Bonan people

E577461

The Bonan people are a small Muslim ethnic minority in China, primarily living in Gansu and Qinghai provinces, known for their mixed Mongolic, Turkic, and Han heritage and their distinct Bonan language.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Bonan people canonical 7

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Bao’an people ⓘ
Bonanzu ⓘ
autonym Bonan ⓘ
bilingualIn Mandarin Chinese ⓘ
Tibetan (in some communities) ⓘ
conversionToIslam occurred mainly between the 17th and 19th centuries ⓘ
country China ⓘ
culturalInfluence Han Chinese culture ⓘ
Mongol culture ⓘ
Tibetan culture ⓘ
Turkic Muslim culture ⓘ
dietaryLaw halal food rules ⓘ
ethnicGroupIn China ⓘ
famousProduct Bonan knives ⓘ
governingProvince Gansu Province ⓘ
Qinghai Province ⓘ
linked to: Qinghai
heritage Han Chinese ⓘ
Mongolic ⓘ
Turkic ⓘ
historicalOrigin descendants of Mongol soldiers stationed in the region during the Yuan and Ming dynasties ⓘ
language Bonan language ⓘ
languageFamily Mongolic languages ⓘ
languageStatus vulnerable ⓘ
officialNameInChinese 保安族 ⓘ
linked to: Bao'an ethnic group
populationEstimate around 20,000 ⓘ
primaryLocation Gansu ⓘ
linked to: Gansu Province

Qinghai ⓘ
recognizedAs one of the 56 ethnic groups officially recognized by the People’s Republic of China ⓘ
region Huangshui River valley ⓘ
linked to: Huangshui River

upper Yellow River region ⓘ
regionType primarily rural communities ⓘ
relatedEthnicGroup Dongxiang people ⓘ
linked to: Dongxiang

Hui people ⓘ
Mongols ⓘ
linked to: Mongol

Salar people ⓘ
religion Islam ⓘ
Sunni Islam ⓘ
religiousInstitution mosques ⓘ
residence Jishishan Bonan, Dongxiang and Salar Autonomous County ⓘ
Tongren County ⓘ
Xunhua Salar Autonomous County ⓘ
traditionalCraft Bonan knife-making ⓘ
traditionalOccupation agriculture ⓘ
animal husbandry ⓘ
traditionalReligionBeforeIslam Tibetan Buddhism ⓘ
usesWritingSystem Arabic script (historically for religious purposes) ⓘ
Chinese characters ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Hui → relatedGroup → Bonan people ⓘ
Bonan language → spokenBy → Bonan people ⓘ
Tu → ethnolinguisticRelation → Bonan people ⓘ
Dongxiang → relatedEthnicGroup → Bonan people ⓘ
Hui Muslims → relatedGroup → Bonan people ⓘ
subject linked to: Hui Muslim