Sui people

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

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Sui people canonical 14
Sui 4

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (41)

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

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

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (18)

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

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