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Definition 2024

ethnic minority ‎(plural ethnic minorities)

A group of people who have a different ethnicity, religion, language or culture to that of the majority of people in the place where they live.
- 2011 December 14, Angelique Chrisafis, “Rachida Dati accuses French PM of sexism and elitism”, in Guardian:
  Dati launched a blistering attack on the prime minister, François Fillon, under whom she served as justice minister, accusing him of sexism, elitism, arrogance and hindering the political advancement of ethnic minorities.

people with different characteristics to those of the majority

Arabic: أَقَلِّيَّة قَوْمِيَّة ‎(ʾaqalliyya qawmiyya)
Armenian: ազգային փոքրամասնություն ‎(azgayin pʿokʿramasnutʿyun)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 少數民族 (zh), 少数民族 (zh) ‎(shǎoshù mínzú)
Finnish: etninen (fi) vähemmistö (fi)
French: minorité ethnique f
German: ethnische Minderheit f
Icelandic: þjóðernisminnihluti m, (ethnic-minority group) þjóðernisminnihlutahópur m

Japanese: 少数民族 (ja) ‎(しょうすうみんぞく, shōsū minzoku)
Persian: اقلیت قومی ‎(aqalliyyat-e qowmi)
Portuguese: minoria étnica f
Russian: этни́ческое меньшинство́ n ‎(etníčeskoje menʹšinstvó), национа́льное меньшинство́ n ‎(nacionálʹnoje menʹšinstvó), нацменьшинство́ (ru) n ‎(nacmenʹšinstvó), нацменьши́нство (ru) n ‎(nacmenʹšínstvo)
Swedish: etnisk minoritet c
Turkish: etnik azınlık