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Champenois-speaking people of Champagne-Ardenne of Northeastern France
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Coloured
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Congolese people
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Cornish
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Dominican American
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Hispanic
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Ho-Chunk
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Hungarians
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Huron
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Icelanders
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Igorot
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Indo-Caribbean
Indo-Guyanese
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Ingushes
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Inuit
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Iraqi Turkmens
Irish
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Istro-Romanians
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Itsekiri
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Jakaltek people
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Janjevci
Japanese
Jassic
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Jing
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Karamojong
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Karelians
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Karok
Kashubians
Katang
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Kavango
Kaw or Kansa Indians
Kayapo
Kazakhs
Kenyah
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Kets
Khakas
Khang
Khants
Khasia
Khassonké
Khevi
Khevsureti
Khinalugs
Khmer
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Khoikhoi
Khomani or Nu
Khufis
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Kickapoo
Kinh or Jing or Vietnamese
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Klallam
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Knanaya
Kodava
Kogi
Kolchan
Kombai
Komi
Kongo
Koniag
Kootenai
Koptian
Korean
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Koryaks
Koskimo
Kosraean
Koyukon
Kozaks
Kpelle
Kraho
Krashovans
Kri
Kristang
Krymchaks
Ktunaxa
Kuban Cossacks
Kubu
Kuikuru
Kumeyaay
Kumyks
Kuna
Kurds
Kuruba Gowda
Kwakiutl
Kwakwaka'wakw
Kyrgyz
Kĩkũyũ
La Chi
La Ha
Laguna
Lahu
Laigain
Lakota
Laks
Lamet
Langi (also Lango) – an ethnic group of Uganda (a Luo people)
Lao
Lao American
Lao Sung
Lao Theung
Latgalians
Latino Zamboangueño
Latvians
Lavae
Laven
Layap
Laz
Lazoi
Lebou
Lemkos
Lenca
Lengua
Leonese
Lezgis
Lhoba
Lhotshampa
Li
Limburgish
Limbus
Lipka Tatars
Lipovans
Lisu
Lithuanians
Livonians
Lo Lo
Lobi
Lotuko
Louisiana Creole people
Lozi
Lua
Luba
Lue
Luhya
Luiseno
Lumad
Lumbee
Lummi
Lun Bawang/Lun Dayeh (Borneo)
Lunda
Luo (also Joluo)
Luxembourg American
Luxembourgers
M'Baka
Maasai
Macaoese
Macedonians
Macuxi
Madeirans
Madheshis
Madurese
Magar people
Mahican
Mahorian
Maidu
Mailu
Maingtha
Maka
Makah
Makong
Makua
Malagasi
Malay
Malayali
Maliseet
Maltese
Mam
Mamamwa
Manasi
Manchu
Mandan
Mandinka
Mang people
Mangbetu
Mangyan
Mansis
Manx
Maonan
Mapuche
Marathis
Mari
Maricopa
Marind-Anim
Marwari
Mashantucket Pequots
Matabele
Mataco
Matis
Mattaponi
Maubere
Maya
Mayo
Mazandarenis
Mbaya
Mbochi
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Mbuti
Me-Wuk
Megleno-Romanians
Meherrin
Meitei
Mekeo
Mekeo
Melungeons of the Southeastern USA
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Menba
Mende
Mennonites
Menominee
Mentawai
Mer
Meskhetians
Mestizo
Mewat
Mi'kmaq
Miao
Miccosukee
Mina
Minahasa/Manadonese
Minangkabau
Mingo people
Mingrelians
Miskito
Mission
Mitsogo
Miwok
Mixtec
Mizo
Mizrahi Jews
Mlabri
Mnong
Modoc
Mohajir
Mohave
Mohawk
Mohegan
Mokshas
Moldovans
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Mon
Monacan
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Mongo
Mongols
Mono
Monovish
Montagnais
Montaukett
Montenegrins
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Moriori
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Morlachs
Moro
Mossi
Motuan
Muckleshoot
Mudéjar
Muhajir (Pakistan)
Mulam
Mulatto
Mundas
Mundurucu
Muong
Mursi
Museu
Myene
Métis
Māori
N/u or Khomani
Naga
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Nahua
Namaqua
Nanais
Nansemond
Narragansett
Nasia
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Nauruan
Navajo
Naxi
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Ndebele
Negidals
Negrito
Nenets
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Nevisian of the island of Saint Nevis
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Nez Percé
Ngae
Nganasans
Ngasan
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Niominka
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Nisei
Nishka
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Nisse
Niuean – Polynesian
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Nomlaki
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Northumbrians
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Nu
Nuba peoples
Nubians
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Nukak
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Nuristani
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Nyagatom
Nzema
O Du
O'Odham
Occitania
Odawa
Ogaden
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Ogoni
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Okamba
