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 Kirghiz Khaganate
surface form: Kyrgyz Khaganate
historicalRegion Tien Shan
surface form: Tien Shan mountains
language Kyrgyz language
languageBranch Kipchak branch
languageFamily Turkic languages
majorReligion Sunni Islam
notableEpic Epic of Manas
primaryCountry Kyrgyzstan
relatedEthnicGroup Altai people
Kazakhs
surface form: Kazakh people

Turkic peoples
Uzbeks
surface form: Uzbek people
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
surface form: kok boru
UNESCOIntangibleHeritage Epic of Manas
writingSystem Arabic script
Cyrillic script
Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script

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