Ethnic flag
name group world region linguistic phylum introduction notes
Métis flag Métis people America , North mixed ; Michif 1814 Received from Alexander Macdonnell of the North West Company in 1814 and used by the Canadian Métis resistance in the Battle of Seven Oaks ( 1816 )
Circassian Flag Circassians Europe , Caucasus Northwest Caucasian , Adyghe 1830 ; 1992 Used by Circassians since the 19th century and Adygea since 1992
Pan-Slavic colours Slavs Europe , Eastern Indo-European , Slavic 1848 Adopted by the Prague Slavic Congress , 1848 , used as the ethnic flag of Sorbs , Moravians , and other Slavic-speaking minorities
Flag of Acadia Acadians America , North Indo-European , Romance , French 1884 Adopted at the Second Acadian National Convention held in Miscouche , Prince Edward Island , on 15 August 1884
Ikurriña Basque people Europe , West Basque 1895 Designed in 1894 for the province of Biscay , adopted in 1895 by Euzkeldun Batzokija ( predecessor of the Basque Nationalist Party ) , adopted it as the flag of the Basque Autonomous Region in 1936 , prohibited in Franco Spain 1938-1977 , official adoption as the flag of the Basque Country in 1978
Bosanski Ljiljan Bosniaks Europe , South Serbo-Croatian 1992 Formerly the national flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina until 1998
Flag of the West Herzegovina Canton Bosnian Croats Europe , South Serbo-Croatian 1992 Formerly the flag of the Croatian Republic of Herzeg-Bosnia from 1992 to 1996
Flag of Zion Jews Asia , Western Afro-Asiatic , Semitic , Hebrew 1898 Introduced as the flag of Zionism at the Second Zionist Congress held in Switzerland in 1898 ; adopted as the state flag of Israel in 1948
Flag of the Arab Revolt Arabs Asia , Western Afro-Asiatic , Semitic , Arabic 1917 Introduced as the flag of the Arab nationalist revolt against the Ottoman Empire and the Kingdom of Hejaz in 1917 . It became the basis of a number of flags using the Pan-Arab colors later in the 20th century
Crimean Tatar flag Crimean Tatars Europe , Eastern Turkic , Crimean Tatar 1917 Introduced under the Crimean People 's Republic ( November 1917 ) , now used as ethnic flag
Pan-African flag Black Africans Africa - 1920 Adopted in 1920 by the Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League , now used in Black nationalism and Pan-Africanism
Flag of the Swedish-speaking Finns Finland-Swedes Europe , Northern Indo-European , Germanic , Swedish 1922 Used by the Swedish People 's Party of Finland from 1922 , based on a 1917 design
Flag of Livonians Livonians Europe , Northern Finnic , Livonian 1923 Used by Livonian Society ( Līvõd Īt ) in 1923
Flag of the Korean National Association Koreans Asia , Eastern Korean 1928 Designed by Yong-man Park . Due to the inherently ethnic nature of Korean nationalism , the South Korean flag is also seen and used as a de facto pan-Korean ethnic flag by many South Koreans
Flag of the Kurds Kurds , Kurdish irredentism Asia , Western Indo-European , Indo-Iranian , Iranian , Kurdish 1927 Used by the Republic of Ararat in 1927 , based on earlier designs used in the 1890s revolt
Hispanic flag Hispanidad , La Raza Americas Indo-European , Romance , Spanish 1932 Winning entry in a contest organized by Juana de Ibarbourou in 1932
Flag of the Romani people Romani people Europe Indo-European , Indo-Iranian , Indo-Aryan , Romani 1933 Introduced by the General Union of the Roma of Romania in 1933 , adopted at the First World Romani Congress in 1971
Malay tricolour Malay people , Malayness Asia , Southeast Austronesian , Malay 1946 Introduced by the United Malays National Organisation ( 1946 )
Druze flag Druze Levant , West Asia West Asian , 1948 Adopted by the Druze Mental Chiefdom based on Five Limits Star Druze Star
Flag of Biafra Igbo people Africa , West Niger-Congo , Igbo 1967 Flag of the irredentist Republic of Biafra , after 1970 used as ethnic flag
Individual flags
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An ethnic flag is a flag that symbolizes a certain ethnic group. Ethnic flags are often introduced to the ethnic community through the respective cultural or political ethnic movements. They are popular among diasporas, ethnic minorities, and some ethnic majorities, especially in multiethnic countries.