Kyrgyz people

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The Kyrgyz people are a Turkic ethnic group native to Central Asia, primarily inhabiting Kyrgyzstan, with a rich nomadic heritage and traditions centered around horsemanship, yurt-dwelling, and epic oral literature.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Kyrgyz 17
Kyrgyz people canonical 6
Kyrgyz tribes 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Turkic ethnic group
ethnic group
coreAnimalHusbandry cattle
horses
sheep
yaks
culturalHeritage epic oral literature
demographicMajorityIn Kyrgyzstan
ethnogenesisRegion Central Asia
historicalPolity Kyrgyz Khaganate
linked to: Kirghiz Khaganate
historicalRegion Tien Shan mountains
linked to: Tien Shan
language Kyrgyz language
languageBranch Kipchak branch
languageFamily Turkic languages
majorReligion Sunni Islam
notableEpic Epic of Manas
primaryCountry Kyrgyzstan
relatedEthnicGroup Altai people
Kazakh people
linked to: Kazakhs

Turkic peoples
Uzbek people
linked to: Uzbeks
religiousTradition Hanafi school
significantPopulationIn China
Kazakhstan
Kyrgyzstan
Russia
Tajikistan
Turkey
Uzbekistan
traditionalBeliefElements Tengrism
shamanism
traditionalCraft carpet weaving
felt-making
yurt-making
traditionalDwelling yurt
traditionalFood beshbarmak
kymyz
plov
traditionalGarment chapan
kalpak
traditionalLifestyle nomadic pastoralism
traditionalSport eagle hunting
horse racing
kok boru
linked to: Kok-boru
UNESCOIntangibleHeritage Epic of Manas
writingSystem Arabic script
Cyrillic script
Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (24)

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

Kyrgyz spokenBy Kyrgyz people
Epic of Köroğlu associatedWithPeople Kyrgyz
linked to: Kyrgyz people
tunduk usedBy Kyrgyz people
Wakhan Corridor inhabitedBy Kyrgyz people
Issyk-Kul Region hasEthnicGroup Kyrgyz
linked to: Kyrgyz people
Altai people relatedEthnicGroup Kyrgyz people
Badakhshan ethnicGroup Kyrgyz
linked to: Kyrgyz people
East Turkestan Republic ethnicGroup Kyrgyz
linked to: Kyrgyz people
Turkic peoples hasEthnicSubgroup Kyrgyz
linked to: Kyrgyz people
Uyghur Khaganate neighbor Kyrgyz
linked to: Kyrgyz people
tamga historicallyUsedBy Kyrgyz
linked to: Kyrgyz people
Pan-Turkism associatedWithEthnicGroup Kyrgyz
linked to: Kyrgyz people
Kyrgyz Canadian ethnicOrigin Kyrgyz
linked to: Kyrgyz people
Northern Afghanistan hasEthnicGroup Kyrgyz
linked to: Kyrgyz people
Epic of Alpamys Batyr associatedPeople Kyrgyz people
subject linked to: epic of Alpamys Batyr
Karluk tribes neighboringGroup Kyrgyz
linked to: Kyrgyz people
Karakol hasEthnicCommunity Kyrgyz
linked to: Kyrgyz people
Dzungar–Qing Wars belligerent Kyrgyz tribes
linked to: Kyrgyz people
Osh hasEthnicGroup Kyrgyz
linked to: Kyrgyz people
Turkestan historicallyInhabitedBy Kyrgyz
linked to: Kyrgyz people
eastern Uzbekistan ethnicMinority Kyrgyz
linked to: Kyrgyz people
Wakhan District hasEthnicGroup Kyrgyz people
Naryn Region ethnicMajority Kyrgyz
linked to: Kyrgyz people
Dungan relatedEthnicGroup Kyrgyz
linked to: Kyrgyz people