Huizu

Hui خُوِذُو
回族 (Huízú)

Two Hui women and a man
Total population
10,586,087 (2011 Census)
Regions with significant populations
China; Elsewhere: Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Thailand and Myanmar
Languages
Mandarin Chinese, Dungan, Persian, and other Sinitic languages
Religion
Mainly Sunni Islam
Related ethnic groups
Dungan, Panthay, Dongxiangs, Chin Haw, Kaifeng jews, Han Chinese, other Sino-Tibetan peoples

 China;

The Hui people (Chinese: ; pinyin: Huízú; Wade–Giles: Hui²tsu², Xiao'erjing: خُوِذُو; Dungan: Хуэйзў, Xuejzw) are a Chinese ethnic group, which is composed predominantly of adherents of the Muslim faith and found throughout China, though they are concentrated mainly in the Northwestern provinces of the country and the Zhongyuan. According to a 2011 census, China is home to approximately 10.5 million Hui people, the majority of whom are Chinese-speaking practitioners of Islam, though some may practice other religions.

Hui people are ethnically and linguistically similar to Han Chinese with the exception that most of them practice Islam, engendering distinctive cultural characteristics. For example, as Muslims, they follow Islamic dietary laws and reject the consumption of pork, the most common meat consumed in China, and have given rise to their variation of Chinese cuisine. Traditional Hui clothing differs from that of other Chinese groups as it incorporates elements primarily found in other Islamic cultures. However, since the rapid industrialization and modernization of China, younger generations have slowly been shifting towards Western dress code.