World Ethnic Group – V

Ethnic Group: Vai

Population: 240,000

Language(s): Vai, Kriol, Gola, English

Related Ethnic Group(s):
• Loma
• Gola
• Gbandi
• Mende
• Kpelle

Religion: Islam, Christianity

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Ethnic Group: Vaiphei

Population: 40,000 (2001 census)

Language(s): Vaiphei

Related Ethnic Group(s):
• Paite
• Kuki
• Zou
• Zo
• Hmar
• Chin
• Gangte
• Mizo

Religion: Christianity

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Ethnic Group: Vale

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Ethnic Group: Valencian

Population: 4,185,000

Language(s): Valencian, Spanish

Related Ethnic Group(s):
• Aragonese
• Occitan
• Catalan
• Italian
• Portuguese
• Spaniard

Religion: Roman Catholicism

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Ethnic Group: Vasava

Population: 1,072,000

Language(s): Vasavi

Religion: Hinduism

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Ethnic Group: Vedda (Wanniyala-Aetto)

Population: 2,500

Language(s): Sinhala, Tamil, Vedda (Extinct)

Related Ethnic Group(s):
• Sri Lankan Tamil
• Sinhalese

Religion: Animism

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Ethnic Group: Vellala

Population: 2,517,000

Language(s): Tamil

Related Ethnic Group(s):
• Tamil

Religion: Hinduism

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Ethnic Group: Venda

Population: 2,910,000 (Ethnologue)

Language(s): Venda

Religion: Traditional Religion, Jewish, Christian

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Ethnic Group: Venezuelan

Population: 31,304,016 (July 2017 est.)

Language(s): Spanish, Portuguese, Chinese, Italian

Religion: Roman Catholicism, Orthodox Church, Protestantism, Jehovah Witnesses, Mormonism

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Photo By: Republica de Venezuela, http://www.republica-de-venezuela.com/

Ethnic Group: Venezuelan American

Population: 321,609

Language(s): English, Spanish

Related Ethnic Group(s):
• Venezuelan
• Spaniard
• Italian
• Chilean American
• Colombian American
• Cuban American

Religion: Roman Catholicism, Judaism, Protestantism

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Ethnic Group: Venezuelan Canadian

Population: 105,000

Language(s): Canadian English, Canadian French, Venezuelan Spanish

Related Ethnic Group(s):
• Venezuelan American
• Venezuelan

Religion: Roman Catholicism

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Ethnic Group: Venezuelan Mexican

Population: 15,959

Language(s): Spanish

Related Ethnic Group(s):
• Venezuelan American
• Venezuelan Mexican
• Venezuelan people in Spain
• Venezuelan people in Uruguay

Religion: Roman Catholicism

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Ethnic Group: Venezuelan people in Spain

Population: 156,065 (2013)

Language(s): Spanish

Related Ethnic Group(s):
• Venezuelan

Religion: Christianity

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Ethnic Group: Venezuelan people in Uruguay

Population: 1,000

Language(s): Spanish

Religion: Christianity

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Ethnic Group: Vengo

Population: 14,000

Language(s): Babungo (Vengo), English, French, Cameroonian Pidgin English

Religion: Christianity, Animism

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Ethnic Group: Vepsian

Population: 8,240 (2002 Russia census)

Language(s): Vepsian, Russian

Related Ethnic Group(s):
• Finnish
• Estonian
• Karelian
• Izhorian
• Kven
• Tornedalian

Religion: Russian Orthodoxy

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Ethnic Group: Vezo

Population: 1,000 (2004)

Language(s): Malagasy, Vezo

Related Ethnic Group(s):
• Masikoro

Religion: Protestantism, Catholicism, Tribal

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Ethnic Group: Vidiri

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Language(s): Vidiri, Sango

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Ethnic Group: Vidunda

Population: 32,000 (1987)

Language(s): Vidunda, Swahili

Religion: Traditional Religion, Christian, Islam

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Ethnic Group: Viejas Band of Kumeyaay Indians

Population: 394

Language(s): English, Ipai, Tipai

Related Ethnic Group(s):
• Paipai
• Kiliwa
• Quechan
• Cocopah Indian Tribe
• Kumeyaay

