Hunanese people
Two Hunannese men counting brass coins in Changde, circa 1900-1919. | |
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 38,149,000 | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Mainland China | Hunan Northeastern Guangxi parts of Guizhou |
| Republic of China on Taiwan | As a small part of Mainlander population of Taiwan island |
| Languages | |
| Xiang Chinese Mandarin Chinese | |
| Religion | |
| Mahayana Buddhism, Taoism, Confucianism, and Chinese folk religion | |
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The Hunanese people or Xiang-speaking Chinese (Chinese: 湖湘民系; pinyin: Huxiang minxi; Xiang Chinese: 湘語人 Shiōn'nỳ nin) are a Xiang-speaking Han Chinese ethnic subgroup originating from Hunan province in Southern China, but Xiang-speaking people are also found in the adjacent provinces of Guangxi and Guizhou.