Ethnic flag

An ethnic flag is a flag that symbolizes a certain ethnic group. Ethnic flags are often introduced to the ethnic community through the respective cultural or political ethnic movements. An ethnic flag can be either recognized or not by the central government.

They are popular among ethnic minorities and some ethnic majorities, especially in multi-ethnic countries.

Some ethnic flags are banned by the central governments of a nation because they also serve as the flags of separatist groups, or groups perceived as such by the prevailing authorities.

The national flags of nations and flags of provinces or autonomous areas that are overwhelmingly composed of a single ethnic group, or that are set up specifically as a homeland for a certain ethnic group, are shown as being the ethnic flag of that people.

Americas

Amerindians (Native-Americans)

See also:

• Flags of Aboriginal peoples of Canada
• Flags of Native Americans in the United States

Biracial-Americans

Hispanic-Americans (Latinos) (European/Amerindians(Mestizos))

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Bandera de la Raza: Flag of Hispanic America including also North American Hispanic Americans (Hispanic America and United States)

Indo-European

Euro-Americans

Euro-Anglo Americans

Anglo-American Flag (includes both European Americans and English Canadians) (Vinland flag) (United States and Canada)

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Euro-Franco Americans

• Flags of French-speaking people of North America

Australasia

Austronesian

Polynesian

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Central Eurasia and Northern Eurasia

Altaic

Mongolic

Flag of Inner Mongolian People's Party. This flag is used as a symbol of the Mongol Inner Mongolian independence movement. The Government of the People's Republic of China prohibits using the flag in the country. (Inner Mongolia, China)

Turkic

The "Kokbayraq" flag. This flag is used by Uyghurs as a symbol of the East Turkestan independence movement. It is almost identical to the flag of Turkey except with a light blue background. The Government of the People's Republic of China prohibits using the flag in the country. (China)

Eastern Eurasia

Sino-Tibetan

Tibeto-Burman

Flag of Tibet used intermittently between 1912 and 1950 when Tibet was an autonomous theocracy. This flag functions as the flag of the Tibetan ethnic group. The Government of the People's Republic of China prohibits using the flag in the country. (Tibetan Autonomous Region, Sichuan, and Qinghai, China)

Tai-Kadai

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Maritime Eurasia and Oceania

Papuan

The Morning Star, flag of West Papua, which represents the political separatist movement. Its display is currently prohibited in Indonesia. (West Papuans(West Papua))

Western Eurasia (Europe) and Southern Eurasia

Burushashki

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Multiracial Southern Eurasians

Black African/Dravidian/Austronesian

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Indo-European

Indo-Aryan

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Flag of Kashmir and ethnic flag of the Kashmiris (Kashmir). The flag depicts a swan in the Garden of Shalimar. The three vertical bars represent the three major religions of Kashmir, Islam, Hinduism, and Buddhism and signify peace and equality between them.

Iranic

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See also

• Flags of unrecognized states
• Flags of formerly independent states
• Flags of subnational entities
• Flags of micronations
• Flags of active autonomist and secessionist movements
• List of cultural flags
• Rainbow flag
• Vexillology

References

• Znaimerowski, Alfred (2001). The World Encyclopedia of Flags. London: Hermes House.

External links

Afro-Asiatic

Chadic

• Hausa ethnic flag: Hausa (Northern Nigeria, Nigeria and Southeastern Niger)

Berber

• Tuareg ethnic flag: Tuaregs (Algeria, Mali, Niger, Libya, and Burkina Faso)

Niger-Congo

• Yoruba ethnic flags (two versions—one blue and one red, green, and black): Yorubas (Southern Nigeria, Nigeria)
• Kongo ethnic flag: Kongo (Congo (Kinshasa), Congo (Brazzaville), Angola, Gabon)
• Zulu ethnic flag: Zulus (Kwazulu, South Africa)
• Xhosa ethnic flag: Xhosas (Eastern Cape, South Africa)

Altaic

Mongolic

• Hazara ethnic flag: Hazara people (Hazarajat, Afghanistan)

Ainu

• Ainu ethnic flag: Ainu (Hokkaido, Japan and Sakhalin, Russia)}}

Austroasiatic

Munda

• Munda ethnic flag: Mundas (Jharkhand, Bihar, West Bengal, Chhatisgarh, and Orissa, India)

Austronesian

Malayan

• Javanese ethnic flag (Two versions: gold and red): Javanese (Indonesia)
• Ethnic flag of the Javanese of the Autonomous Sultanate of Yogyakarta: Javanese of the Autonomous Sultanate of Yogyakarta (Yogyakarta, Indonesia)
• Balinese ethnic flag: Balinese (Bali, Indonesia)

Polynesian

• Native Hawaiians: Native Hawaiians (Hawaii, United States)

Dravidian

• Kannada ethnic flag: Kannadas (Karnataka, India)
• Malayalam ethnic flag: Malayalams (Kerala, India)
• Telugu ethnic flag: Telugus (Andhra Pradesh, India)

Indo-European

Indo-Aryan

• Hindi ethnic flag: Hindis (Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Bihar, and Haryana, India)
• Ethnic flag of the Hindis of Bihar: Biharis (Bihar, India)
• West Bengali ethnic flag: West Bengalis (West Bengal, India)
• Gujarati ethnic flag: Gujaratis (Gujarat, India)
• Assamese ethnic flag: Assamese (Assam, India)
• Oriya ethnic flag: Oriyas (Orissa, India)
• Hindu Sindhi flag: Sindhis (Hindu)

Iranic

• Persian ethnic flag: Persians, Iran
• Baluchi flag: Baluchis (Baluchistan, divided among Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Iran)

References for external links

Media related to Flags of ethnic groups at Wikimedia Commons