Uyghurs

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The Uyghurs are a Turkic-speaking, predominantly Muslim ethnic group native to the Xinjiang region of northwest China, with a distinct culture, language, and history.

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Generate an image of the Uyghurs (The Uyghurs are a Turkic-speaking, predominantly Muslim ethnic group native to the Xinjiang region of northwest China, with a distinct culture, language, and history.)

All labels observed (14)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (59)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Turkic people ⓘ
ethnic group ⓘ
autonomousRegion Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region ⓘ
linked to: Xinjiang
capitalRegionCity Ürümqi ⓘ
convertedToIslam between 9th and 16th centuries ⓘ
country China ⓘ
culturalRegion Central Asia ⓘ
Inner Asia ⓘ
linked to: Central Asia
diaspora Australia ⓘ
Canada ⓘ
Germany ⓘ
Kazakhstan ⓘ
Kyrgyzstan ⓘ
Saudi Arabia ⓘ
Turkey ⓘ
United States ⓘ
Uzbekistan ⓘ
ethnicMinorityIn China ⓘ
ethnonymLanguage Uyghur language ⓘ
historicalRegion East Turkestan ⓘ
Turkestan ⓘ
ISO639-1Code ug ⓘ
ISO639-2Code uig ⓘ
ISO639-3Code uig ⓘ
languageFamily Turkic languages ⓘ
majorCity Aksu ⓘ
Hotan ⓘ
Kashgar ⓘ
nativeTo Northwest China ⓘ
Xinjiang ⓘ
Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region ⓘ
linked to: Xinjiang
populationCenter Tarim Basin ⓘ
primaryLanguage Uyghur language ⓘ
recognizedAsMinorityBy People's Republic of China ⓘ
linked to: China
relatedEthnicGroup Kazakhs ⓘ
Kyrgyz ⓘ
Tatars ⓘ
Turks ⓘ
Uzbeks ⓘ
religion Islam ⓘ
Sunni Islam ⓘ
religiousLawTradition Hanafi Sunni Islam ⓘ
linked to: Hanafi school
religiousMinorityIn China ⓘ
scriptDirection right-to-left (Arabic-based script) ⓘ
subgroupOf Turkic peoples ⓘ
traditionalDance meshrep ⓘ
traditionalFood laghman ⓘ
nan ⓘ
polu ⓘ
traditionalMusic muqam ⓘ
traditionalOccupation oasis agriculture ⓘ
trade ⓘ
traditionalReligion Sunni Islam ⓘ
traditionalReligionHistory Buddhism ⓘ
Manichaeism ⓘ
Nestorian Christianity ⓘ
linked to: Nestorianism
writingSystem Uyghur Arabic alphabet ⓘ
Uyghur Cyrillic alphabet ⓘ
Uyghur Latin alphabet ⓘ

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Referenced by (116)

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

Islamic world → hasEthnicGroup → Uyghurs ⓘ
Islamic world → hasEthnicGroup → Uighurs ⓘ
linked to: Uyghurs
Radio Free Asia → languageOfBroadcast → Uyghur ⓘ
linked to: Uyghurs
Tarim Basin → ethnicGroups → Uyghurs ⓘ
Xinjiang → ethnicGroup → Uyghurs ⓘ
Xinjiang → regionalLanguage → Uyghur ⓘ
linked to: Uyghurs
Xinjiang → autonomousFor → Uyghurs ⓘ
Uyghur language (historically) → spokenBy → Uyghur people ⓘ
linked to: Uyghurs
Turkic world → hasMajorLanguage → Uyghur ⓘ
linked to: Uyghurs
Turkic languages → hasMajorLanguage → Uyghur ⓘ
linked to: Uyghurs
Western China → hasEthnicGroup → Uyghurs ⓘ
Kashgar → ethnicMajority → Uyghur ⓘ
linked to: Uyghurs
Issyk-Kul Region → hasEthnicGroup → Uighur ⓘ
linked to: Uyghurs
Salar → relatedEthnicGroup → Uyghurs ⓘ
Kazakh SSR → significantEthnicGroup → Uighurs ⓘ
linked to: Uyghurs
Old Turkic script → usedBy → Uyghurs ⓘ
Altyn-Tagh Mountains → nameLanguage → Uyghur ⓘ
linked to: Uyghurs
Hotan → majorEthnicGroup → Uyghurs ⓘ
Korla → ethnicGroup → Uyghur ⓘ
linked to: Uyghurs
Turpan → ethnicGroup → Uyghurs ⓘ
Hui → relatedGroup → Uyghurs ⓘ
Ürümqi → ethnicGroup → Uyghurs ⓘ
Karamay → hasEthnicGroup → Uyghur ⓘ
linked to: Uyghurs
Kuqa → ethnicGroups → Uyghurs ⓘ
Kuqa → modernLanguageMajority → Uyghur ⓘ
linked to: Uyghurs
Aksu → hasLanguageCommunity → Uyghur ⓘ
linked to: Uyghurs
Aksu → ethnicGroup → Uyghurs ⓘ
Uyghur Arabic alphabet → usedBy → Uyghur people ⓘ
linked to: Uyghurs
Uyghur Khaganate → country → Uyghurs ⓘ
Uyghur Khaganate → ethnicGroup → Uyghurs ⓘ
Old Uyghur alphabet → usedBy → Uyghur people ⓘ
linked to: Uyghurs
Old Uyghur alphabet → associatedPeople → Qocho Uyghurs ⓘ
linked to: Uyghurs
Yining → hasEthnicGroup → Uyghur ⓘ
linked to: Uyghurs
Yining → hasCulturalInfluenceFrom → Uyghur culture ⓘ
linked to: Uyghurs
Hui people → distinguishedFrom → Uyghur people ⓘ
linked to: Uyghurs
Urumqi → hasMajorEthnicGroup → Uyghurs ⓘ
Aisin Gioro → ethnicGroupRuled → Uyghurs ⓘ
Northwest China → majorEthnicGroup → Uyghur ⓘ
linked to: Uyghurs
Uyghur human rights defenders (collective award) → hasEthnicFocus → Uyghur people ⓘ
linked to: Uyghurs
South Kazakhstan Region → hasEthnicGroup → Uighurs ⓘ
linked to: Uyghurs
Inland China → culturalFeature → UyghurCulture ⓘ
linked to: Uyghurs
Meshrep → ethnicGroup → Uyghur people ⓘ
subject linked to: meshrep
linked to: Uyghurs
Meshrep → participant → Uyghur women ⓘ
subject linked to: meshrep
linked to: Uyghurs
Uyghur Latin alphabet → hasUserCommunity → Uyghur diaspora ⓘ
linked to: Uyghurs
Uyghur Cyrillic alphabet → usedBy → Uyghur people ⓘ
linked to: Uyghurs