Avars

E114440
Northeast Caucasian people ethnic group

The Avars are a Northeast Caucasian ethnic group primarily inhabiting the mountainous regions of Dagestan and neighboring areas, known for their distinct language, traditional clan structures, and rich cultural heritage.

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Label Occurrences
Avars canonical 20

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Northeast Caucasian people ⓘ
ethnic group ⓘ
autonym maarulal ⓘ
capitalRegionCenter Makhachkala ⓘ
country Russia ⓘ
surface form: Russian Federation
culturalHeritage customary law (adat) ⓘ
distinct traditional costumes ⓘ
mountain village architecture ⓘ
rich oral literature ⓘ
ethnonym Avar people ⓘ
folklore oral epic tradition ⓘ
historicalScript Arabic alphabet ⓘ
surface form: Arabic script

Latin script ⓘ
languageFamily Northeast Caucasian languages ⓘ
mainReligionSince History of the Caucasus ⓘ
surface form: Islamization of the Caucasus
majorityStatusIn Russian Federation (Dagestan) ⓘ
surface form: Republic of Dagestan
nativeLanguage Avar language ⓘ
primaryRegion Dagestan ⓘ
North Caucasus ⓘ
recognizedAs indigenous people of Dagestan ⓘ
regionLanguageStatusInDagestan one of the largest local languages ⓘ
regionOfOrigin North Caucasus ⓘ
surface form: Northeast Caucasus
relatedEthnicGroups Andi peoples ⓘ
Dido (Tsez) peoples ⓘ
Laks ⓘ
Lezgins ⓘ
religion Sunni Islam ⓘ
religionBranch Shafi'i school ⓘ
surface form: Shafi‘i school of Sunni Islam
religiousConversionPeriod Middle Ages ⓘ
significantPopulationIn Azerbaijan ⓘ
Dagestan ⓘ
Georgia ⓘ
Turkey ⓘ
traditionalCraft carpet weaving ⓘ
metalwork ⓘ
wood carving ⓘ
traditionalDance Lezginka ⓘ
traditionalEconomy pastoralism ⓘ
sheep herding ⓘ
terrace agriculture ⓘ
traditionalHabitat Caucasus ⓘ
surface form: Caucasus Mountains

mountainous regions of Dagestan ⓘ
traditionalMusic dance music ⓘ
epic songs ⓘ
traditionalSocialStructure clan-based organization ⓘ
teip (clan) system ⓘ
writingSystem Cyrillic script ⓘ

Referenced by (20)

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

Dagestan → hasEthnicGroup → Avars ⓘ
North Caucasus → hasEthnicGroup → Avars ⓘ
Zakatal Okrug → historicalTerritoryOf → Avars ⓘ
Eastern Caucasus → hasEthnicGroup → Avars ⓘ
Russian Federation (Dagestan) → hasEthnicGroup → Avars ⓘ
subject surface form: Republic of Dagestan
Buynaksk → hasEthnicGroup → Avars ⓘ
Russian–Caucasian War → opponent → Avars ⓘ
Makhachkala → hasMajorEthnicGroup → Avars ⓘ
Zaqatala District → hasEthnicCommunity → Avars ⓘ
Balakan District → hasEthnicGroup → Avars ⓘ
Qakh District → containsEthnicGroup → Avars ⓘ
Dagestani peoples → hasSubgroup → Avars ⓘ
Imamate of the Caucasus → hasEthnicGroup → Avars ⓘ
Lezginka (North Caucasian dance) → associatedWithEthnicGroup → Avars ⓘ
Kizlyar → hasEthnicGroup → Avars ⓘ
Zakatala → hasEthnicCommunity → Avars ⓘ
Tsakhurs → relatedEthnicGroup → Avars ⓘ
Zakataly region → hasEthnicGroup → Avars ⓘ
Dagestan ASSR → hasEthnicGroup → Avars ⓘ
Peoples of the Caucasus → hasSubgroup → Avars ⓘ