The people & the peoples?

1) The people in this country


2) Peoples of this country.





People %26amp; Peoples - both are nouns, plural..


What is the difference in the meaning in between


the words "people" and " peoples"





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tmuthiah@yahoo.com

The people %26amp; the peoples?
The old Soviet Union was made up of people of different religions, different colour, and different languages.


It might be appropriate to say 'The peoples of the ...'


A small county like Latvia would have just one language, probably one religion, and the people would be the same race. You might say 'The people of Latvia...'
Reply:People means everyone all lumped in together.


Peoples mean the individual groups of people.





"The people of Europe" = all Europeans as a group





"The peoples of Europe" = individually as Spaniards, Italians, Belgians, French, Germans, etc.
Reply:The difference between people and peoples is that


"people" means humans considered as a group or in indefinite numbers (e.g.: p[eople were dancing in the street. I met all sorts of people), whereas "peoples" means a body of persons sharing a common religion, culture, language, or inherited condition of life. See my source for more info.





I hope this helps.
Reply:It's appropriate to use The People of this country instead of Peoples of this country.





-The word "People" is already plural, so you don't have to add an "S". Just like the word Children, its not appropriate to use childrens, right?





Hope that helps








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Reply:Nothing, nostradamus