Karaims

E226244

Karaims are a Turkic-speaking ethnic and religious community historically associated with Karaite Judaism, primarily found in regions such as Lithuania, Poland, and Crimea.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Crimean Karaites 5
Karaims canonical 5
Karaim 4

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group
religious community
associatedWith Karaite Jews
surface form: Karaite movement
culturalHeritage distinct Turkic-Jewish traditions
traditional Karaim cuisine
unique religious liturgy
diaspora Israel
Russia
United States of America
surface form: United States
doctrine emphasis on Tanakh alone
rejection of Talmudic authority
ethnicOrigin Turkic
ethnogenesis Karaims self-linksurface differs
surface form: Crimean Karaites
ethnoReligiousIdentity Turkic-speaking Jews
historicalCenter Crimea
surface form: Crimean Peninsula

Trakai
Vilnius
historicalLanguageVariety Karaim language
surface form: Crimean Karaim

Halich-Lutsk Karaim
Trakai
surface form: Trakai Karaim
historicalPeriodOfFormation Middle Ages
language Karaim language
languageBranch Kipchak branch
languageFamily Turkic languages
minorityStatus recognized ethnic minority in Lithuania
recognized ethnic minority in Poland
populationTrend declining
primaryRegions Belarus
Crimea
Lithuania
Poland
Ukraine
religion Judaism
Karaite Jews
surface form: Karaite Judaism
religiousAffiliationType non-rabbinic Judaism
religiousBuilding kenesa
religiousLaw Karaite halakha
ritualLanguage Hebrew
Karaim language
scripture Tanakh
surface form: Hebrew Bible
selfDesignation Karaims self-linksurface differs
surface form: Karaim
traditionalFood kibinai
traditionalOccupation gardeners
soldiers
traders
writingSystem Cyrillic script
surface form: Cyrillic alphabet

Hebrew alphabet
Latin alphabet

Referenced by (15)

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

Kipchak languages spokenBy Karaims
Karaite kenesa complex associatedWithEthnicGroup Karaims
this entity surface form: Crimean Karaites
Kumyk closelyRelatedTo Karaims
this entity surface form: Karaim
Turkic peoples hasEthnicSubgroup Karaims
this entity surface form: Karaim
Chufut-Kale (nearby cave city) cultureCenterOf Karaims
subject surface form: Chufut-Kale
this entity surface form: Crimean Karaites
Chufut-Kale (nearby cave city) associatedEthnicGroup Karaims
subject surface form: Chufut-Kale
this entity surface form: Crimean Karaites
Karaims ethnogenesis Karaims self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Crimean Karaites
Karaims selfDesignation Karaims self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Karaim
Karaim language spokenBy Karaims
this entity surface form: Karaim people
Common Turkic branch includesLanguage Karaims
this entity surface form: Karaim
Trakai hasEthnicCommunity Karaims
Great Kenesa significantFor Karaims
this entity surface form: Crimean Karaites