Avar people

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The Avar people are a Northeast Caucasian ethnic group primarily inhabiting Dagestan in Russia, known for their distinct Avar language, rich mountain culture, and long history in the Caucasus region.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Avar people canonical 10
Avar 5

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (53)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Northeast Caucasian people ⓘ
ethnic group ⓘ
autonymLanguage Avar language ⓘ
capitalRegionCity Makhachkala ⓘ
country Russia ⓘ
culturalRegion Dagestan ⓘ
danceTradition Lezginka-style dances ⓘ
ethnicTerritory Avaria (historical region) ⓘ
linked to: Avar
ethnonym Avars ⓘ
folklore rich oral epic tradition ⓘ
historicalConflict Caucasian War ⓘ
historicalReligion Christianity ⓘ
indigenous Caucasian beliefs ⓘ
historicalState Avar Khanate ⓘ
historicalWritingSystem Arabic script ⓘ
linked to: Arabic alphabet

Latin script ⓘ
language Avar language ⓘ
languageFamily Northeast Caucasian languages ⓘ
majorTown Buynaksk ⓘ
Gunib ⓘ
Khunzakh ⓘ
musicTradition Caucasian mountain music ⓘ
nativeName аварцы ⓘ
маарулал ⓘ
notableFigure Rasul Gamzatov ⓘ
notableLeader Imam Shamil ⓘ
populationCenter Republic of Dagestan ⓘ
primaryReligion Sunni Islam ⓘ
region North Caucasus ⓘ
Northeast Caucasus ⓘ
linked to: North Caucasus
relatedEthnicGroup Andi people ⓘ
linked to: Andi peoples

Chechens ⓘ
Dargins ⓘ
linked to: Dargin people

Dido (Tsez) people ⓘ
linked to: Dido (Tsez) peoples

Ingush ⓘ
Laks ⓘ
Lezgins ⓘ
significantPopulationIn Azerbaijan ⓘ
Georgia ⓘ
Kazakhstan ⓘ
Turkey ⓘ
traditionalCraft carpet weaving ⓘ
metalwork ⓘ
wood carving ⓘ
traditionalEconomy pastoralism ⓘ
terraced agriculture ⓘ
transhumance herding ⓘ
traditionalHabitat Caucasus Mountains ⓘ
linked to: Caucasus

Dagestani highlands ⓘ
traditionalHousing stone mountain villages ⓘ
traditionalReligion Sunni Islam ⓘ
traditionalSocialStructure clan-based organization ⓘ
writingSystem Cyrillic script ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (15)

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

Avar → spokenBy → Avar people ⓘ
Avars → ethnonym → Avar people ⓘ
Imam Shamil → ethnicity → Avar ⓘ
linked to: Avar people
Avar-Andic languages → spokenBy → Avar people ⓘ
Lak → relatedEthnicGroup → Avar ⓘ
linked to: Avar people
Lak → neighboringPeople → Avar ⓘ
linked to: Avar people
Khunzakh dialect → ethnicGroup → Avar people ⓘ
Boehkhʼul → usedBy → Avar people ⓘ
Avar language → spokenBy → Avar people ⓘ
магӏарул мацӏ → spokenBy → Avar people ⓘ
Maarulal → ethnicGroup → Avar people ⓘ
subject linked to: maarulal
Gamzat-bek → ethnicity → Avar ⓘ
linked to: Avar people
Rasul Gamzatov → ethnicity → Avar ⓘ
linked to: Avar people
Zakatala region → hasMinority → Avar people ⓘ