|Part of a series on| The central theme of ethnic nationalists
is that "nations are defined by a shared heritage, which usually
includes a common language, a common faith, and a common ethnic
ancestry". It also includes ideas of a culture shared between
members of the group, and with their ancestors, and usually a
shared language; however it is different from purely cultural
definitions of "the nation" (which allow people to become
members of a nation by cultural assimilation) and a purely
linguistic definitions (which see "the nation" as all speakers
of a specific language). Herodotus is the first who stated the
main characteristics of ethnicity, with his famous account of
what defines Greek identity, where he lists kinship (Greek:
ὅμαιμον - homaimon, "of the same blood"), language (Greek:
ὁμόγλωσσον - homoglōsson, "speaking the same language"), cults
and customs (Greek: ὁμότροπον - homotropon, "of the same habits
or life"). The outcome of this right to self-determination may
vary, from calls for self-regula