Religion: Traditional tribal religion, Christianity

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Ethnic Group: Vietnamese (Kinh)

Population: 94,851,768 (United Nation)

Language(s): Vietnamese

Related Ethnic Group(s):
• Gin
• Muong

Religion: Buddhism, Vietnamese Folk Religion, Christianity

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Ethnic Group: Vietnamese American

Population: 1,870,000

Language(s): American English, Vietnamese,

Related Ethnic Group(s):
• Vietnamese (Kinh)

Religion: Buddhism, Roman Catholicism, Protestantism

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Ethnic Group: Vietnamese Australian

Population: 300,000 (estimated population in 2016)

Language(s): Vietnamese, Australian English

Related Ethnic Group(s):
• Vietnamese (Kinh)
• Vietnamese American
• Vietnamese Cambodian
• Vietnamese Norwegian
• Vietnamese people in Bulgaria
• Vietnamese people in Czech Republic

Religion: Christianity, Buddhism, Confucianism, Taoism, Irreligion

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Ethnic Group: Vietnamese Cambodian

Population: 20,000

Language(s): Vietnamese, Khmer

Religion: Theravada Buddhism, Mahayana Buddhism, Roman Catholicism, Cao Dai

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Ethnic Group: Vietnamese Norwegian

Population: 22,658 (2017)

Language(s): Norwegian, Vietnamese

Related Ethnic Group(s):
• Vietnamese (Kinh)
• Vietnamese American
• Vietnamese Cambodian
• Vietnamese people in Bulgaria
• Vietnamese people in Czech Republic
• Vietnamese people in Russia
• Vietnamese people in the United Kingdom

Religion: Roman Catholicism, Mahayana Buddhism

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Ethnic Group: Vietnamese people in Bulgaria

Population: 2,600

Language(s): Bulgarian, Vietnamese

Related Ethnic Group(s):
• Vietnamese (Kinh)

Religion: Mahayana Buddhism

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Ethnic Group: Vietnamese people in Czech Republic

Population: 40,000 (estimate)

Language(s): Czech, Vietnamese

Related Ethnic Group(s):
• Vietnamese (Kinh)

Religion: Mahayana Buddhism

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Ethnic Group: Vietnamese people in Russia

Population: 26,205

Language(s): Russian, Vietnamese

Related Ethnic Group(s):
• Vietnamese (Kinh)

Religion: Mahayana Buddhism

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Ethnic Group: Vietnamese people in the United Kingdom

Population: 28,000 (2014 estimate)

Language(s): British English, Vietnamese

Related Ethnic Group(s):
• Vietnamese (Kinh)
• Vietnamese Cambodian
• Vietnamese people in Bulgaria
• Vietnamese people in Czech Republic
• Vietnamese people in Russia
• Vietnamese Norwegian

Religion: Confucianism, Mahayana Buddhism, Roman Catholicism

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Ethnic Group: Vilela

Population: 519 (2010)

Language(s): Vilela

Related Ethnic Group(s):
• Lule

Religion: Christianity

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Ethnic Group: Vili

Population: 100,000

Language(s): Vili, Kituba

Related Ethnic Group(s):
• Punu
• Yombe
• Kongo

Religion: African Traditional Religion, Christianity

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Ethnic Group: Vinza

Population: 21,500

Language(s): Vinza, Swahili

Religion: Islam

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Ethnic Group: Vokkaliga

Population: 9,000,000 - 10,000,000

Language(s): Kannada, Are Bhashe

Related Ethnic Group(s):
• Kodava
• Dravidian

Religion: Jainism, Hinduism

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Ethnic Group: Võro

Population: 74,499

Language(s): Võro, Estonian

Related Ethnic Group(s):
• Seto
• Estonian

Religion: Christianity

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Ethnic Group: Vote

Population: 73 (Ethnologue)

Language(s): Russian, Votic, Izhorian

Related Ethnic Group(s):
• Izhorian
• Finnish
• Karelian
• Estonian
• Vepsian

Religion: Orthodox

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