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1 Definition
- 1.1 What is a People Group?
- 1.2 Affinity Blocks
2 Internal link

[edit] Definition

[edit] What is a People Group?

By Dr. Orville Boyd Jenkins

A "people group" is an ethnolinguistic group with a common self-identity that is shared by the various members. There are two parts to that word: ethno, and 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. Usually there is a common self-name and a sense of common identity of individuals identified with the group. A common history, customs, family and clan identities , as well as marriage rules and practices, age-grades and other obligation covenants, and inheritance patterns and rules are some of the common ethnic factors defining or distinguishing a people. What they call themselves may vary at different levels of identity, or among various sub-groups.[1]

[edit] Affinity Blocks

Our intention is to have this page be defined as the Affinity Blocks from Joshua Project. Each Affinity Block page will have a list of the Clusters within that Block. Each cluster page, in turn, will have a list of the peoples within the cluster. Each people group will link to a people group profile. If you want to add a page, be sure to check out the Malay cluster, which is presently working, for a template.

Arab Affinity Bloc	300,161,000
East Asian Affinity Bloc	1,505,731,000
Eurasian Affinity Bloc	828,417,000
Horn of Africa-Cushitic Affinity Bloc	94,727,000
Iranian-Median Affinity Bloc	146,927,000
Jewish Affinity Bloc	15,694,000
Latin-Caribbean Affinity Bloc	576,718,000
Malay Affinity Bloc	342,067,000
North American Affinity Bloc	189,079,000
Pacific Island Affinity Bloc	10,687,000
South Asian Affinity Bloc	1,421,465,000
Southeast Asian Affinity Bloc	214,267,000
Sub-Saharan African Affinity Bloc	606,001,000
Tibetan & Himalayan Affinity Bloc	91,049,000
Turkic Affinity Bloc	159,613,000
Undefined Affinity Bloc	2,386,000