Okande
Okies
Okinawans
Omagua
Omaha
Oneida
Onondaga
Oroch
Orokaiva
Oroks
Oromo
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Osage Nation
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Otavaleño
Otoe-Missouria
Ottawa
Ovambo
Pa Then
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Pa-Thi
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Paiute
Palcene
Paliyan
Pamunkey
Panamanian
Pangasinan people
Panoan
Papel
Parsi
Pashtun
Pashu
Passamaquoddy
Pataxo
Pattar
Paugusset
Pawnee
Penan
Pennsylvania Dutch
Pennsylvania German
Penobscot
Peoria
Perce
Persians
Phong
Phu La
Phu Noi
Phu Thai
Picardy
Pied-noir
Piegan
Pilaga
Pima
Pit River Indians
Pitcairn-Norfolk, microcosm of English settlers on two islands in the South Pacific.
Pokot people
Polabian Slavs
Polish
Polynesians
Pomaks
Pomo
Ponca
Ponhpeian
Pontic Greeks
Poospatuck
Portuguese
Potawatomi
Potiguara
Powhatan
Pu Peo
Pueblo people
Puelche
Puerto Ricans
Puget Sound Salish
Pumi
Punan
Punjabis
Purépecha
Puyallup
Pākehā
Q'eros
Qashqai
Qiang
Quahatika
Quapaw
Quechan
Quechuas
Quiché (K'iche')
Quileute
Quinault
Quinqui
Québécois
Ra Glai
Rais
Rajasthani
Rakhine
Rakuba
Ramapough Mountain Indians
Rappahannock
Rashaida
Rehoboth Baster people of Namibia in southern Africa
Ripuarian people of the tri-national area of the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany
Ro Mam
Rohingya
Romani
Romanians
Roshanis
Rotuman
Russians
Rusyns
Ruthenians
Rutuls
Ryukyuans
S'Klallam
Saarlanders of Saarland, Germany and adjacent part of France
Sadang
Saek
Saho
Saingolo
Salar
Salish
Samanthan
Samaritan
Samburu
Samegrelo
Sami
Sammarinese
Samoans
Samogitians
Samojeeds
Samtao
San
San Chay
San Diu
Sanema
Santal
Santee Sioux
Saponi
Sara
Saraikis
Sarakatsani
Saramaka
Sauk
Sauk-Suiattle
Savoyard dialect of Savoyards of Savoy in southeastern France
Scottish
Sekani
Selk'nam
Selkups
Semai
Seminole
Sena
Seneca
Senegalese people of Senegal and the Gambia
Sentinelese
Sephardic Jews
Serbs
Serer
Serer-Ndut
Seychellois Creole people
Seychellois people
Shan
Shangaan
Shasta
Shavante
Shawnee
She
Sherpa
Shinnecock
Shipibo
Shoalwater Bay Tribe
Shona
Shors
Shoshone
Shughnis
Shui
Si La
Sidamo
Siddi
Siksika
Silesians
Siletz
Sindhis
Singmun
Sinhalese
Sinti
Sioux
Siuslaw
Skagit
Skokomish
Slavs
Slovaks
Slovenes
Sokci
Somali
Somba
Songhai
Soninke
Sorbs
Souei
Southern Tutchone
Spaniards
Spokane
Squaxin Island Tribe
Sri Lankan Moors
Stillaguamish
Sundanese
Suquamish
Suri
Surui
Susu
Suyá
Svans
Swahili people
Swazi
Swedes
Swinomish
Swiss Romansh
Sylheti
Syrian Christians or Saint Thomas Christians
Sḵwxwú7mesh
T'boli
Ta Oi
Tabasarans
Tachi
Taché
Tagalogs
Tagish
Taiwanese aborigines
Tajiks
Taliang
Talysh
Tamang
Tamil
Tanana
Tanna
Taos Pueblo Indians of New Mexico
Tapajo
Tapirapé
Tapuia
Tarahumara
Tarascan
Tasaday
Tatars
Tats
Tay
Taíno
Teda
Tehuelche
Teimani Jewish Jews of Yemenite extraction
Tejano
Telefolmin
Telugu
Terena
Tetons (Lakota people)
Tewa
Thais
Thakali
Tharu
Thin
Tibetans
Ticuna
Tigray-Tigrinya
Tigre people
Tigua
Tindis
Tipra
Tlakluit
Tlingit
Toala
Toba
Tofalars
Tohono O'odham
Tokelauan – Polynesian island chain in the Pacific Ocean
Tolais
Tolowa
Toltec
Tonga
Tongans
Tongva
Tonkawa
Topachula
Toraja
Torbesh
Torres Strait Islanders
Totonac
Toubou
Transylvanian Saxons
Tsakhurs
Tsetsaut
Tsez
Tsimishian
Tsonga
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Tswana people
Tuamotu
Tuareg
Tujia
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Tukolor
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Tunica-Biloxi
Tupian peoples of Brazil
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Tupí people
Turkish Cypriots
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Turks
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Tutsi
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Twa peoples
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Tzigane
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Udeges
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Ukrainian
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Ulster-Scots
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Upper Skagit
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Uyghurs
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Visayan
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Volga Germans
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Wakhs
Waki
Walla Walla
Walloons
Walsers
Wampanoag
Wasco
Washoe
Wayana
Welayta people
Welsh
West Flemings
White Mountain Apache of Arizona (USA)
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Wintu
Wintun
Wishram
Wiyot
Wolof
Wu Chinese
Wyandot
Wyyanaha
Xakriabá
Xavante
Xerente
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Xibe
Xikrin
Xin Uygurs
Xinh Mun
Xo Dang
Xtieng
Xucuru
Xueda
Yaghan
Yaghnabis
Yagua
Yakama or Yakimas
Yakugir
Yakuts
Yang
Yankton Sioux
Yanomami
Yao
Yapese
Yaqui
Yavapai: Yavapai-Apache Nation, Yavapai-Prescott Indian Tribe
Yawalpiti
Yawanawa
Yazgulamis
Yekuana
Yi
Yocha-Dehe
Yokut
Yoruba
Yu people
Yuchi
Yugur
Yukaghirs
Yuki
Yuma
Yumbri
Yupiks
Yurok
Yörüks
Zaghawa
Zambo
Zapotec
Zarma
Zazas
Zhuang
Zou
Zulian
Zulu
Zuni
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I know this is awfully old, but I was wondering if you can share how you collected this list?

It is indeed old. It's compiled from a combination of online sources and some peer feedback.

Moldovans and Walloons should be added

Thanks, happy to update if people are using the list.

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