Adyghe

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Adyghe are a Northwest Caucasian ethnic group, also known as Circassians, indigenous to the northwestern Caucasus region.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Northwest Caucasian people
ethnic group
indigenous people
alsoKnownAs Circassians
autonomousRepublic Republic of Adygea
diasporaIn European Union
Israel
Jordan
Syria
Turkey
United States of America
surface form: United States
ethnonymInAdygheLanguage Adyghe self-linksurface differs
surface form: Адыгэ
historicalEvent Circassian genocide
historicalRegion Circassia
language Adyghe language
languageFamily Northwest Caucasian languages
majorityReligionToday Sunni Islam
nativeTo Caucasus
Republic of Adygea
Russia
northwestern Caucasus
populationCenter Maykop, Russia
surface form: Maykop
recognizedMinorityIn Russia
relatedEthnicGroup Abaza people
surface form: Abaza

Abkhaz language
surface form: Abkhaz

Circassians
surface form: Kabardians

Shapsugs
religion Christianity
Sunni Islam
traditional Adyghe beliefs
scriptUsedForLanguage Cyrillic script
sufferedMassDeportationBy Russian Empire
traditionalCode Adyghe self-linksurface differs
surface form: Adyghe Xabze
traditionalCulture Adyghe cuisine
Lezginka (North Caucasian dance)
surface form: Adyghe dance

Adyghe music
traditionalDish Adyghe cheese
traditionalDress cherkeska
traditionalEconomy agriculture
animal husbandry
beekeeping
horticulture
traditionalSocialClass former serfs
free commoners
nobility
traditionalSocialStructure clan-based society
traditionalWeapon shashka
UNESCOIntangibleHeritageCandidate Adyghe self-linksurface differs
surface form: Adyghe Xabze (as traditional code of conduct)

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Caucasian War hasParticipant Adyghe
this entity surface form: Adyghe peoples
Republic of Adygea ethnicGroup Adyghe
this entity surface form: Adyghe people
Circassians language Adyghe
Circassians endonym Adyghe
Adyghe ethnonymInAdygheLanguage Adyghe self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Адыгэ
Adyghe traditionalCode Adyghe self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Adyghe Xabze
Adyghe UNESCOIntangibleHeritageCandidate Adyghe self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Adyghe Xabze (as traditional code of conduct)
Cherkess (Kabardian–Cherkess) language ethnicGroup Adyghe
this entity surface form: Adyghe people
Tuapse hasEthnicGroup Adyghe
Maykop, Russia officialLanguage Adyghe
subject surface form: Maykop
Maykop, Russia ethnicGroupPresent Adyghe
subject surface form: Maykop
Maykop, Russia hasHistoricalCulture Adyghe
subject surface form: Maykop
this entity surface form: Adyghe culture