Ormur people

E800925

The Ormur people are a small ethnic group primarily found in parts of Afghanistan and Pakistan, known for their distinct cultural traditions and the endangered Ormuri language.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Ormur people canonical 4
Ormuri people 2
Burki (Ormur) people 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group
associatedLanguageBranch Eastern Iranian languages
associatedLanguageFamily Iranian languages
commonSecondLanguage Pashto
Persian (Dari)
linked to: Persian language
country Afghanistan
Pakistan
culturalHeritageStatus intangible cultural heritage at risk
culturalTradition distinct local customs
folk music
oral poetry
traditional Ormur dress
endangeredLanguage Ormuri language
ethnicGroupInCountry Ormur people in Afghanistan
linked to: Ormur people

Ormur people in Pakistan
ethnonym Baraki
Ormur
Ormuri
linked to: Ormur
hasEndonym Ormur
Ormuri
linked to: Ormur
hasExonym Baraki
language Ormuri language
languageStatus severely endangered
linguisticMinorityIn Afghanistan
Pakistan
nativeLanguage Ormuri language
neighboringEthnicGroups Pashtuns
populationStatus small ethnic minority
region Baraki Barak District
Kaniguram
Kurram District
Logar Province
Paktia Province
South Waziristan
Waziristan
religion Islam
religiousBranch Sunni Islam
riskFactor language shift to Pashto
language shift to Persian (Dari)
traditionalLivelihood agriculture
animal husbandry
small-scale trade
writingSystemUsed Arabic script
linked to: Arabic alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (8)

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

Ormur spokenBy Ormur people
Ormur ethnicGroup Ormur people
Ormuri language spokenBy Ormuri people
linked to: Ormur people
Ormui alsoKnownAs Ormuri people
linked to: Ormur people
Ormur people ethnicGroupInCountry Ormur people in Afghanistan
linked to: Ormur people
Kaniguram dialect associatedEthnicGroup Burki (Ormur) people
linked to: Ormur people
Kaniguram ethnicGroup Ormur people