, Basque-Argentinian, Argentinian-American), Peruvian (Ecuatorial Peruvian, Coastal Peruvian, Andean Peruvian, Amazonian Peruvian, Peruvian-American), Venezuelan (Amazonian Venezuelan, Llanero, Andean Venezuelan, Western Venezuelan, Eastern Venezuelan, Island Venezuelan, Caraqueno, Zuliano, Central Venezuelan, Venezuelan-American, Venezuelan-Colombian), Chilean (Chilean-American), Ecuadorian (Quiteno, Riobambeno, Cuencano, Lojano, Esmeraldeno, Manabita, Guayaco, Amazonian Ecuadorian, Ecuadorian-American), Guatemalan (Guatemalan-American), Bolivian (Bolivian-American), Cuban (Cuban-American), Dominican (Dominican-American), Honduran (Honduran-American), Paraguayan (Paraguayan-American), Nicaraguan (Nicaraguan-American), Salvadoran (Caliche, Lenca, Salvadoran-American), Costa Rican (Costa Rican-American), Panamanian (Panamanian-American), Uruguayan (Uruguayan-American), Islenos, Hispanic-Belizean, Puerto Rican, Hispanic Americans in the United States (Chicano, Nuyorican), colonial-era Hispanos in the USA and their modern descendants (Tejanos, Californios, Neomexicanos, Floridanos, Isleños, Louisiana Spanish-Creoles), Spanish Americans (Asturian-American, 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 |
Hispanic Afro-Caribbeans | Indo-European → Romance → Spanish → American Spanish Indo-European → Romance → Spanish-based creoles → Palenquero | Hispanic Caribbean (Mexico, Caribbean Colombia, Venezuela, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Panama, Puerto Rico) | Afro-Mexican, Caribbean Afro-Colombian (Palenquero), Afro-Venezuelan, Afro-Cuban (Ganga-Longoba), Afro-Dominican, Afro-Panamanian, Afro-Puerto Rican | Christianity → Catholicism, Santeria, Orisha, Yoruba, Vodou, Traditional African religion |
Hmong | Hmong–Mien → Hmongic[note 1] | China (Guizhou)[note 38] | A-Hmao, Gha-Mu, Xong, Pa-Hng, Hmong Americans | Hmong folk religion |
Hopi | Uto-Aztecan → Hopi | United States (Hopi Reservation) | | Christianity, Native American Church |
Huli | Trans–New Guinea → Engan → Huli | Papua New Guinea (Southern Highlands Province) | | Christianity, Papuan religion |
Hungarians | Uralic → Ugric → Hungarian, Francosign → Austro-Hungarian Sign → Hungarian Sign | Hungary, Romania (Székely Land, Csángó Land, Bukovina), and neighboring regions | Palóc, Matyó, Magyarabs, Hungarian Cumans, Jasz, along with significant populations in Romania (including Szekelys (including Bukovina Szekelys) and Csangos), Slovakia, Serbia, Ukraine, Croatia, Slovenia, Austria, Germany, the United States, and Canada | Christianity → Catholicism, Eastern Catholicism → Hungarian Greek Catholicism, Hungarian Unitarianism |
Hunzibs | Northeast Caucasian → Tsezic → Hunzib | Russia (Tsuntinsky District) | | Islam → Sunni Islam |
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 39] | Rwanda, Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo (Kivu) | | Christianity |
Iatmul | Sepik → Iatmul | Papua New Guinea (East Sepik Province) | | |
Iban | Austronesian → Malayic → Iban | Malaysia (Sarawak) | Mualang | Christianity |
Ibanag | Austronesian → Philippine → Cordilleran → Ibanag | Philippines (Isabela, Cagayan) | | Christianity → Catholicism |
Ibibio | Niger–Congo → Cross River → Ibibio, Niger–Congo → Cross River → Anaang, Niger–Congo → Cross River → Eket, | Nigeria (Akwa Ibom State) | Eket, Anaang, Oron | Christianity |
