Tags: Ethnic Group.
The Bouyei (also spelled Puyi Buyei and Buyi; self called: Buxqyaix [puʔjai] or Puzhong Burao Puman; Chinese: 布依族; Pinyin: Bùyīzú; Vietnamese: người Bố Y) are an ethnic group living in southern mainland China. Numbering 2.5 million they are the 11th largest of the 56 ethnic groups officially recognized by the People’s Republic of China. Some Bouyei also live in Vietnam where they are one of that nation’s 54 officially recognized ethnic groups.