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Enumeration Type: ZI113_EGT

Package:

EthnicGroup

AlphacodeFullpath:

EthnicGroup_ethnicGroupType

Type:

Enumeration Type

Overview of characteristics:


Attributes and association roles
Name Type Multiplicity
ageSet 1
band 1
chiefdom 1
clan 1
combinedEthnicGroup 1
descentGroup 1
kinshipGroup 1
lineage 1
moiety 1
noInformation CharacterString 1
notApplicable CharacterString 1
other CharacterString 1
people 1
phratry 1
subClan 1
subTribe 1
tribalAssociation 1
tribe 1

Attribute:

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Name:

ageSet

Full name:

Age Set

AlphacodeFullpath:

1

Definition:

A named tribal sub-group whose members, all of a similar age, experience rites of passage and/or share similar social status and responsibilities together throughout their lifetimes.

Description:

In some societies, age sets may undergo rites of passage as customary public rituals; in other societies, age sets may pass through stages of social status or privilege without public ceremonies. Age sets are typically found in tribal societies, such as the Maasai of West Africa, among whom an age set is established with the initiation of young men by ritual circumcision. The initiates are then trained as warriors for the protection of the tribe, later become senior warriors who can take wives, and eventually transition to the status of elders.

AlphaCode:

ageSet

Multiplicity:

1

Value type:

Tagged Values:

Tag Value

531Code

1

Alphacode

ageSet

name

Age Set

Attribute:

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Name:

band

Full name:

Band

AlphacodeFullpath:

2

Definition:

A small kinship-based group, in size between an extended family and a small clan, with a simple, often egalitarian, organizational structure.

AlphaCode:

band

Multiplicity:

1

Value type:

Tagged Values:

Tag Value

531Code

2

Alphacode

band

name

Band

Attribute:

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Name:

chiefdom

Full name:

Chiefdom

AlphacodeFullpath:

3

Definition:

A ethnic group consisting of multiple villages or communities that are under the control of a paramount chief.

Description:

A chiefdom is typically organized by kinship, with a chief inheriting the position through kinship. A complex chiefdom contains subsidiary chiefdoms, with the complex ruled by a paramount chief.

AlphaCode:

chiefdom

Multiplicity:

1

Value type:

Tagged Values:

Tag Value

531Code

3

Alphacode

chiefdom

name

Chiefdom

Attribute:

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Name:

clan

Full name:

Clan

AlphacodeFullpath:

4

Definition:

A group of families united by kinship, bearing the same family name, and following the same chieftain.

Description:

Even if actual lineage patterns are unknown, clan members nonetheless recognize a founding member or apical ancestor. Kinship-based bonds can be merely symbolic in nature (for example: adoption, marriage, and fictive genealogical ties) therefore there may be a 'stipulated' common ancestor, which is a symbol of the clan's unity. In certain primitive societies, a tribal division, usually exogamous, of matrilineal or patrilineal descent from a common ancestor.

AlphaCode:

clan

Multiplicity:

1

Value type:

Tagged Values:

Tag Value

531Code

4

Alphacode

clan

name

Clan

Attribute:

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Name:

combinedEthnicGroup

Full name:

Combined Ethnic Group

AlphacodeFullpath:

5

Definition:

An ethnic super-group that includes ethnic groups which share common elements of culture or consanguinity.

Description:

Examples of ethnic super-groups include the Native American Plains Indian tribes, and the Mediterranean cultures.

AlphaCode:

combinedEthnicGroup

Multiplicity:

1

Value type:

Tagged Values:

Tag Value

531Code

5

Alphacode

combinedEthnicGroup

name

Combined Ethnic Group

Attribute:

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Name:

descentGroup

Full name:

Descent Group

AlphacodeFullpath:

6

Definition:

A group of consanguineal kin united by presumed lineal descent from a common ancestor.

Description:

Lineal descent provides a basis for unambiguous membership in a group, once it is determined whether lineal descent is traced through the female or male parent, or both (with possible variations).

AlphaCode:

descentGroup

Multiplicity:

1

Value type:

Tagged Values:

Tag Value

531Code

6

Alphacode

descentGroup

name

Descent Group

Attribute:

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Name:

kinshipGroup

Full name:

Kinship Group

AlphacodeFullpath:

7

Definition:

A social group whose members are related by kinship relationships.

Description:

A kinship relationship may be based on consanguineal (biological), affinal (based on marriage), or fictive (for example, godparent) ties.