Icelanders | Indo-European → Germanic → Icelandic, Francosign → DTSic → Icelandic Sign | Iceland | | Christianity → Protestantism → Lutheranism, Asartu |
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, Igbo Jews | Christianity, Odinala |
Igede | Niger–Congo → Idomoid → Igede | Nigeria (Benue State) | | Christianity |
Igorot | Austronesian → Philippine → Cordilleran[note 1] | Philippines (Cordillera Administrative Region) | Balangao, Bontoc, Ibaloi, Ifugao (including Kalanguya), Isnag, Kalinga, Kankanaey | Anitism |
Ijaw | Niger–Congo → Ijaw[note 1] | Nigeria (Rivers, Bayelsa, and Delta States) | Bille, Engenni, Ibani, Kalabari, Kula, Nkoro, Nkoroo, Obolo | Christianity |
Ili Turks | Turkic → Karluk → Ili Turki | China (Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture), Kazakhstan | | Islam → Sunni Islam |
Ilocano | Austronesian → Philippine → Cordilleran → Ilocano | Philippines (Ilocos Region) | | Christianity → Catholicism |
Imraguen | Afro-Asiatic → Arabic → Hassaniya Arabic → Imraguen | Mauritania, Western Sahara | | Islam → Sunni Islam |
Indo | Indo-European → Germanic → Dutch, Austronesian → Malayo-Polynesian → Malay → Indonesian | Indonesia | | Christianity |
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 → Romance → Portuguese → Papiamento; 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, Indo-Guyanese, Indo-Surinamese, with significant populations in the United States and the United Kingdom | Hinduism, Christianity, Islam, Sikhism, Jainism, Buddhism, Zoroastrianism, Baháʼí |
Indo-Fijians | Indo-European → Indo-Aryan → Hindustani → Fiji Hindi; Indo-European → Germanic → English, Dravidian → Tamiloid → Tamil; Austronesian → Malayo-Polynesian → Oceanic → Fijian | Fiji | Significant populations in Australia, New Zealand, United States, Canada, and United Kingdom | Hinduism, Islam, Christianity, Sikhism |
Indo-Mauritians | Indo-European → Romance → French-based creoles → Mauritian Creole; Indo-European → Indo-Aryan → Bhojpuri; Dravidian → Tamiloid → Tamil | Mauritius | | Hinduism, Islam |
Indus Kohistanis | Indo-European → Dardic → Indus Kohistani | Pakistan (Kohistan) | | Islam → Sunni Islam |
Ingushes | Northeast Caucasian → Nakh → Ingush | Russia (Ingushetia) | | Islam → Sunni Islam → Shafi'i |
Innu | Algic → Algonquian → Innu-aimun, Algic → Algonquian → Naskapi | Canada (Nitassinan) | Naskapi | Animism |
Inuit | Eskaleut → Inuit,[note 1] Inuit Sign language | Danish Realm (Greenland), Canada (Nunavut, Nunatsiavut, Nunavik, NunatuKavut), United States (Alaska) | Greenlanders (including Kalaallit, Tunumiit, Inughuit and Greenlandic Danes), Inupiat (including Nunamiut), Inuktitut, Inuvialuit, Iglulik Inuit (including Aivilingmiut) | Christianity, Inuit religion |
Iranis | Indo-European → Iranian → Zoroastrian Dari | India | | Zoroastrianism |
Iranun | Austronesian → Philippine → Iranun | Philippines (Mindanao) | | Islam → Sunni Islam |
Iraqi Turkmen | Turkic → Oghuz → Iraqi Turkmen | Iraq | | Islam → Sunni Islam, Shia Islam |
Iraqw | Afro-Asiatic → Cushitic → Iraqw | Tanzania | | Christianity |
