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Amazons
A legendary nation of female warriors, supposedly of Caucasian origin, living in Pontus near the shore of the Euxine Sea
Aka
The Aka or Bayaka are a nomadic Mbenga pygmy people. They live in Congo.
Afar
The Afar also known as the Danakil, Adali and Odali, are an ethnic group inhabiting the Horn of Africa. They primarily live in the Afar Region of Ethiopia and in northern Djibouti
Abhors
Mongolians living in the Assam region.
Afridis
Inhabitants of the north-west frontier in Pakistan.
Adivasi
Adivasi are indigenous peoples of mainland South Asia. Adivasi make up 8.6% of India’s population and a large percentage of the Nepalese population.
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Afrikaner
Dutch-born south African race.
Anglo-Saxons
People who invaded Britain after the withdrawal of the Romans 410 Ad. Now living in England, Canada, USA and Australia.
Bantus
Negroes of Central and South Africa (Black race).
Bedouins
Wandering tribe of Arabia and North Africa.
Bhils
Ancient Dravidians of central. India
Berta
The Berta or Bertha are an ethnic group living along the border of Sudan and Ethiopia.
Banna
The Banna people are an ethnic group in Ethiopia. They live in an area around Chari
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Mountain near Kako Town and a savanna area near Dimeka.
Berbers
Berbers are an ethnic group indigenous to North Africa, primarily inhabiting Algeria, northern Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, northern Niger, Tunisia, Libya, and a part of western Egypt.
Bedzan
The Bedzan people are a Pygmy (or perhaps pygmoid) people of Cameroon.
Bongo
The Bongo or Babongo, are an agricultural people of Gabon in equatorial Africa who are known as “forest people” due to their recent foraging economy.
Baka
The Baka people are an ethnic group inhabiting the southeastern rain forests of Cameroon, northern Republic of the Congo, northern Gabon, and southwestern Central African Republic.
Cossacks
Inhabitants of southern and eastern frontiers of Russia
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Croats
Inhabitants of Croatia
Dards
The Dards are a group of Indo-Aryan peoples found predominantly in northern Pakistan, north-western India, and eastern Afghanistan.
Dogon
The Dogon are an ethnic group living in the central plateau region of Mali, in West Africa, south of the Niger bend, near the city of Bandiagara, in the Mopti region.
Dravidians
Ancient people of South India (Non-Aryans)
Eskimos
Inhabitants of the Arctic Circle and Greenland
Filipinos
Natives of Philippines
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Fur
The Fur is an ethnic group inhabiting western Sudan. They are concentrated in the Darfur region, where they are the largest ethnic group
Flemish
Term used for the Inhabitants of Belgium
Garos
Hill tribe of Assam
Gorkhas
Martial race of Nepal
Hutu
The Hutu, also known as the Abahutu, are a Bantu ethnic group native to African Great Lakes region of Africa, primarily area of Burundi and Rwanda.
Gaucho
Gaucho is a term commonly used to describe residents of the South American pampas, chacos or Patagonian grasslands, found in parts of Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay, southern Chile and southern Bolivia and Brazil.
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Irakw
The Irakw are a Cushitic-speaking ethnic group inhabiting the Great Lakes region of East Africa.
Hadza
The Hadza are indigenous ethnic group of north-central Tanzania.
Kaffris
Martial race of South Africa
Kurds
The Kurds comprise an Iranian ethnic group of the Middle East, mostly inhabiting in southeastern Turkey, northwestern Iran, northern Iraq, and northern Syria.
Khirgiz
Tribe living in Central Asia
Khmer Krom
The Khmer Krom are ethnically Khmer people living in the south western part of Vietnam, where they are recognized as one of Vietnam’s fifty-three ethnic minorities.
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Kiwis
People of New Zealand
Koyukon
The Koyukon are an Alaska Native Athabaskan people of the Athabaskan-speaking ethnolinguistic group. Their traditional territory is along the Koyukuk and Yukon rivers
Khoyd
The Khoyd people are an Oirat. Once one of largest tribes of the Oyrads. They live in China and Mongolia.
