BeforeSebelum sinicization''sinifikasi'', penduduk asli non-ChineseTionghoa indigenousdi peoplesTiongkok ofSelatan, Southernsecara China,kolektif termeddiberi collectivelynama byoleh theorang ChineseTiongkok assebagai [[Baiyue]] inhabitedyang themendiami coastlinegaris ofpantai ChinaTiongkok fromdari asutara far north as thesejauh [[Yangtze|Sungai Yangtze River]] tohingga aske farselatan south as thesejauh [[Gulf ofTeluk Tonkin]]. Analysis ofAnalisis DNA recoveredyang fromditemukan humandari remainssisa-sisa showsmanusia highmenunjukkan frequenciesfrekuensi oftinggi [[Haplogroup O1]] indalam [[budaya Liangzhu culture]] linkingyang thismenghubungkan culturebudaya toini moderndengan Austronesianpopulasi populationsAustronesia modern. ItDiyakini isbahwa believed thatbudaya Liangzhu culturemerupakan wasnegeri theasal ancestralleluhur homeland ofpopulasi Proto-Austronesian populationsAustronesia beforesebelum theymereka [[Austronesianhipotesis hypothesisAustronesia|spreadmenyebar toke Taiwan]]. Over time, the southward spread of Han Chinese led to the sinicization of most of the Baiyue populations that remained in Southern China, whether in the [[Yangtze]] Valley or in coastal areas from the mouth of the Yangtze to the Gulf of Tonkin.<ref>{{cite book|title= Prehistoric Settlement of the Pacific, Volume 86, Part 5|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=XiELAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA137&dq=in+the+southward+spread+of+Han+Chinese+led+to+the+sinicization+of+all+AN-speakers&hl=en&sa=X&ei=63CBU6-TG4qD8gWKqIGwBQ&ved=0CDAQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=in%20the%20southward%20spread%20of%20Han%20Chinese%20led%20to%20the%20sinicization%20of%20all%20AN-speakers&f=false}}</ref> The remnants of these peoples who were not sinicized are now recognized officially as the [[Ethnic minorities in China|ethnic minorities]] of the [[China|PRC]].