Irish | Indo-European → Celtic → Irish, Indo-European → Germanic → English → Hiberno-English, Francosign → Irish Sign, BANZSL → British Sign → Northern Ireland Sign | Ireland | Irish Catholics, Significant populations of Irish diaspora around the World such as in United States (including Scotch-Irish Americans), United Kingdom (including Ulster Scots people) Canada (including Scotch-Irish Canadians), Australia, New Zealand, Mainland Europe, Mexico, Argentina, Chile, Uruguay, Puerto Rico, and India | Christianity → Catholicism and Protestantism |
Irish Travellers | Indo-European → Irish and English → Shelta, Francosign → Irish Sign | Ireland | Significant populations in the United Kingdom, and the United States | Christianity → Catholicism |
Isan | Kra–Dai → Tai → Lao → Isan | Thailand (Isan) | | Buddhism → Theravada Buddhism |
Isoko | Niger–Congo → Edoid → Isoko | Nigeria (Isoko region) | | Christianity |
Istro-Romanians | Indo-European → Romance → Istro-Romanian | Croatia (Istria) | | Christianity → Catholicism |
Italians | Indo-European → Romance → Italian, Indo-European → Slavic → Slavomolisano, Indo-European → Romance → Istriot, Indo-European → Romance → Ligurian, Francosign → LISic → Italian Sign, formerly Indo-European → Romance → Dalmatian | Italy | Molise Croats,[19] Dalmatian Italians, Istrian Italians, Niçard Italians | Christianity → Catholicism |
Itawes | Austronesian → Philippine → Cordilleran → Itawis | Philippines (Cagayan Valley) | | Christianity → Catholicism |
Itelmens | Chukotko-Kamchatkan → Kamchatkan → Itelmen | Russia (Kamchatka Peninsula) | | Shamanism |
Izhorians | Uralic → Finnic → Ingrian | Russia (Ingria) | | Christianity → Eastern Orthodoxy |
Jamaican Maroons | Indo-European → Germanic → English → Jamaican Patois, Jamaican Maroon Creole | Jamaica | | Kumfu |
Jambian | Austronesian → Jambian | Indonesia (Jambia) | Batin | Sunni Islam |
Japanese/Yamato | Japonic → Japanese,[note 1][note 41] Hachijō; JSLic → Japanese Sign; Miyakubo Sign Language | Japan | Kantō, Kansai, Hokkaido, Tōhoku, Hōnichi, Satsugū, Chūgoku, Echigo, Tōkai, Shinshuu, Hokuriku, Hachijō, Miyakubo, Tsugaru, and Nikkei Brazilians in Japan, along with significant populations in Brazil, the United States (including Hawaii), Canada, the Caribbean (including Cuba, the Dominican Republic, and Jamaica), Mexico, Argentina, Uruguay, Venezuela, France, Germany, Russia, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, China (including Hong Kong), Belgium (including Brussels), Spain, Turkey, Bolivia, Colombia, Paraguay, Peru, Chile, Egypt, India, Indonesia, North Korea, South Korea, Malaysia, Nepal, New Zealand, Australia, Pakistan, the Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka, Vietnam, South Africa, Singapore, the Federated States of Micronesia, Kiribati, the Marshall Islands, Palau, Thailand, Papua New Guinea, the United Arab Emirates, and the Philippines. | Irreligion, Shinto, Tenrikyo, Buddhism;[note 42] Christianity → Catholicism → Kakure and Hanure Krishitanity |
Jarai | Austronesian → Chamic → Jarai | Vietnam (Central Highlands) | | Animism |
Jarawas | Ongan → Jarawa | India (South Andaman, Middle Andaman) | | Animism |
Javanese | Austronesian → Javanesic[note 1] | Indonesia (Java) | Osing, Tenggerese, Boyanese, Banyumasan, along with significant populations in Malaysia, Suriname, China, Sri Lanka, French Guiana, New Caledonia, and Saudi Arabia | Islam → Sunni Islam |
Jeks | Northeast Caucasian → Lezgic → Jek | Azerbaijan (Mount Shahdagh) | | Islam → Sunni Islam |