Laz
The Laz people or Lazi are an indigenous Kartvelian-speaking ethnic group[9] inhabiting the Black Sea coastal regions of Turkey and Georgia
Lurs
Lurs are an Iranian people living mainly in western and south-western Iran.
Magyars
Inhabitants of Hungary
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Mehsuds
Tribe living in Waziristan (Pakistan)
Mehri
Mehri are an ethnic group primarily inhabiting South Arabia and the island of Socotra.
Maoris
Natives of New Zealand
Moor
A mixed tribe of Arab and Berber people of Morocco
Maasai
Maasai are a Nilotic ethnic group inhabiting central and southern Kenya and northern Tanzania.
Marma
The Marma people, formerly known as Moghs or Maghs, are the second-largest ethnic community in Bangladesh’s Chittagong Hill Tracts
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Manchu
The Manchu are an ethnic minority in China and the people from whom Manchuria derives its name.
Mursi
The Mursi are a Nilotic pastoralist ethnic group in Ethiopia.
Munda
The Munda peoples of eastern and (in the case of the Korku) central India are any of several tribal groups of people who natively speak Munda languages, formerly also known as Kolarian.
Negroes
Dark-skinned race of Africa
Naiman
The Naiman is the name of a tribe originating in Mongolia, nowadays one of the tribes in middle juz of Kazakh nation
Nipponese
People living in Japan
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Red Indians
Original inhabitants of North America. They were named so by Columbus who thought that he had discovered India.
Sherpas
Tribe on the border of Tibet and Nepal
Sandawe
The Sandawe are an indigenous ethnic group of Southeast Africa and Tanzania.
Slovenes
People living in former Yugoslavia of Slavic origin
Swahili
People living in parts of Kenya and Tanzania
Todas
Natives of Nilgiri Hills
Kikuyu
The Kikuyu is the largest ethnic group in Kenya. They speak the Bantu Kikuyu language.
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Tutsi
The Tutsi or Abatutsi, are a social class or ethnic group of the African Great Lakes region
Rendille
The Rendille are a Cushitic-speaking ethnic group inhabiting the northern Eastern Province of Kenya.
Saho
The Saho (Soho) are an ethnic group inhabiting the Horn of Africa. They are principally concentrated in Eritrea, with some also living in adjacent parts of Ethiopia.
Shinasha
The Shinasha, also known as Bworo or Boro, are an ethnic group of Ethiopia.
Sinhalese
The Sinhalese are an Indo-Aryan-speaking ethnic group native to the island of Sri Lanka. They constitute about 75% of the Sri Lankan population
Tuareg
The Tuareg are a large Berber ethnic confederation. They principally inhabit the Sahara in a vast area stretching from far southwestern Libya to southern Algeria, Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso.
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Tat
The Tat people are an Iranian people, presently living within Azerbaijan, Georgia, and Russia (mainly Southern Dagestan).
Truku
The Truku people are an Indigenous Taiwanese people. Taroko is also the name of the area of Taiwan where the Truku reside.
Rutuls
Rutuls are an ethnic group in Dagestan, a republic in the south of Russia, and some parts of Azerbaijan.
Udis
The Udis are a native people of the Caucasus. Currently, they live in Azerbaijan, Russia, Georgia, Armenia, Kazakhstan, Ukraine and many other countries.
Vedda
The Vedda are a minority indigenous group of people in Sri Lanka
Yami
The Yami people, also known as the Tao people, are an Austronesian ethnic group native to the tiny outlying Orchid Island of Taiwan.
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Yugurs
The Yugurs are a Turkic and Mongolic group and one of China’s 56 officially recognized ethnic groups. The Yugur live primarily in Sunan Yugur Autonomous County in Gansu, China. They are Tibetan Buddhists.
Uyghurs
The Uyghurs are a Turkic ethnic group who live in East and Central Asia. Uyghurs live in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of China. Uyghurs primarily practice Islam
Zulus
People living in South Africa belonging to the Bantu family.
Zo
The Zo people are living in the Chin area of Myanmar.
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