Georgian highlanders

E619606

Georgian highlanders are the indigenous mountain-dwelling peoples of Georgia’s highland regions, known for their distinct traditions, dialects, and pastoral way of life.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Georgian highland society 1
Georgian highlanders canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group ⓘ
country Georgia ⓘ
culturalTrait blood-feud traditions ⓘ
clan-based social organization ⓘ
customary law ⓘ
distinct traditional dress ⓘ
hospitality norms ⓘ
mountain horsemanship ⓘ
polyphonic singing ⓘ
ritual festivals ⓘ
warrior ethos ⓘ
dialect Khevsurian dialect ⓘ
linked to: Khevsureti

Pshavian dialect ⓘ
Svan language ⓘ
Tush dialects ⓘ
ethnicSubdivision Khevians ⓘ
Khevsurs ⓘ
linked to: Khevsureti

Mtiuls ⓘ
Pshavs ⓘ
linked to: Pshavi

Svans ⓘ
Tushs ⓘ
historicalRole border guardians of Georgian kingdoms ⓘ
participants in Caucasian mountain cultures ⓘ
language Georgian language ⓘ
languageFamily Kartvelian languages ⓘ
locatedIn Caucasus Mountains ⓘ
linked to: Caucasus

eastern Georgia ⓘ
linked to: Eastern Georgia

northern Georgia ⓘ
western Georgia ⓘ
region Guria highlands ⓘ
linked to: Guria Mountains

Khevi ⓘ
Khevsureti ⓘ
Mtiuleti ⓘ
Pshavi ⓘ
Racha ⓘ
Svaneti ⓘ
Tusheti ⓘ
religion Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ
Georgian Orthodox Church ⓘ
folk religion ⓘ
traditionalEconomy cattle herding ⓘ
cheese production ⓘ
pastoralism ⓘ
sheep herding ⓘ
subsistence agriculture ⓘ
transhumant herding ⓘ
traditionalHousing defensive tower-houses ⓘ
stone towers ⓘ
stone-built villages ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

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

Pshavi → ethnographicRegionOf → Georgian highlanders ⓘ
Gogotur and Apshina → setting → Georgian highland society ⓘ
linked to: Georgian highlanders