A significantly large sociological grouping of individuals who perceive themselves to have a common affinity with one another. From the viewpoint of evangelization, this is the largest possible group within which the gospel can be spread without encountering barriers of understanding or acceptance.

a group of people that has the same language, lives and thinks in similar ways and has the same basic philosophy of life

an ethnolinguistic group with a common self-identity that is shared by the various members

a significantly large ethnic, linguistic or sociological grouping of individuals who perceive themselves to have a common affinity for one another

a significantly large group of individuals who have a common bond to one another

a social grouping that shares a common culture, language, ethnicity, and may be reached or unreached

a tribe, caste, or any group of like cultural, linguistic, and ethnic background

a homogeneous group of individuals, families and clans sharing a common language and sense of ethnic identity.