Tsakhurs

E259671

Northeast Caucasian people ethnic group

Tsakhurs are a Northeast Caucasian ethnic group traditionally inhabiting mountainous regions of present-day Azerbaijan and Dagestan, known for their distinct language and rich folk culture.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Tsakhurs canonical	12
Tsakhur	5
Tsovatush	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Northeast Caucasian people ⓘ ethnic group ⓘ
country	Azerbaijan ⓘ Russia ⓘ
culture	oral folklore ⓘ rich folk traditions ⓘ traditional crafts ⓘ traditional dance ⓘ traditional music ⓘ
economicActivity	cattle breeding ⓘ grain cultivation ⓘ sheep breeding ⓘ
endonym	Tsʼakhur ⓘ
ethnographicRegion	Caucasus ⓘ
folkloreGenre	epic tales ⓘ lyric songs ⓘ
language	Tsakhur language ⓘ
languageBranch	Lezgian ⓘ surface form: Lezgic languages
languageFamily	Northeast Caucasian languages ⓘ
minorityStatus	ethnic minority in Azerbaijan ⓘ ethnic minority in Russia ⓘ
musicInstrument	drums ⓘ zurna ⓘ
notableFeature	distinct Northeast Caucasian language ⓘ mountain pastoral culture ⓘ
primaryHabitat	mountainous regions ⓘ
region	Eastern Caucasus ⓘ
regionOfOrigin	Greater Caucasus ⓘ surface form: Greater Caucasus Mountains
regionOfSettlement	Gakh District ⓘ Rutulsky District ⓘ Tsakhursky District ⓘ Zaqatala District ⓘ
relatedEthnicGroup	Avars ⓘ Lezgins ⓘ Rutuls ⓘ
religion	Islam ⓘ Sunni Islam ⓘ
socialStructure	clan-based elements ⓘ
subdivision	Dagestan ⓘ
traditionalHousing	stone mountain villages ⓘ
traditionalLaw	customary mountain law ⓘ
traditionalOccupation	agriculture ⓘ animal husbandry ⓘ transhumant pastoralism ⓘ
traditionalRegion	northwestern Azerbaijan ⓘ southern Dagestan ⓘ
writingSystem	Cyrillic script ⓘ Latin alphabet ⓘ surface form: Latin script

Referenced by (18)

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

Zakatal Okrug → historicalTerritoryOf → Tsakhurs ⓘ

Bats people → alsoKnownAs → Tsakhurs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tsovatush

Tabasarans → relatedEthnicGroup → Tsakhurs ⓘ

Lezgian → languageFamilyNeighbor → Tsakhurs ⓘ