image | name | group | world region | linguistic phylum | introduction | notes |
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![]() | Métis flag | Métis people | America, North | mixed; Michif | 1814 | Received from Alexander Macdonnell of the North West Company in 1814 and used by theCanadian Métis resistance in the Battle of Seven Oaks (1816).[1] |
![]() | Pan-Slavic colors | Slavs | Europe, Eastern | Indo-European, Slavic | 1848 | Adopted by the Prague Slavic Congress, 1848, used as the ethnic flag of Sorbs, Moraviansand 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. |
![]() | 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 theKingdom of Hejaz in 1917. It became the basis of a numer 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.[2] |
![]() | 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.[3] |
![]() | Flag of Bosnian Croats | Bosnian Croats | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Croat | 1992 1996 | Used by the Bosnian Croats since 1992 |
![]() | Flag of Livonians | Livonians | Europe, Northern | Finnic,Livonian | 1923 | Used by Livonian Society (Līvõd Īt) in 1923. |
![]() | Flag of Kurdistan | Kurds,Kurdish irredentism | Asia, Western | Indo-European, 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-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) |
![]() | Flag of the Navajo Nation | Navajo Nation | America, North | Na-Dené, Athabaskan | 1968 | Adopted in 1968 as the winning entry of a flag design competition; the design is partly based on the tribal seal adopted in 1952. |
![]() | Flag of Biafra | Igbo people | Africa, West | Niger-Congo,Igbo | 1967 | Flag of the irredentist Republic of Biafra, after 1970 used as ethnic flag.[4] |
![]() | Assyrian flag | Assyrian people(Syriac Christians) | Asia, Western | Afro-Asiatic, Semitic, Aramaic | 1971 | A 1968 design adopted by the Assyrian Universal Alliance in 1971. |
![]() | Australian Aboriginal Flag | Aboriginal Australians | Australia | Australian | 1971 | Designed in 1971, given official recognition by the Australian authorities in 1995. |
![]() | Flag of the Cherokee Nation | Cherokee Nation | America, North | Iroquoian | 1978 | Approved by the Tribal Council in 1978, altered in 1989 (addition of a black star). |
![]() | Aramean-Syriac flag | Aramaeans(Syriac Christians) | Asia, Western | Afro-Asiatic, Semitic, Aramaic | 1980 | Used by the Bahro Suryoyo journal in 1980. |
![]() | Sami flag | Sami people | Europe, Northern | Finnic, Sami | 1986 | Adopted by the 13th Nordic Sami Conference on 15 August 1986. |
![]() | Flag of Maori irredentism | Maori | Oceania, New Zealand | Austronesian, Maori | 1990 | Designed in 1990 and made the subject of an activist campaign until its official recognition by New Zealand authorities in 2009. |
Link | Torres Strait Islander Flag | Torres Strait Islanders | Australia | Creole,Torres Strait Island | 1992 | Recognised by the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission in June 1992, granted official status Australia in 1995. |
![]() | Berber flag | Berbers | Africa, North | Afro-Asiatic,Berber | 1998 | Adopted by the World Amazigh Congress based on 1970s proposals by the Berber Academy. |
![]() | Druze flag | Druze | Levant, West Asia | West Asian, | 1860 | Adopted by the Druze Mental Chiefdom based on "Five Limits Star Druze Star. |
![]() | Chaldean Flag | Chaldean Christians | Asia, Western | Afro-Asiatic, Semitic, Aramaic | 1999 | Approved by the International Chaldean Association of Professional Visual Artists and various other Chaldean organisations.[5] Designed by Amer Fatuhi. |
![]() | Flag of the Hopi Nation | Hopi people | America, North | Uto-Aztecan | 2002 | [6] |
![]() | Coptic flag | Copts | Africa, North | Afro-Asiatic, Coptic | 2005 | This flag is not recognized by the Coptic Orthodox Church or the Coptic Catholic Churchbut is used by a New Zealand based movement called "The Free Copts" as a sign of opposition to Islamic authority in Egypt.[7] |
![]() | Flag of Turkic peoples | Turkic peoples | Asia | Turkic | 2009 | Used by the Turkic Council since 2009. |