Abazins

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Abazins are a small Northwest Caucasian ethnic group closely related to the Abkhazians, traditionally inhabiting the North Caucasus region and speaking the Abaza language.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Northwest Caucasian people
ethnic group
autonym Abaza
linked to: Abaza people
closelyRelatedTo Abkhazians
country Russia
culturalArea Northwest Caucasus
linked to: Western Caucasus
culturalRelation shares customs with Abkhazians
shares customs with Circassians
danceTradition Caucasian folk dance
diaspora Middle East
Turkey
ethnicIdentity Northwest Caucasian
ethnicMinorityStatus titular ethnic group in Abaza districts of Karachay-Cherkessia
ethnonym Abaza
linked to: Abaza people
geopoliticalContext post-Soviet space
historicalLanguageUse Abaza language in daily life
historicalRelation part of Circassian–Abkhaz–Abaza cultural continuum
language Abaza language
linked to: Abaza
languageFamily Northwest Caucasian languages
linguisticBranch Abazgi branch
minorityLanguageStatus recognized minority language in Russia
musicTradition Caucasian folk music
nativeName Абаза
oralTradition epic poetry
folk tales
recognizedMinorityIn Russian Federation
linked to: Russia
region Caucasus
relatedTo Circassians
religion Christianity
Sunni Islam
folk religion
religiousAffiliationMajority Sunni Islam
sharesLinguisticFeaturesWith Abkhaz language
significantPopulationIn Egypt
Jordan
Karachay-Cherkess Republic
linked to: Karachay-Cherkessia

Syria
Turkey
subgroupOf Caucasian peoples
traditionalClothing Caucasian dress
traditionalEconomy agriculture
animal husbandry
pastoralism
traditionalHousing Caucasian mountain villages
traditionalRegion Karachay-Cherkessia
North Caucasus
Russia
traditionalReligion indigenous Caucasian beliefs
writingSystem Cyrillic script

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