[1][2] Ethnographic groups are presumed to be significantly assimilated with the larger ethnic group they are part of, though they retain distinctive, differentiating characteristics related to cultural values such as speech, religion, costume, or other cultural aspects.
[3][4] The concept of an ethnographic group is rarely found in Western works, and has been attributed to late 20th-century ethnographic studies in the countries of the former Soviet Union and its Eastern Bloc.
[1][3] This term has been used for example in works of Bulgarian,[1] Georgian,[3] Hungarian[5] and Polish[4] ethnographers.
Paul R. Magocsi, an American historian specializing in Ukrainian studies, described the concept of an ethnographic group as closely related to that of the ethnic group.
[6] Other groups that have been described by some scholars as ethnographic groups include Pomaks in Bulgaria,[1] Lipka Tatars in Poland,[2] Adjarians and Khevsurians in Georgia[3]and Feylis in Iraq and Iran.