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"Folk taxonomy" as synonym for "ethnotaxonomy"?

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While "ethnotaxonomy" may refer to both the naming systems and the study of them, quite a number of sources treat "folk taxonomy" as a synonym of the former. For example (emphasis added):

So, should there be a proposal to merge the WP articles on these two into one article? If not, it would be helpful for the articles in question to explain what differences justify separate treatment. --A12n (talk) 01:17, 24 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Quite a bit of the text of this article is about colors and kin, not classifying organisms. I'm not aware of the term ethnotaxonomy being used for anything but classification of organisms. If it isn't, the material on kin and colors doesn't belong. If it is, that might be a difference with folk taxonomy (which I'm also not aware of being used for anything other than organisms). Of course, there are other aspects of the natural world where there is a Western scientific classification, which may also have ethno-/folk taxonomies. E.g. rocks and minerals; I don't think folk taxonomies in geology have been studied much, but they could be (Hawaiian terms for different types of lava have been adopted by Western geology). Plantdrew (talk) 02:12, 24 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]