Channel Islanders | Indo-European → Romance → Norman, Indo-European → Germanic → English → Channel Island English | British Crown Dependencies (Channel Islands) | Jèrriais (including Sercquiais), Guernésiais, Auregnais | Christianity |
Jerusalemite Greek Christians | Afro-Asiatic → Arabic → Levantine Arabic, historically Indo-European → Hellenic | Israel, Palestine, Jordan | | Christianity → Eastern Orthodoxy → Greek Orthodoxy → Greek Orthodox Church of Jerusalem, Catholicism → Melkite Catholicism |
Jews | Afro-Asiatic → Canaanite → Hebrew → Modern Hebrew,[note 43] Jewish languages,[note 1][note 44] DGSic → Israeli Sign, formerly Indo-European → Romance → Zarphatic, Indo-European → Romance → Judaeo-Portuguese, Indo-European → Slavic → Knaanic | Israel[note 45] | Ashkenazim (including Galitzianers, Yekkes, Chuts, Unterlander Jews, Oberlander Jews, Litvaks, Afrikaner-Jews, Udmurt and Tatar Jews), Assyrian Jews, Sephardim (including Eastern Sephardim, North African Sephardim, Maroka'im, Algerian Jews, Tunisian Jews, Libyan Jews, Amazonian Jews, Iberian Jews, Sephardic Bnei Anusim, Xuetes, and Toshavim), Mizrahim (including Bukharim, Juhurim, Kurdim, Syrian Jews, Arab Jews, Afghan Jews, Baghdadi Jews, Teimanim (including Rechabites, Baladi Jews, Shami Jews, and Rambamists), Sharʿabi Jews, Habbanim, Banu al-Harith, Adeni Jews, Persim, Mashhadi Jews, and Kaifeng Jews), Astrakhan Jews, Beta Israel (including Beta Abraham and Falash Mura), Italkim (including San Nicandro Jews and Italian Rite Jews), Rusape Jews, Romaniotes, Constantinopolitan Karaites, Bavlim, Crimean Karaites, Krymchaks, Gruzim, Benei Sion, Bene Israel, Banu Israil, Kochinim, Paradesi, Lishanid Noshan, Israeli Jews, B'nai Moshe, Bnei Menashe, Urfalim, Meshuchrarim, Abayudaya, Shaposhniki, Karaimites, African-American Jews, Desi Jews, Igbo Jews, Levites (including Kohen), and Bene Ephraim, along with significant populations in the United States (including Syrian Jews and Puerto Rican Jews), Canada, Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay, Russia, Belarus, the Czech lands, Ukraine, Moldova, Romania, Bulgaria, Poland, Turkey, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Austria, Italy, Greece, Switzerland, Belgium, Iraq, Denmark, the Netherlands, France, Monaco, the United Kingdom, Peru, South Africa, Australia, India (including Sephardim) and New Zealand | Judaism |
Jingpo | Sino-Tibetan → Sal → Jingpho | China (Yunnan), India (Northeast India), Myanmar (Kachin State) | | Animism |
Jita | | 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 46] | Nigeria (Wukari) | Wannu | Traditional African religions |
Kabyle | Afro-Asiatic → Berber → Kabyle | Algeria (Kabylia) | | Islam → Sunni Islam |
Kadazan-Dusun | Austronesian → Malayo-Polynesian → Dusunic[note 1] | Malaysia (Sabah) | Kadazan, Dusun, Dumpas, Ida'an, Kwijau, Lotud, Mangka'ak, Maragang, Minokok, Orang Sungai, Rumanau, Rungus, Tambanuo | Christianity, Momolianism |
Kafwe Twa | Niger–Congo → Bantu → Tonga | Zambia (Kafue Flats) | | Traditional African religion |
Kaguru | Niger–Congo → Bantu → Kagulu | Tanzania (Ukaguru Mountains) | | |
Kaingang | Macro-Je → Je → Kaingang[note 1] | Brazil (Paraná, Santa Catarina, Rio Grande do Sul, Sao Paulo) | | Shamanism |
