Difference between Autochthonal and Indigenous

What is the difference between Autochthonal and Indigenous?

Autochthonal as an adjective is existing where it was formed or born; native, aboriginal, indigenous while Indigenous as an adjective is born or engendered in, native to a land or region, especially before an intrusion, especially of plants and indigenous peoples.

Autochthonal

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: existing where it was formed or born; native, aboriginal, indigenous

Indigenous

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: born or engendered in, native to a land or region, especially before an intrusion, especially of plants and indigenous peoples.figuratively, innate

Example sentence: Food sovereignty is an affirmation of who we are as indigenous peoples and a way, one of the most surefooted ways, to restore our relationship with the world around us.

We hope you now know whether to use Autochthonal or Indigenous in your sentence.

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