Abkhazians

E12461
Northwest Caucasian people ethnic group

Abkhazians are a Northwest Caucasian ethnic group primarily inhabiting the region of Abkhazia on the eastern coast of the Black Sea, with their own distinct language, culture, and historical identity.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form Occurrences
Abkhaz 2
Abkhaz people 1
Abkhaz peoples 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Northwest Caucasian people ⓘ
ethnic group ⓘ
autonym Apswa ⓘ
capitalRegionCity Sukhumi ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
country Georgia ⓘ
customaryLaw adat ⓘ
diasporaCountry Georgia ⓘ
Germany ⓘ
Jordan ⓘ
Russia ⓘ
Syria ⓘ
Turkey ⓘ
Ukraine ⓘ
ethnonym Abkhaz language ⓘ
surface form: Abkhaz
historicalEvent Caucasian muhajirism ⓘ
Russian–Caucasian War ⓘ
mass deportations to Ottoman Empire ⓘ
historicalState Abkhazia ⓘ
surface form: Kingdom of Abkhazia

Abkhazia ⓘ
surface form: Principality of Abkhazia
ISO639LanguageCode abk ⓘ
language Abkhaz language ⓘ
languageFamily Northwest Caucasian languages ⓘ
locatedOn eastern coast of the Black Sea ⓘ
majorityIn Abkhazia ⓘ
nativeName Apsua ⓘ
partOf Circassians ⓘ
surface form: Caucasian peoples
primaryRegion Abkhazia ⓘ
recognizedAsIndigenousTo Abkhazia ⓘ
relatedEthnicGroup Abazins ⓘ
Adyghe ⓘ
Circassians ⓘ
Ubykhs ⓘ
religion Abkhaz neopaganism ⓘ
Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ
Sunni Islam ⓘ
traditional folk religion ⓘ
scriptUsedHistorically Cyrillic script ⓘ
Georgian script ⓘ
Latin script ⓘ
traditionalCode apsuara ⓘ
traditionalEconomy agriculture ⓘ
animal husbandry ⓘ
beekeeping ⓘ
horticulture ⓘ
traditionalMusic polyphonic singing ⓘ
traditionalReligionSite sacred groves ⓘ
traditionalSocialStructure clan-based society ⓘ
traditionalTerritory North Caucasus ⓘ
surface form: Northwestern Caucasus
UNESCOStatusOfLanguage vulnerable ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

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

Abkhazia → ethnicGroup → Abkhazians ⓘ
this entity surface form: Abkhaz
Nart sagas → hasCulturalOrigin → Abkhazians ⓘ
this entity surface form: Abkhaz people
this entity surface form: Abkhaz
South Caucasus → hasEthnicGroup → Abkhazians ⓘ
Caucasus → hasMajorEthnicGroup → Abkhazians ⓘ
this entity surface form: Circassians
Caucasian War → hasParticipant → Abkhazians ⓘ
this entity surface form: Abkhaz peoples
Georgians → relatedEthnicGroup → Abkhazians ⓘ