Madhesi

E237484

Madhesi are an ethnolinguistic group from the southern plains of Nepal, culturally and linguistically close to communities across the border in northern India.

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Madhesi people 4
Madhesi canonical 2
Madhesis 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnolinguistic group ⓘ
associatedWith Madhesi rights movement ⓘ
identity politics in Nepal ⓘ
borderRegionWith India ⓘ
citizenshipOf Nepal ⓘ
country Nepal ⓘ
crossBorderTiesWith Bihar ⓘ
Uttar Pradesh ⓘ
northern India ⓘ
culturallyCloseTo communities in northern India ⓘ
culturalPractice celebration of Chhath festival ⓘ
celebration of Diwali ⓘ
celebration of Holi ⓘ
extended family households ⓘ
demands autonomous federal provinces ⓘ
greater political representation ⓘ
recognition of Madhesi identity ⓘ
hasLanguageScript Devanagari ⓘ
linked to: Devanagari script

Perso-Arabic script for Urdu ⓘ
hasSubgroup Awadhi-speaking Madhesi ⓘ
linked to: Awadhi people

Bhojpuri-speaking Madhesi ⓘ
Dalit Madhesi communities ⓘ
Madhesi Muslims ⓘ
Maithil ⓘ
historicalTensionWith central government of Nepal ⓘ
linked to: Government of Nepal
involvedIn Madhes movements of 2007 ⓘ
Madhes movements of 2008 ⓘ
Madhes protests of 2015 ⓘ
languageFamily Indo-Aryan languages ⓘ
linguisticallyCloseTo communities in northern India ⓘ
locatedIn southern plains of Nepal ⓘ
partOf Nepali population ⓘ
politicalIssue citizenship rights in Nepal ⓘ
federalism and provincial boundaries in Nepal ⓘ
representation in Nepali state institutions ⓘ
primaryRegion Madhesh Province ⓘ
Terai ⓘ
religion Buddhism ⓘ
Christianity ⓘ
Hinduism ⓘ
Islam ⓘ
speaksLanguage Awadhi ⓘ
Bhojpuri ⓘ
Hindi ⓘ
Maithili ⓘ
Urdu ⓘ
linked to: Urdu language
traditionalDress dhoti ⓘ
sari ⓘ
traditionalOccupation agriculture ⓘ
trade ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (10)

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

Maithil people → subgroupOf → Madhesi people ⓘ
linked to: Madhesi
Nepali people → ethnicGroup → Madhesi people ⓘ
linked to: Madhesi
Koshi Province → hasEthnicGroup → Madhesi people ⓘ
linked to: Madhesi
Madhesi Muslims → partOf → Madhesi community ⓘ
linked to: Madhesi
Madhesi Muslims → sharesCulturalTiesWith → Madhesis ⓘ
linked to: Madhesi
Madhesi Muslims → sharesLinguisticTiesWith → Madhesis ⓘ
linked to: Madhesi
Madhes movements of 2007 → participant → Madhesi people ⓘ
linked to: Madhesi
Constituent Assembly of Nepal → guaranteedRepresentationFor → Madhesi communities ⓘ
linked to: Madhesi