ethnic group

socially defined category of people who identify with each other
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ethnic group

Summary

ethnic group is a classification scheme[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of classification_scheme entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,689 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • ethnic group's instance of is recorded as classification scheme[3].
  • ethnic group's instance of is recorded as personal data[4].
  • ethnic group is a type of population group[5].
  • ethnic group's Commons category is recorded as Ethnic groups[6].
  • ethnic group's said to be the same as is recorded as ethnos[7].
  • ethnic group's said to be the same as is recorded as caste[8].
  • ethnic group's said to be the same as is recorded as ethnic minority group[9].
  • ethnic group's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Ethnic groups[10].
  • ethnic group's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 4[11].
  • ethnic group's topic has template is recorded as Template:Infobox ethnic group[12].
  • ethnic group's topic has template is recorded as Template:Infobox ethnic group 2[13].
  • ethnic group's has characteristic is recorded as ethnicity[14].
  • ethnic group's has characteristic is recorded as culture[15].
  • ethnic group's has characteristic is recorded as first language[16].
  • ethnic group's has characteristic is recorded as identity[17].
  • ethnic group's has characteristic is recorded as ethnic identity[18].
  • ethnic group's main Wikidata property is recorded as P172[19].
  • ethnic group's equivalent class is recorded as http://dbpedia.org/ontology/EthnicGroup[20].
  • ethnic group's different from is recorded as people[21].
  • ethnic group's different from is recorded as nation[22].
  • ethnic group's different from is recorded as nationality[23].
  • ethnic group's properties for this type is recorded as P103[24].
  • ethnic group's properties for this type is recorded as P1846[25].
  • ethnic group's properties for this type is recorded as P276[26].
  • ethnic group's properties for this type is recorded as P140[27].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include classification scheme[3] and personal data[4]. ethnic group is a type of population group[5].

Influence

Things named for ethnic group include triphylite[28], a mineral species[29]; abenakiite-(Ce)[30], a mineral species[31]; and changoite[32], a mineral species[33].

Why It Matters

ethnic group ranks in the top 3% of classification_scheme entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,689 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[34] It is known by 93 alternative names across languages and contexts.[35]

Entities named for it include triphylite[28], a mineral species[29]; abenakiite-(Ce)[30], a mineral species[31]; and changoite[32], a mineral species[33].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [28] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [30] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [32] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [34] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [35] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 1d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Maintained by wikiproject WikiProject Ethnic groups
    Topic has template Template:Infobox ethnic group, Template:Infobox ethnic group 2
    Aliases
    Properties for this type P103, P1846, P276 +4
    + 12 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|4 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 5736, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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