Alongside the "typical" polis, another form of state, i.e. ethnos, emerged in Greece.

除“典型”的城邦外，希腊还形成另一类型的国家-“部”国家。

According to the official statement, the present situation is that Yi-zu is "one ethnos complicated with various languages and branches" while in 1950s the "Yi" was confirmed as the "ethnos".

「彝族」自一九五○年代「民族」确以来的现况，依官法，是「一个语言复杂而支系繁多的民族」。