AlphaCode:

kinshipGroup

Multiplicity:

1

Value type:

Tagged Values:

Tag Value

531Code

7

Alphacode

kinshipGroup

name

Kinship Group

Attribute:

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Name:

lineage

Full name:

Lineage

AlphacodeFullpath:

8

Definition:

A unilineal descent group whose members trace their genealogies through specified links to a common ancestor.

Description:

Members of a lineage-based group may bear the same family name (for example, as a surname).

AlphaCode:

lineage

Multiplicity:

1

Value type:

Tagged Values:

Tag Value

531Code

8

Alphacode

lineage

name

Lineage

Attribute:

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Name:

moiety

Full name:

Moiety

AlphacodeFullpath:

9

Definition:

One of the two subdivisions of an ethnic group that has a dual organizational structure.

Description:

All clans in the ethnic group belong to one or the other moiety (but not both). Membership need not be based on the same kinship relations that govern clan or tribal structures (for example: black cattle and white cattle groups in East African societies).

AlphaCode:

moiety

Multiplicity:

1

Value type:

Tagged Values:

Tag Value

531Code

9

Alphacode

moiety

name

Moiety

Attribute:

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Name:

noInformation

AlphacodeFullpath:

-999999

Multiplicity:

1

Value type:

CharacterString

Attribute:

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Name:

notApplicable

AlphacodeFullpath:

998

Multiplicity:

1

Value type:

CharacterString

Attribute:

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Name:

other

AlphacodeFullpath:

999

Multiplicity:

1

Value type:

CharacterString

Attribute:

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Name:

people

Full name:

People

AlphacodeFullpath:

10

Definition:

An ethnic group based on common ancestry and typically having a political-cultural identity though not recognized as a political nation.

Description:

For example, the Cherokee are a Native American people who have a shared ancestry, a common language and unique alphabet, and some institutions of self-rule, while living within the United States. The Jews, also known as the Jewish people, are a nation and an ethnoreligious group, originating in the Israelites or Hebrews of the Ancient Near East.

AlphaCode:

people

Multiplicity:

1

Value type:

Tagged Values:

Tag Value

531Code

10

Alphacode

people

name

People

Attribute:

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Name:

phratry

Full name:

Phratry

AlphacodeFullpath:

11

Definition:

A unilineal descent group that consists of clans supposedly related to one another, but where kinship links may not have been specified.

Description:

A single clan is a group of families united by kinship (one or more lineages) and by the recognition of a founding member, or apical ancestor.

AlphaCode:

phratry

Multiplicity:

1

Value type:

Tagged Values:

Tag Value

531Code

11

Alphacode

phratry

name

Phratry

Attribute:

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Name:

subClan

Full name:

Sub-clan

AlphacodeFullpath:

12

Definition:

An ethnic group that forms a sub-unit of a clan.

Description:

A sub-clan may be based on a distinct descent group from a common ancestor of the clan.

AlphaCode:

subClan

Multiplicity:

1

Value type:

Tagged Values:

Tag Value

531Code

12

Alphacode

subClan

name

Sub-clan

Attribute:

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Name:

subTribe

Full name:

Sub-tribe

AlphacodeFullpath:

13

Definition:

An ethnic group that forms a sub-unit of a tribe.

Description:

A sub-tribe may be based on a distinct descent group from a common ancestor of the tribe.

AlphaCode:

subTribe

Multiplicity:

1

Value type:

Tagged Values:

Tag Value

531Code

13

Alphacode

subTribe

name

Sub-tribe

Attribute:

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Name:

tribalAssociation

Full name:

Tribal Association

AlphacodeFullpath:

14

Definition:

An affiliation of tribes or clans within a cooperative social structure.

Description:

A tribal association may be temporary or long-standing, and it may be undertaken for a variety of purposes (examples include military, religious, and subsistence purposes).

AlphaCode:

tribalAssociation

Multiplicity:

1

Value type:

Tagged Values:

Tag Value

531Code

14

Alphacode

tribalAssociation

name

Tribal Association

Attribute:

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Name:

tribe

Full name:

Tribe

AlphacodeFullpath:

15

Definition:

A kinship-based ethnic group forming a close community under a leader (for example, a chief) and existing either before or outside of the development of a State.

Description:

The term 'tribe' is often loosely used to refer to any non-Western or indigenous society, generally describing societies organized largely as a corporate descent group (for example: a clan). In some States (for example: the United States and India) tribes are indigenous peoples that have been granted legal recognition and limited autonomy by the State.

AlphaCode:

tribe

Multiplicity:

1

Value type:

Tagged Values:

Tag Value

531Code

15

Alphacode

tribe

name

Tribe