Plural of ethnogeny; multiple accounts or processes of how ethnic groups originated and developed their distinct identities.
Plural form of ethnogeny (ethno- plus Greek 'genesis' meaning origin). Used in scholarly contexts to discuss multiple different theories or examples of ethnic group formation.
Different ethnogenies can tell us why similar peoples developed completely different identities and languages—it's like studying the family trees of cultures themselves.
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