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Tatars
thumb|upright=1.4|Share of Tatars in regions of Russia, 2010 census
Hungarians
Hungarians, also known as Magyars, are an ethnic group native to Hungary (), who share a common culture, language, history and ancestry. They also have a notable presence in former parts of the Kingdom of Hungary. The Hungarian language belongs to the Ugric branch of the Uralic language family, alongside the Khanty and Mansi languages.
Crimean Tatars
Turkic ethnic group, an indigenous people of Crimea
Serbs
Romanians
Romanians (, ; dated exonym Vlachs) are a Romance-speaking ethnic group and nation native to Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe. Romanians share a common culture, history, ancestry and language and live primarily in Romania and Moldova. There is a debate regarding the ethnic categorisation of the Moldovans, concerning whether they constitute a subgroup of the Romanians or a completely different ethnic group. The origin of the Romanians is also fiercely debated, one theory suggests that the ancestors of Romanians are the Daco-Romans, while the other theory suggests that Romanians are ma
Gagauz
Turkic people of southern Bessarabia
Székelys
The Székelys (, Székely runes: ), also referred to as Szeklers, are a Hungarian subgroup living mostly in the Székely Land in Romania. Of the Székelys of Bukovina, some are still living in their native villages in Suceava County in Bukovina, but a significant number of their descendants are currently living in Tolna and Baranya counties in Hungary and certain districts of Vojvodina in Serbia.
Aromanians
The Aromanians () are an ethnic group native to the southern Balkans who speak Aromanian, an Eastern Romance language. They traditionally live in central and southern Albania, south-western Bulgaria, northern and central Greece, and North Macedonia, and can currently be found also in southern Serbia, and south-eastern Romania (Northern Dobruja). An Aromanian diaspora living outside these places also exists. The Aromanians are known by several other names, such as "Vlachs" or "Macedo-Romanians" (sometimes used to also refer to the Megleno-Romanians).
Kipchaks
thumb|A Safavid Iran|Safavid depiction of the [[Padishah (Emperor) of Dast-i Qipchaq ("Steppe of the Kipchaks"). Tabriz or Qavin, circa 1550. British Museum, Padishah (Emperor) of Dast-i Qipchaq, (1550). Possible portrait of Kazakh khan]] thumb|The Cumania in Eurasia, 1200|alt=The Desht-i Kipchak in Eurasia, 1200
Hutsuls
The Hutsuls are an East Slavic ethnic group spanning parts of western Ukraine and northern Romania (i.e. parts of Bukovina and Maramureș).
Lipovans
The Lipovans or Lippovans are ethnic Russian Old Believers living in Romania, Ukraine, Moldova and Bulgaria who settled in the Principality of Moldavia, in the east of the Principality of Wallachia (Muntenia), and in the regions of Dobruja and Budjak during the 17th and 18th centuries. According to the 2011 Romanian census, there are a total of 23,487 Lipovans in Romania, mostly living in Northern Dobruja, in Tulcea County but also in Constanța County, and in the cities of Iași, Brăila and Bucharest. In Bulgaria, they inhabit two villages: Kazashko and Tataritsa.
Csángós
thumb|Family of Rab Márton - Csangos Land, 1900
Carpathian Germans
ethnic group
Hungarians in Romania
ethnic minority in Romania
Megleno-Romanians
The Megleno-Romanians, also known as Meglenites (), Moglenite Vlachs or simply Vlachs (), are an Eastern Romance ethnic group, originally inhabiting seven villages in the Moglena region spanning the Pella and Kilkis regional units of Central Macedonia, Greece, and one village, Huma, across the border in North Macedonia. These people live in an area of approximately 300 km2 in size. Unlike the Aromanians, the other Romance-speaking population in the same historic region, the Megleno-Romanians are traditionally sedentary agriculturalists, and not traditionally transhumants. Sometimes, the M
Banat Bulgarians
Bulgarian minority group
Tatars of Romania
Turkic ethnic group mostly of southeast Romania
Boyash
Boyash or Bayash (endonym: Bȯjáṡ, Romanian: Băieși, Hungarian: Beás, Slovak: Bojáš, Serbo-Croatian: Banjaši, Bojaši) are a Romani ethnic group living in Romania, Moldova, southern Hungary, northern Croatia, northern Serbia, Slovakia, the Balkans, but also in the Americas. Alternative names are Rudari (Ludari), Lingurari and Zlătari.
Turks of Romania
ethnic Turks who form an ethnic minority in Romania
Krashovani
thumb|200px|right|Krashovani-inhabited areas within the Caraș-Severin County (light green). The Krashovani (, ) are a Croat community inhabiting Carașova and Lupac in the Caraș-Severin County within Romanian Banat. They are Catholic by faith and speak a Torlakian dialect.
Ukrainians of Romania
ethnic group
Czechs in Romania
Czech minority based in Romania
Albanians of Romania
ethnic group
Armenians in Romania
Armenian community in Romania
Székelys of Bukovina
Hungarian ethnic community
Serbs in Romania
ethnic group in Romania
Poles in Romania
Romanian citizens of Polish descent
Bulgarians in Romania
recognized minority in Romania
minorities in Romania
Chinese of Romania
ethnic group
Rusyns of Romania
ethnic group
Greeks in Romania
Romanian ethnic minorities parties
political party in Romania
Transylvanian Saxon University
Arabs in Romania
ethnic group
Italians of Romania
Romanians of Italian Descent
Aromanians in Romania
Aromanian community within Romania