folk vs phyle

folk and phyle both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
folk	Yes	No	No	No
phyle	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, phyle is a hyponym of folk; that is, phyle is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than folk:

folk (noun)	phyle (noun)
the traditional and typically anonymous music that is an expression of the life of people in a community	a tribe of ancient Athenians
people in general (often used in the plural)
a social division of (usually preliterate) people
people descended from a common ancestor