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There are 56 ethnic groups in China. There are more than 80 languages. The Han, Hui and Manchu ethnic groups use the Chinese language, while the 12 ethnic groups, Mongolian, Tibetan, Uygur, Kazak, Kirgiz, Korean, Yi, Dai, Lahu, Jingpo, Xibe and Russian, each have their own written languages. Most of these texts have a long history. Among them, the Mongols use a pinyin script written vertically. This Mongolian language is commonly used in Mongolian areas. The Mongolians living in Xinjiang also use a phonetic script based on the common Mongolian language, which is adapted to the characteristics of the dialect. Since the Mongolian people use two Mongolian languages, the Dai people use four Dai languages, and the Hui and Manchu people use Chinese languages, the above 15 ethnic groups use a total of 17 languages. In addition, the majority of the Christian population of the Lisu ethnic group uses a script that states the Lisu language in uppercase Latin letters and their reversed forms, and one or two districts in Visi County use the Lisu script, the "bamboo book", which was developed by local peasants. Some Christian people in northeastern Yunnan Province use a Miao script in which symbols for sound, rhyme, and tone are put together in blocks. The Wa script, formed by the Latin alphabet, is used by the Christian minority of the Wa ethnic group in Yunnan. Among the Zhuang, Bai and Yao people, some people still use the Zhuangzi, Baiwen and Yao characters created under the influence of Chinese characters. To sum up, before the founding of the People's Republic of China, there were 21 ethnic groups using written languages and 24 types of written languages. In addition to the words listed above, there are other words that were used in history and later ceased to be used. They are written in 17 languages, including Turkic, Huigur, Chagatai, Khotanese, Basiba, Western Xia, Dongma picture script, Dongba hieroglyphics, water script and Manchu.
