Dom people

E239493

The Dom people are a traditionally itinerant ethnic group of Indo-Aryan origin, culturally and linguistically related to the Roma, found across the Middle East, North Africa, and parts of South Asia.

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All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Dom people canonical 4

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Indo-Aryan people
ethnic group
alternativeName Domari people
Domi
Doms
Dum
country Egypt
India
Iran
Iraq
Israel
Jordan
Lebanon
Pakistan
Palestine
Syria
Turkey
culturalPractice endogamy
oral tradition
culturalRelation share cultural traits with Roma people
ethnicOrigin Indo-Aryan
ethnonym Dom
historicalMigration medieval migration from South Asia toward the Middle East
languageFamily Indo-Aryan languages
languageStatus Domari language endangered
linguisticRelation Romani language
surface form: Domari language related to Romani language
migrationOrigin South Asia
surface form: Indian subcontinent
minorityStatus ethnic minority in most countries of residence
primaryLanguage Domari language
region Middle East
North Africa
South Asia
relatedEthnicGroup Lom people
Nawar
Roma people
religion Christianity
Druze
Islam
Yazidism
scriptUsedForLanguage Arabic alphabet
surface form: Arabic script
socialStatus marginalized
often stigmatized
traditionalLifestyle itinerant
peripatetic
traditionalOccupation animal training
crafts
dance
entertainment
metalworking
music performance

Referenced by (4)

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

Roma people relatedEthnicGroup Dom people
Indo-Aryan peoples hasSubgroup Dom people
Rromani hasRelatedEthnicGroup Dom people
Lom people relatedEthnicGroup Dom people