tribe

Summary

tribe ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,106 views/month).^[1]

Key Facts

• tribe is a type of ethnic group^[2].
• tribe is a type of social group^[3].
• tribe is a type of polity^[4].
• tribe's Commons category is recorded as Tribes^[5].
• tribe's said to be the same as is recorded as tribe^[6].
• tribe's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Tribes^[7].
• tribe's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition^[8].
• tribe's topic has template is recorded as Template:Infobox tribe^[9].
• tribe's main Wikidata property is recorded as P12011^[10].
• tribe's different from is recorded as quasi-state^[11].
• tribe's different from is recorded as tribe^[12].
• tribe's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4^[13].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include ethnic group^[2], social group^[3], and polity^[4].

Influence

Things named for tribe include Tribal-class destroyer^[14], a ship class^[15], founded in 1938^[16]; Tribal-class frigate^[17], a ship class^[18], founded in 1961^[19]; and The Tribe^[20], a film^[21], directed by Myroslav Slaboshpytskiy^[22].

Why It Matters

tribe ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,106 views/month).^[1] tribe has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[23] tribe is known by 36 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[24]

Entities named for tribe include Tribal-class destroyer^[14], a ship class^[15], founded in 1938^[16]; Tribal-class frigate^[17], a ship class^[18], founded in 1961^[19]; and The Tribe^[20], a film^[21], directed by Myroslav Slaboshpytskiy^[22].