Alongside the "typical" polis, another form of state, i.e. ethnos, emerged in Greece. 除了这种“典型”的城邦外,希腊还形成了另一种类型的国家-“部落”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」确定以来的现况,依官定说法,是「一个语言复杂而支系繁多的民族」。