Check the core words and numbers: tribe, indigenous, endonym, and how many peoples there are.
The United Nations estimates about 476 million indigenous people in some 90 countries, roughly 6% of the world's population.
An endonym is a people's own name for itself, such as Diné. A name given by outsiders, such as Navajo, is an exonym.
The United Nations has no fixed definition. It treats self-identification, accepted by the community, as the fundamental test.
The 2011 census counted 104 million people in Scheduled Tribes, which was 8.6% of India's population.
Adivasi is a Hindi word meaning original inhabitants. It is widely used in central and eastern India.
Inuit is the people's own name and means 'people'. Eskimo is an exonym that Inuit in Canada and Greenland reject.
The plural shows that there are many separate peoples. In international law, peoples have collective rights such as self-determination.
About 70% of indigenous people live in Asia and the Pacific, according to the International Labour Organization.
The quiz needs JavaScript. The answers: 1. About 476 million; 2. The name a people uses for itself; 3. Self-identification; 4. 8.6%; 5. Original inhabitants; 6. Inuit; 7. It signals many distinct peoples, each with collective rights; 8. Asia and the Pacific.
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