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 (7)

Label Occurrences
Crimean Karaites 10
Karaim 6
Karaims canonical 5

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 (25)

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
European Jewry → hasSubgroup → Crimean Karaites ⓘ
linked to: Karaims
Firkovich Collection → languageOfMaterial → Karaim ⓘ
linked to: Karaims
Firkovich Collection → associatedWith → Crimean Karaites ⓘ
linked to: Karaims
Cave city of Chufut-Kale → culturalSignificanceFor → Crimean Karaites ⓘ
linked to: Karaims
Cave city of Chufut-Kale → inhabitedBy → Crimean Karaites ⓘ
linked to: Karaims
Chufut-Kale → heritageOf → Crimean Karaites ⓘ
linked to: Karaims
Kipchak–Nogai → hasSubgroup → Karaim–Krymchak ⓘ
linked to: Karaims
Kipchak–Nogai → hasEthnicAssociations → Karaim Jews ⓘ
linked to: Karaims
Halich-Lutsk Karaim → ethnicGroup → Karaim ⓘ
linked to: Karaims
Halich-Lutsk Karaim → closelyRelatedTo → Crimean Karaim ⓘ
linked to: Karaims