[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.
[1] 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).
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