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The Maonan Nationality
  There are about 71,000 Maonan people in China. They live in the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.

The Maonan people call themselves Anan. They originated from the ancient people of Baiyue, Liao, and Lingren.

The language of the Maonan people belongs to the Dong-Shui branch of the Zhuang-Dong language group of the Chinese-Tibetan language family. It does not have written form.

Agriculture is the main occupation of this ethnic group.

 

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