Ubykhs

E143180

Northwest Caucasian people ethnic group

The Ubykhs were a Northwest Caucasian ethnic group historically inhabiting the Black Sea coast near Sochi, known for their now-extinct Ubykh language with an exceptionally large consonant inventory.

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All labels observed (1)

Label	Occurrences
Ubykhs canonical	2

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Northwest Caucasian people ⓘ ethnic group ⓘ
autonym	Tʷaχə ⓘ
characteristicOfLanguage	exceptionally large consonant inventory ⓘ very small vowel inventory ⓘ
continent	Asia ⓘ Europe ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Russian Empire ⓘ
culturalAssimilationInto	Arabs in diaspora ⓘ Circassians in diaspora ⓘ Turks ⓘ
dateOfLanguageExtinction	1992 ⓘ
dispersal	Muhajirism ⓘ
ethnicGroupOf	Western Caucasus ⓘ surface form: Northwest Caucasus
ethnonym	Ubykh ⓘ
historicalEvent	Circassian genocide ⓘ Russian–Caucasian War ⓘ surface form: Russo-Circassian War
historicalFate	loss of homeland near Sochi ⓘ mass deportation to Ottoman Empire in 19th century ⓘ
historicalRegion	Circassia ⓘ Sochi ⓘ surface form: Sochi area
language	Ubykh ⓘ surface form: Ubykh language
languageFamily	Northwest Caucasian languages ⓘ
languageStatus	extinct mother tongue ⓘ
lastNativeSpeakerOfLanguage	Tevfik Esenç ⓘ
majorDiasporaCountry	Israel ⓘ Jordan ⓘ Ottoman Empire ⓘ Syria ⓘ Turkey ⓘ
militaryReputation	noted cavalry ⓘ skilled warriors ⓘ
region	Black Sea coast ⓘ
relatedEthnicGroup	Abaza people ⓘ surface form: Abaza Abkhaz language ⓘ surface form: Abkhaz Circassians ⓘ
religion	Islam ⓘ Sunni Islam ⓘ
status	largely assimilated ⓘ
traditionalEconomy	agriculture ⓘ animal husbandry ⓘ beekeeping ⓘ fishing ⓘ horticulture ⓘ trade ⓘ
traditionalReligionBeforeIslam	indigenous Northwest Caucasian beliefs ⓘ paganism ⓘ
traditionalSocialStructure	clan-based society ⓘ noble and commoner classes ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

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

Abkhazians → relatedEthnicGroup → Ubykhs ⓘ

Caucasian muhajirism → involvesEthnicGroup → Ubykhs ⓘ