Using contemporary ethnographic and linguistic criteria, these villages have been classed by anthropologists into more than 20 broad (and widely debated) ethnic groupings, which were never united under a common polity, kingdom or "tribe".
Menggunakan kriteria etnografi dan linguistik kontemporer, desa-desa tersebut diklasifikasikan dalam lebih dari 20 kelompok etnis (dan sebagian besar diperdebatkan), yang tak pernah disatukan di bawah negara, kerajaan atau "suku" umum.