How many years has the history of Yi nationality been?

The Yi nationality has a history of about 7,000 years and is one of the oldest nationalities in China. The history of Yi nationality can be traced back to the era of the Yellow Emperor, from about 2570 to 2550 BC, and it is the sixth largest minority in China. Its national language is Yi language, which belongs to the Yi branch of the Tibeto-Burman language family of Sino-Tibetan language family. There are six dialects in North, East, South, Southeast, West and China, including five sub-dialects and twenty-five dialects. Yi people are mainly distributed between the plateaus and coastal hills in Yunnan, Sichuan, Guizhou and Guangxi provinces, and mainly gather in Chuxiong, Honghe, Liangshan, Bijie, Liupanshui and Anshun. Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture is the largest Yi inhabited area in China.

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