Ethnolinguistic group explained

An ethnolinguistic group (or ethno-linguistic group) is a group that is unified by both a common ethnicity and language. Most ethnic groups share a first language.^{[1] [2]} However, "ethnolinguistic" is often used to emphasise that language is a major basis for the ethnic group, especially in regard to its neighbours.

A central concept in the linguistic study of ethnolinguistic groups is ethnolinguistic vitality, the ability of the group's language and ethnicity to sustain themselves.^[3] An ethnolinguistic group that lacks such vitality is unlikely to survive as a distinct entity. Factors that influence the ethnolinguistic vitality are demographics, institutional control and status (including language planning factors).^[4]

See also

• First language
• Ethnolinguistics
• Ethnoreligious group
• Nation state
• Race (human classification)
• Regionalism (politics)

Further reading

• Bourhis, Richard Y. "Language in ethnic interaction: A social psychological approach." Language and ethnic relations (1979): 117–141.
• Giles, Howard, Richard Y. Bourhis, and Donald M. Taylor. "Towards a theory of language in ethnic group relations". Language, ethnicity and intergroup relations, 307348 (1977).
• Book: Kamusella, Tomasz . Words in Space and Time- Historical Atlas of Language Politics in Modern Central Europe . Central European University Press . 2021.
• Lamy . Paul . 1979 . Language and Ethnolinguistic Identity: The Bilingualism Question . International Journal of the Sociology of Language . 1979 . 20 . 23–36 . 10.1515/ijsl.1979.20.23. 143763214 .
• Book: John M. Levine. Michael A. Hogg. Encyclopedia of Group Processes and Intergroup Relations. 15 September 2009. SAGE Publications. 978-1-4522-6150-8. 252–.
• Book: Diarmait Mac Giolla Chríost. Language, Identity and Conflict: A Comparative Study of Language in Ethnic Conflict in Europe and Eurasia. 2004. Routledge. 978-1-134-51202-7.
• Sachdev, Itesh, and Richard Y. Bourhis. "Language and social identification". Social identity theory: Constructive and critical advances 211 (1990): 229.

Notes and References

1. Book: Handbook of Language and Ethnic Identity. Fishman. Joshua A.. García. Ofelia. 2010. Oxford University Press. 9780195374926. 12. en. 2023-06-30. 2023-06-30. https://web.archive.org/web/20230630064339/https://books.google.com/books?id=7oAUeUVtc58C&q=ethnic+group+language&pg=PA12. live.
2. Book: Perspectives on Ethnicity. Holloman. Regina E.. Arutiunov. Serghei A.. 1978-01-01. Walter de Gruyter. 9783110807707. 244. en. 2023-06-30. 2023-06-30. https://web.archive.org/web/20230630064339/https://books.google.com/books?id=x3gAB7A6-bgC&q=ethnic+group+own+language&pg=PA244. live.
3. Encyclopedia: Bourhis . R.Y. . Barrette . G.. Ethnolinguistic Vitality . Encyclopedia of Language & Linguistics . 2006 . 246–249.
4. Bourhis . R. Y.. Giles . H. . Rosenthal . D. . Notes on the construction of a 'subjective vitality questionnaire' for ethnolinguistic groups . Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development . 1981 . 2 . 2. 145–155 . 10.1080/01434632.1981.9994047 .