Collections of peoples defined by the languages they speak, such as the Bantu, Dravidian, Nilotic and Polynesian peoples. These groupings follow language families rather than a single political identity, so their members may differ widely in religion, history and way of life. Each such grouping is a scholarly construction that links communities across wide regions, and the label can be disputed by the peoples it names. Members placed here so far include Dravidian Peoples, Polynesian Peoples, Nilotic Peoples, Bantu Peoples.
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Dravidian peoples (Wikipedia)
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The Dravidian peoples, Dravidian-speakers or Dravidians, are a collection of ethnolinguistic groups native to South Asia who speak Dravidian languages.
Polynesians (Wikipedia)
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They speak the Polynesian languages, a branch of the Oceanic subfamily within the Austronesian language family.
Nilotic peoples (Wikipedia)
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The Nilotic people are people indigenous to South Sudan and the Nile Valley who speak Nilotic languages.
Bantu peoples (Wikipedia)
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The Bantu peoples are an ethnolinguistic grouping of approximately 400 distinct Indigenous African ethnic groups who speak Bantu languages.
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