Karaims

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Karaims are a Turkic-speaking ethnic and religious community historically associated with Karaite Judaism, primarily found in regions such as Lithuania, Poland, and Crimea.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Crimean Karaites 5
Karaims canonical 5
Karaim 4

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group
religious community
associatedWith Karaite movement
linked to: Karaite Jews
culturalHeritage distinct Turkic-Jewish traditions
traditional Karaim cuisine
unique religious liturgy
diaspora Israel
Russia
United States
doctrine emphasis on Tanakh alone
rejection of Talmudic authority
ethnicOrigin Turkic
ethnogenesis Crimean Karaites
linked to: Karaims
ethnoReligiousIdentity Turkic-speaking Jews
historicalCenter Crimean Peninsula
linked to: Crimea

Trakai
Vilnius
historicalLanguageVariety Crimean Karaim
linked to: Karaim language

Halich-Lutsk Karaim
Trakai Karaim
linked to: Trakai
historicalPeriodOfFormation Middle Ages
language Karaim language
languageBranch Kipchak branch
languageFamily Turkic languages
minorityStatus recognized ethnic minority in Lithuania
recognized ethnic minority in Poland
populationTrend declining
primaryRegions Belarus
Crimea
Lithuania
Poland
Ukraine
religion Judaism
Karaite Judaism
linked to: Karaite Jews
religiousAffiliationType non-rabbinic Judaism
religiousBuilding kenesa
religiousLaw Karaite halakha
ritualLanguage Hebrew
Karaim language
scripture Hebrew Bible
linked to: Tanakh
selfDesignation Karaim
linked to: Karaims
traditionalFood kibinai
traditionalOccupation gardeners
soldiers
traders
writingSystem Cyrillic alphabet
linked to: Cyrillic script

Hebrew alphabet
Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (15)

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

Kipchak languages spokenBy Karaims
Karaite kenesa complex associatedWithEthnicGroup Crimean Karaites
linked to: Karaims
Kumyk closelyRelatedTo Karaim
linked to: Karaims
Turkic peoples hasEthnicSubgroup Karaim
linked to: Karaims
Chufut-Kale cultureCenterOf Crimean Karaites
subject linked to: Chufut-Kale (nearby cave city)
linked to: Karaims
Chufut-Kale associatedEthnicGroup Crimean Karaites
subject linked to: Chufut-Kale (nearby cave city)
linked to: Karaims
Karaims ethnogenesis Crimean Karaites
linked to: Karaims
Karaims selfDesignation Karaim
linked to: Karaims
Karaim language spokenBy Karaim people
linked to: Karaims
Common Turkic branch includesLanguage Karaim
linked to: Karaims
Trakai hasEthnicCommunity Karaims
Great Kenesa significantFor Crimean Karaites
linked to: Karaims