ethnic group
socially defined category of people who identify with each other
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Summary
ethnic group is a classification scheme[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of classification scheme entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (12,866 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Instance of: personal data[3]
- Subclass of: population group[4]
- Commons category: Ethnic groups[5]
- Said to be the same as: ethnos[6], caste[7], ethnic minority group[8]
- Topic's main category: Category:Ethnic groups[9]
- Described by source: Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 4[10]
- Partially coincident with: Minzu (anthropology)[11]
- Topic has template: Template:Infobox ethnic group[12], Template:Infobox ethnic group 2[13]
- Used by: by ethnicity[14]
- Has characteristic: ethnicity[15], culture[16], first language[17], identity[18], ethnic identity[19]
- Main Wikidata property: P172[20]
- Equivalent class: http://dbpedia.org/ontology/EthnicGroup[21]
- Different from: people[22], nation[23], nationality[24]
- Properties for this type: P103[25], P1846[26], P276[27], P140[28], P135[29], P1082[30], P172[31]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[32]
- Maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Ethnic groups[33]
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Influence
Things named for ethnic group include triphylite[34], a mineral species[35]; abenakiite-(Ce)[36], a mineral species[37]; and changoite[38], a mineral species[39].
Why It Matters
ethnic group has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[40] It is known by 121 alternative names across languages and contexts.[41]
Entities named for it include triphylite[34], a mineral species[35]; abenakiite-(Ce)[36], a mineral species[37]; and changoite[38], a mineral species[39].