Ethnolinguistics is a study of the relationship between language and culture in any group of people. Ethnolinguistics is a cross between ethnology and linguistics.

Etnolingwistiko is the Filipino word for ethnolinguistics. It is a branch of linguistics that focus on the relationship between language and human cultures.

Ethnolinguistics is the study of language and how it is a part of culture. It especially refers to the way language influences culture and the culture of language in itself.

Mark Stewart Fleisher has written:

'Clallam : a study in coast Salish ethnolinguistics' -- subject(s): Salish language, Salish Indians

Linguistic anthropology research the character of human languages withinside the context of these cultures that evolved them. Scholars withinside the discipline are looking for to recognize the social and cultural foundations of language itself, whilst exploring how social and cultural formations are grounded in linguistic practices.