Below you will find example sentences with "ethnic groups". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.

Ethnic Groups in a sentence

Corpus data

  • Displayed example sentences: 20
  • Discovered as a combination around: ethnic
  • Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 48
  • Phrase length: 2 words
  • Average sentence length: 27.6 words

Words in this phrase

ethnic groups

Meanings of words in this phrase

  • ethnic can mean: Of or relating to a group of people having common racial, ancestral, national, religious or cultural origins. Frequent word
  • groups can mean: plural of group Common word

Sentence profile

  • Phrase position: 6 start, 11 middle, 3 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Usage patterns

These patterns show short text windows around the phrase in the example sentences:

40 different ethnic groups the most 1× 80 different ethnic groups 1× and other ethnic groups that retain 1× and tutsi ethnic groups resulted in 1× arms alongside ethnic groups that have 1× cuts across ethnic groups that seizes 1× different racial ethnic groups and or 1× distribution of ethnic groups as many 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

ethnic groups main 2× arab ethnic identity 1× burundi has experienced 1× dr nnamdi azikiwe 1× ethnic groups seealso 1× for example ethnic 1×

Common sentence endings:

an ethnic group 1× and displaced thousands 1× and its resources 1× are widely spoken 1× army for decades 1× different ethnic groups 1×

Context words

These words often appear near this phrase in the example sentences:

different 5× racial 5× minority 5× group 4× main 4× people 4× languages 3× population 3× majority 3× example 2× conflict 2× non 2×

Related phrases

lie groups ethnic group religious groups ethnic cleansing ethnic minorities terror groups ethnic minority minority groups terrorist groups community groups

Phrases around this combination

Other phrases discovered around ethnic:

ethnic group 20× ethnic cleansing 12× ethnic minorities 12× ethnic armenians 9× ethnic conflict 8×

Just before it in the phrase index:

ethnic group ethnic conflict ethnic cleansing ethnic armenians ethereum using ethereum eth

Just after it in the phrase index:

ethnic minorities ethnic minority europa league european central european championships european commission

Other phrases with the same pattern

Same start:

ethnic group ethnic cleansing ethnic minorities ethnic minority ethnic armenians ethnic conflict

Same ending:

lie groups religious groups terror groups minority groups terrorist groups community groups

Corpus analysis

  • The phrase "ethnic groups" has 2 words and usually appears in the middle in these examples. The average sentence has 27.6 words and is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as 40 different ethnic groups the most, 80 different ethnic groups, different, racial and minority stand out.
  • In the phrase index, this combination connects with lie groups, ethnic group, religious groups, ethnic group, ethnic cleansing and ethnic minorities, linking the page to nearby combinations.

Example types with ethnic groups

This selection groups the examples by length and sentence type, making usage of the full phrase easier to scan:

Short example sentences

Ethnic groups main The country's population is highly diverse, containing over 80 different ethnic groups. (16 words)

Ethnic groups seeAlso The national Census of India does not recognise racial or ethnic groups within India, Kumar, Jayant. (19 words)

More than one million people of religious or ethnic minority groups have been incarcerated, not one million minority ethnic groups. (20 words)

Longer example sentences

It is also quite difficult to account for the distribution of ethnic groups as many people have double or multiple ethnic identities—both seeing themselves as members of the majority population and being part of one or more minority groups. (40 words)

And very often, it is not so much an ethnic group, but a loose coalition that cuts across ethnic groups, that seizes the state and, by the same fact, seizes the nation, its land and its resources”. (37 words)

For example, ethnic conflict might be a non-violent struggle for resources divided among ethnic groups. citation However, the subject of the confrontation must be either directly or symbolically linked with an ethnic group. (34 words)

Example sentences (20)

For example, ethnic conflict might be a non-violent struggle for resources divided among ethnic groups. citation However, the subject of the confrontation must be either directly or symbolically linked with an ethnic group.

For example, inter-ethnic business organizations serve to connect the business interests of different ethnic groups which would increase their desire to maintain ethnic harmony.

Furthermore, they believed that political boundaries should mirror these alleged racial and ethnic groups, thus justifying ethnic cleansing in order to achieve "racial purity" and also to achieve ethnic homogeneity in the nation-state.

Interactions between ethnic groups in formal settings can also help countries torn apart by ethnic violence to recover and break down ethnic divisions.

Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe spoke all three main Nigerian languages, gave his children names of other ethnic groups and named key institutions for leaders of different ethnic groups, including his opponents.

More than one million people of religious or ethnic minority groups have been incarcerated, not one million minority ethnic groups.

Ethnic groups main Senegal has a wide variety of ethnic groups and, as in most West African countries, several languages are widely spoken.

Ethnic groups main The country's population is highly diverse, containing over 80 different ethnic groups.

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Ethnic groups seeAlso The national Census of India does not recognise racial or ethnic groups within India, Kumar, Jayant.

It is also quite difficult to account for the distribution of ethnic groups as many people have double or multiple ethnic identities—both seeing themselves as members of the majority population and being part of one or more minority groups.

Largest cities Ethnic groups People of Togo In Togo, there are about 40 different ethnic groups, the most numerous of which are the Ewe in the south who make up 32% of the population.

The recent fighting is unusual because many civilians from the country’s Bamar ethnic majority have taken up arms alongside ethnic groups that have been battling the army for decades.

The two ethnic groups have been locked in a deadly ethnic conflict since last May, which has killed 200 people and displaced thousands.

Rather they argue either the incompatibility of different racial/ethnic groups and/or that the specific racial/ethnic group which they claim to represent has been, allegedly, aggrieved over the years.

He must stop promoting the superiority, suzerignty and sovereignty of his ethnic group over and above the other more than 350 ethnic groups in Nigeria.

The 60:40 ratio of ethnic quota requirement was a result of the Arusha Accords to ensure proportionate representation of the two main ethnic groups (Hutu majority and Tutsi minority) in State institutions.

And very often, it is not so much an ethnic group, but a loose coalition that cuts across ethnic groups, that seizes the state and, by the same fact, seizes the nation, its land and its resources”.

Burundi has experienced continued political unrest stemming from the civil war where the ethnic divide between the Hutu and Tutsi ethnic groups resulted in years of violence.

The Kaman minority is one of 135 officially recognized ethnic groups in Myanmar and one of the seven ethnic subgroups in Rakhine State.

Arab ethnic identity does not include Christian, Jewish and other ethnic groups that retain non-Arabic languages and/or identities within the expanded Arab World.

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