0 the fact or custom of marrying someone from outside your group:
Urban life contributes directly to increased exogamy.
This exogamy explains the existence of inter-clan kinship relations in villages where everybody is usually related to everybody else.
For instance, the principle of bhaichara also translates into that of village exogamy.
They are an endogamous group but strictly follow clan exogamy.
This area is known for its language-group exogamy and institutionalized multilingualism.
But is this the right way to interpret the traditional prohibition against exogamy?
There are certainly some exceptions to this 'rule': exogamy and exogenous have a voiceless x, even though the stress is on the second syllable.
Moreover, family exogamy was customarily obligatory, so young men and women had to return home to find spouses.
The area is known for its language group exogamy and institutionalized multilingualism, with its language being the badge of identity for each group.
