Tabasaran people

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The Tabasaran people are an indigenous ethnic group of Dagestan in the North Caucasus, known for their Northeast Caucasian language and traditional mountain village culture.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Tabasaran people canonical 5
Khwarshi people 1
Lezgin people 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group
indigenous people
autonymLanguage Tabasaran language
continent Asia
Europe
country Russia
culturalArea North Caucasus
culturalHeritage Caucasian carpet weaving
mountain village architecture
danceTradition Caucasian folk dance
ethnicReligionMajority Sunni Islam
ethnonym Tabasarans
folkloreType oral epic traditions
geographicOrigin Eastern Caucasus
governedBy Republic of Dagestan
historicalWritingSystem Arabic script
linked to: Arabic alphabet

Latin script
language Tabasaran language
languageBranch Lezgic languages
linked to: Lezgic
languageFamily Northeast Caucasian languages
musicTradition Caucasian folk music
nativeTo Dagestan
North Caucasus
neighboringEthnicGroup Aghuls
linked to: Aghul

Dargins
linked to: Dargin people

Lezgins
Rutuls
partOf Peoples of the Caucasus
populationRegion Republic of Dagestan
recognizedAs indigenous small-numbered people of the Russian Federation
region Caucasus
religion Islam
Sunni Islam
selfIdentification Tabasaran
state Russian Federation
linked to: Russia
subgroupOf Peoples of Dagestan
traditionalCraft carpet weaving
embroidery
woodworking
traditionalHousing stone houses
traditionalOccupation agriculture
animal husbandry
carpet weaving
traditionalRegion Southern Dagestan
linked to: Dagestan
traditionalReligionBeforeIslam pagan beliefs
traditionalSettlementType mountain villages
usesLanguage Tabasaran language
writingSystem Cyrillic script

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (7)

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

Tabasaran spokenBy Tabasaran people
Lezgian ethnicGroup Lezgin people
linked to: Tabasaran people
Khwarshi language ethnicGroup Khwarshi people
linked to: Tabasaran people
Northern Tabasaran ethnicGroup Tabasaran people
Southern Tabasaran usedByEthnicGroup Tabasaran people
Tabasaran District ethnicMajority Tabasaran people
Lezgic usedBy Tabasaran people