Kalanga | Niger–Congo → Bantu → Shona → Kalanga | Zimbabwe, Botswana | Nambya | Christianity |
Kalash | Indo-European → Indo-Aryan → Kalasha | Pakistan (Chitral District) | | Kalasha |
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 47] Arawakan → Ta-Arawakan → Kalinago → Garifuna, Vincentian Creole | Lesser Antilles | | Christianity → Catholicism |
Kalmyks | Mongolic → Central Mongolic → Oirat → Kalmyk Oirat, Sart Kalmyk | Russia (Kalmykia), Kyrgyzstan (Issyk-Kul Region) | Sart Kalmyks, Buzava | Buddhism → Tibetan Buddhism |
Kaluli | Trans-New Guinea → Kaluli | Papua New Guinea (Great Papuan Plateau) | | Papuan religion |
Kamba | Niger–Congo → Bantu → Kamba | Kenya (Ukambani) | | Christianity |
Kamentsa | Camsa language | Colombia (Putumayo) | | Christianity |
Kanaks | Austronesian → Kanak[note 1] | France (Kanakia) | Haveke, Ajie, Arha, Xaragure, Haeke | Christianity → Catholicism |
Kannadigas | Dravidian → Kannadoid → Kannada | India (Karnataka) | Vokkaliga | Hinduism, Jainism |
Kanuri | Nilo-Saharan → Saharan → Kanuri | Kanuriland (Nigeria, Niger, Chad, Cameroon) | Kanembu, Yerwa Kanuri | Islam |
Kao people [id] | West Papuan → North Halmahera → Kao; West Papuan → North Halmahera → Modole | Indonesia (Kao Land [id]) | Pagu, Modole people [id], Boeng, Towiliko | Christianity, Islam, Animism |
Kapampangans | Austronesian → Philippine → Kapampangan | Philippines (Pampanga) | | Christianity → Catholicism, Iglesia ni Cristo, Anitism |
Kapsiki | Afro-Asiatic → Chadic → Kapsiki | Mandara Mountains (Nigeria, Cameroon) | | Islam |
Karamanlides | Turkic → Oghuz → Turkish → Karamanli Turkish | Turkey (Karaman Province, Cappadocia)[27] | | Christianity → Eastern Orthodoxy → Greek Orthodoxy → Turkish Orthodox Church |
Karachays | Turkic → Kipchak → Karachay | Russia (Karachay-Cherkessia) | | Islam → Sunni Islam |
Karakalpaks | Turkic → Kipchak → Karakalpak | Uzbekistan (Karakalpakstan) | Qon'ırat, On To'rt Urıw | Islam → Sunni Islam |
Karatas | Northeast Caucasian → Avar–Andic → Karata | Russia (Dagestan) | | Islam → Sunni Islam |
Karategin Uzbeks | Turkic → Karluk → Southern Uzbek | Afghanistan | | Islam → Sunni Islam |
Karbi | Sino-Tibetan → Kuki-Chin–Naga → Karbic[note 1] | India (Karbi Anglong district) | Amri | Hinduism, Animism |
Karelians | Uralic → Finnic → Karelian, Uralic → Finnic → Ludic, Uralic → Finnic → Livvi-Karelian | Karelia (Finland, Russia) | Tver Karelians, Olonets Karelians | Christianity → Eastern Orthodoxy |
Karen | Sino-Tibetan → Karenic[note 1] | Myanmar (Karen State, Kayah State, Pa'O Self-Administered Zone), Thailand | S'gaw Karen, Pwo Karen, Karenni (including Kayan), Pa'O | Buddhism → Theravada Buddhism |
Karuk | Karuk language | United States (California) | | Christianity |
Kashmiris | Indo-European → Indo-Aryan → Dardic → Kashmiri | Kashmir (India, Pakistan) | Kashmiri Hindus (including Kashmiri Pandits), Kashmiris in Punjab | Islam → Sunni Islam, Hinduism, Sikhism |
Kashubians | Indo-European → Slavic → Kashubian, formerly Indo-European → Slavic → Slovincian | Poland (Kashubia) | Krubans, Slovincians, and Gochans, along with significant populations in the United States | Christianity → Catholicism |
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 |
Kawesqar | Alacalufan → Kawesqar | Chile (Chilean Patagonia, Wellington Island) | | <