Wahan

Wahan (kwa Kiing. Han Chinese) ni kundi la kimbari lenye asili katika Asia ya Mashariki. 92% za watu wa China ni Wahan, kwa jumla ni bilioni 1.4^[1]. Kati ya watu wote duniani, 19% ni Wachina wa Han. Wachina wa Han wana viwango vya juu zaidi katika Mikoa ya Mashariki ya China, haswa katika mikoa ya Hebei, Jiangsu na Guangdong. Kuna milioni kumi kadhaa za Wahan nje ya China yenyewe, wengi wao wanaishi Asia ya Kusini-Mashariki.

Asili ya Wahan walikuwa makabila katika kaskazini ya nchi yaliyolima kwenye maeneo ya Mto Njano^[2]. Makabila hayo yalikuwa pia msingi wa milki za nasaba za kwanza.

Makabila ya Wahan yaliendelea kuenea katika China ya Kusini kwa njia ya walowezi waliotafuta mashamba mapya na uvamizi wa kijeshi. Makabila mengi ambayo hayakuwa Wahan kiasili yalipokea utamaduni na lugha ya Wahan.

Jina la "Wahan" lilianza kutumiwa wakati wa nasaba ya Han.^[3]

Marejeo

↑ CIA Factbook Archived 13 February 2021(Date mismatch) at the Wayback Machine: "Han Chinese 91.1%" out of a reported population of 1,410,539,758 (2022 est.)
↑ Minahan, James B. (2015). Ethnic Groups of North, East, and Central Asia: An Encyclopedia. ABC-CLIO. pp. 89–90. ISBN 978-1-61069-017-1.
↑ Perkins, Dorothy (1998). Encyclopedia of China: History and Culture. Checkmark Books. p. 202. ISBN 978-0-8160-2693-7.

Viungo vya Nje

Defining Han Identity in Chinese Ethnology and Archaeology Research website on Han identity by Ph.D. candidate
How the Han Chinese became the world's biggest tribe Archived 2005-05-16 at the Wayback Machine – Yahoo News/AFP Sept 15, 2004

[1] CIA Factbook Archived 13 February 2021(Date mismatch) at the Wayback Machine: "Han Chinese 91.1%" out of a reported population of 1,410,539,758 (2022 est.)

[2] Minahan, James B. (2015). Ethnic Groups of North, East, and Central Asia: An Encyclopedia. ABC-CLIO. pp. 89–90. ISBN 978-1-61069-017-1.

[3] Perkins, Dorothy (1998). Encyclopedia of China: History and Culture. Checkmark Books. p. 202. ISBN 978-0-8160-2693-7.

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