ethnic minority

Noun
  1. A group that has different national or cultural traditions from the majority of the population (synset 107984350)
    is a type of: ethnic group, ethnos - people of the same race or nationality who share a distinctive culture
    subtypes:
    • arab-berbers, berbers - an ethnic minority descended from Berbers and Arabs and living in northern Africa
    • dagestani - an ethnic minority living on the Caspian Sea in southwestern Russia and Azerbaijan
    • maori - an ethnic minority of Polynesian and Melanesian descent who speak Maori and live in New Zealand
    • maya - an ethnic minority speaking Mayan languages and living in Yucatan and adjacent areas
    • pashtun, pathan - an ethnic minority speaking Pashto and living in northwestern Pakistan and southeastern Afghanistan

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