Dom people

E239493

The Dom people are a traditionally itinerant ethnic group of Indo-Aryan origin, culturally and linguistically related to the Roma, found across the Middle East, North Africa, and parts of South Asia.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Dom people canonical 23

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Indo-Aryan people ⓘ
ethnic group ⓘ
alternativeName Domari people ⓘ
Domi ⓘ
Doms ⓘ
Dum ⓘ
country Egypt ⓘ
India ⓘ
Iran ⓘ
Iraq ⓘ
Israel ⓘ
Jordan ⓘ
Lebanon ⓘ
Pakistan ⓘ
Palestine ⓘ
Syria ⓘ
Turkey ⓘ
culturalPractice endogamy ⓘ
oral tradition ⓘ
culturalRelation share cultural traits with Roma people ⓘ
ethnicOrigin Indo-Aryan ⓘ
ethnonym Dom ⓘ
historicalMigration medieval migration from South Asia toward the Middle East ⓘ
languageFamily Indo-Aryan languages ⓘ
languageStatus Domari language endangered ⓘ
linguisticRelation Domari language related to Romani language ⓘ
linked to: Romani language
migrationOrigin Indian subcontinent ⓘ
linked to: South Asia
minorityStatus ethnic minority in most countries of residence ⓘ
primaryLanguage Domari language ⓘ
region Middle East ⓘ
North Africa ⓘ
South Asia ⓘ
relatedEthnicGroup Lom people ⓘ
Nawar ⓘ
Roma people ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
Druze ⓘ
Islam ⓘ
Yazidism ⓘ
scriptUsedForLanguage Arabic script ⓘ
linked to: Arabic alphabet
socialStatus marginalized ⓘ
often stigmatized ⓘ
traditionalLifestyle itinerant ⓘ
peripatetic ⓘ
traditionalOccupation animal training ⓘ
crafts ⓘ
dance ⓘ
entertainment ⓘ
metalworking ⓘ
music performance ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (23)

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

Roma people → relatedEthnicGroup → Dom people ⓘ
Indo-Aryan peoples → hasSubgroup → Dom people ⓘ
Rromani → hasRelatedEthnicGroup → Dom people ⓘ
Lom people → relatedEthnicGroup → Dom people ⓘ
Domba → relatedEthnicGroup → Dom people ⓘ
Dom → ethnonymVariant → Dom people ⓘ
Dum → alternativeNameOf → Dom people ⓘ
Dum → ethnonymFor → Dom people ⓘ
Domi → hasAlternativeName → Dom people ⓘ
Nawar → ethnicallyRelatedTo → Dom people ⓘ
Nawar → culturallyRelatedTo → Dom people ⓘ
Nawar → linguisticallyRelatedTo → Dom people ⓘ
Nawar → sometimesConsideredPartOf → Dom people ⓘ
Nawar → sometimesDistinguishedFrom → Dom people ⓘ
Domari language → spokenBy → Dom people ⓘ
Domari language → migratedWith → Dom people ⓘ
Bosha → ethnicallyRelatedTo → Dom people ⓘ
Lom people → culturallyRelatedTo → Dom people ⓘ
Lom people → relatedCommunity → Dom people ⓘ
Lom people → sharesCulturalTraitsWith → Dom people ⓘ
Lom people → sharesAncestralLinksWith → Dom people ⓘ