I've been a bit confused on this term. I vaguely understand the notion of 'meta-ethnicity' for example 'Celto-Germanic' and so forth, but what meta-ethnicity would, let's say Armenians fall under? Caucasoid? Indo-European? just Armenian?
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I've been a bit confused on this term. I vaguely understand the notion of 'meta-ethnicity' for example 'Celto-Germanic' and so forth, but what meta-ethnicity would, let's say Armenians fall under? Caucasoid? Indo-European? just Armenian?
They are isolated within the Indo-European family.
Anatolian or something ?
Anatolian
I wouldn't say Anatolian is accurate, because the Armenian ancestral homeland (Armenian Highlands) spans Eastern Anatolia and Southern Caucasus.
Uhtred is right though. Especially our language is such an isolate.
Anatolian more than Caucasus, but I would be thinking Anatolian and Mesopotamian.
Anatolian Armenians are mostly from Eastern Anatolia - which is considered to be a part of Anatolia only recently with the birth of the Turkish republic. Traditional Anatolia doesn't include Eastern Turkey.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...olieLimits.jpg
^Original Anatolia.