Ethnolinguistics is a field of study that focuses on the relationship between language and culture. This discipline is also known as sociolinguistics, linguistic anthropology, and language and culture studies. Ethnolinguistics aims to understand how language is used to express culture and how language and culture influence one another. Other synonymous terms for ethnolinguistics include linguistic ethnography, linguistic ecology, and linguistic anthropology. These fields of study aim to explore the ways in which language is a tool for social interaction, communication, and community building. Ethnolinguistics seeks to understand how language varies across different cultures and how it shapes cultural practices and beliefs.