Yugur people

E1010124

The Yugur people are a small ethnic minority in northwestern China, traditionally pastoralist and culturally influenced by both Turkic and Tibetan heritages.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Yugur 2
Yugur people canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group ⓘ
ethnic minority ⓘ
administrativeStatusInChina ethnic minority with autonomous county ⓘ
autonomousCounty Sunan Yugur Autonomous County ⓘ
autonym Yugur ⓘ
linked to: Yugur people
climateOfHomeland arid ⓘ
country China ⓘ
culturalInfluence Tibetan ⓘ
Turkic ⓘ
linked to: Turkic languages
ethnicGroupIn China ⓘ
exonym Yellow Uighur ⓘ
linked to: Yellow Yugur people
heritage nomadic steppe culture ⓘ
historicalOrigin descendants of ancient Uighurs ⓘ
historicalRegion Hexi Corridor ⓘ
language Chinese ⓘ
Eastern Yugur ⓘ
Western Yugur ⓘ
languageFamily Mongolic languages ⓘ
Turkic languages ⓘ
languageSubgroup Mongolic ⓘ
linked to: Mongolic languages

Siberian Turkic ⓘ
livelihoodArea Qilian Mountains foothills ⓘ
mainSettlementArea Sunan Yugur Autonomous County ⓘ
minorityStatus one of the 56 officially recognized ethnic groups in China ⓘ
officialClassification Yugur ⓘ
linked to: Yugur people
populationEstimate around 14000 ⓘ
recognizedAsMinorityBy People's Republic of China ⓘ
region Gansu ⓘ
linked to: Gansu Province

northwestern China ⓘ
relatedEthnicGroup Mongols ⓘ
linked to: Mongol

Uyghurs ⓘ
religion Tibetan Buddhism ⓘ
folk religion ⓘ
shamanism ⓘ
traditionalClothingInfluence Tibetan ⓘ
Turkic ⓘ
traditionalDance circle dances ⓘ
traditionalDwelling yurts ⓘ
traditionalEconomy animal husbandry ⓘ
traditionalLifestyle pastoralist ⓘ
traditionalLivestock camels ⓘ
cattle ⓘ
horses ⓘ
sheep ⓘ
traditionalMusic long-song style ⓘ
writingSystemStatus Yugur languages largely unwritten ⓘ
writingSystemUse Chinese characters ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Yugur people → officialClassification → Yugur ⓘ
linked to: Yugur people
Yugur people → autonym → Yugur ⓘ
linked to: Yugur people