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

除这种“典型”的城邦外，希腊还形一种类型的国家-“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○「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族」。