The Pumi (also Primi or Premi) [1] people (Tibetan: བོད་མི་, Wylie: bod mi, Chinese: 普米族; pinyin: Pǔmǐzú, autonym: /pʰʐə̃˥.mi˥/) are an ethnic group.They form one of the 56 ethnic groups officially recognized by China.. Ethnically related to the Tibetans of the Mili Tibetan Autonomous County and Yanyuan County in Sichuan, [2] the Pumi are recognized as an official ...