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    People Groups

    Concept and Terminology

    An Ethnolinguistic Reference
    Point

    Copyright © 2005 Orville Boyd Jenkins Orville Boyd Jenkins August 2005
    People Groups
    Concept and Terminology

    A "people group" is an ethnolinguistic


    group with a common self-identity that
    is shared by the various members.
    A People Group
    • People = Ethno-Linguistic Group (ELG)
    • EqnoV – Eqnh ethnos - ethne
    nation / tribe / people / clan
    • People who have a common self-identity,
    shared history and culture, common
    language
    People Groups
    Concept and Terminology

    Ethnolinguistic
    Two parts to that word:
    Ethno (cultural)
    linguistic
    Language is a primary and dominant
    identifying factor of a people group.
    But there are other factors that determine or
    are associated with ethnicity.
    People Groups
    Concept and Terminology

    • People Group = Ethno-Linguistic Group


    • Ethno = Cultural Characteristics
    • Linguistic = Speech Form (language)
    • Entails inherent, genetic factors, kinship
    groups, common heritage and worldview
    (cosmology), and social structure
    • Common self-identity
    People Groups
    Concept and Terminology

    A common history, customs, family and


    clan identities
    Usually a common self-name and a sense
    of common identity of individuals
    identified with the group.
    People Groups
    Concept and Terminology

    Other factors:
    marriage rules and practices
    age-grades and other obligation
    covenants
    inheritance patterns and rules
    These are some of the common ethnic
    factors defining or distinguishing a people.
    • Religion
    – May be so important an ethnic
    characteristic that it would determine a
    boundary within a group of otherwise
    identical persons
    – thus a sufficient reason to consider
    religious groups separate ethnicities, or
    people groups.
    What is a People Group?
    Technical and Practical Definitions

    For more background also see the


    following papers:
    What is a People Group
    Cities and Peoples
    ======
    A People Group Worldview
    Unit

    Each discernible box


    =
    ONE “People Group”
    one worldview unit
    Note how they overlap and share features (colors)
    A People Group “Worldview
    Unit”

    Ethnolinguistic “package”
    Self-identity
    Relationship patterns
    Language(s)
    People Group (Ethnic) Segment

    Segments
    Smaller groupings within the same
    ethnic entity
    Geographic – Ethno-geography;
    country borders; rural~urban
    People Group (Ethnic) Segment

    Segments

    Social (Role, status, circle of relationships)


    Language, Education, Age
    Note that some sources in the Christian
    missions community use the term
    Ethnolinguistic in the way linguists
    actually use the word Linguistic
    – all speakers of a certain language.

    This is not an ethnic group.

    Our standard usage:


    An Ethnolinguistic People
    would be an ethnic people with their
    particular language.
    Strata
    (also called Social Segments)

    Various Demographic Categories


    applicable to any Ethnic Group and
    cutting across them
    Strata (Social Segments)

    Called “Sociopeoples” in terminology


    used in some missions circles.
    This is not a standard term.
    Strata (Social Segments)

    NOT “People Groups” in an Ethnic sense.


    Focus is not ethnicity, but common interest.
    May include many Ethnicities.
    Another term sometimes heard:
    Ethnocultural

    This is another non-standard term.

    Used in the same way we use ethnic


    group, or ethnolinguistic group.
    Ethnocultural

    Not used in any standard discipline or


    official context except the Canadian
    government.

    An immigrant ethnic group who retain


    their ethnic identity in Canada

    Thus “ethnocultural” means the same


    as “ethnic,” or “ethnolinguistic.”
    People Groups
    Concept and Terminology

    A "people group" is an ethnolinguistic


    group with a common self-identity that
    is shared by the various members.

    Also called people, ethnic group.


    People Groups
    Concept and Terminology
    An Ethnolinguistic Reference
    Point
    end

    Copyright © 2005 Orville Boyd Jenkins Orville Boyd Jenkins March 2005

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