Kyrgyz people

E358387

Turkic ethnic group ethnic group

The Kyrgyz people are a Turkic ethnic group native to Central Asia, primarily inhabiting Kyrgyzstan, with a rich nomadic heritage and traditions centered around horsemanship, yurt-dwelling, and epic oral literature.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Kyrgyz	17
Kyrgyz people canonical	6
Kyrgyz tribes	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Turkic ethnic group ⓘ ethnic group ⓘ
coreAnimalHusbandry	cattle ⓘ horses ⓘ sheep ⓘ yaks ⓘ
culturalHeritage	epic oral literature ⓘ
demographicMajorityIn	Kyrgyzstan ⓘ
ethnogenesisRegion	Central Asia ⓘ
historicalPolity	Kirghiz Khaganate ⓘ surface form: Kyrgyz Khaganate
historicalRegion	Tien Shan ⓘ surface form: Tien Shan mountains
language	Kyrgyz language ⓘ
languageBranch	Kipchak branch ⓘ
languageFamily	Turkic languages ⓘ
majorReligion	Sunni Islam ⓘ
notableEpic	Epic of Manas ⓘ
primaryCountry	Kyrgyzstan ⓘ
relatedEthnicGroup	Altai people ⓘ Kazakhs ⓘ surface form: Kazakh people Turkic peoples ⓘ Uzbeks ⓘ surface form: Uzbek people
religiousTradition	Hanafi school ⓘ
significantPopulationIn	China ⓘ Kazakhstan ⓘ Kyrgyzstan ⓘ Russia ⓘ Tajikistan ⓘ Turkey ⓘ Uzbekistan ⓘ
traditionalBeliefElements	Tengrism ⓘ shamanism ⓘ
traditionalCraft	carpet weaving ⓘ felt-making ⓘ yurt-making ⓘ
traditionalDwelling	yurt ⓘ
traditionalFood	beshbarmak ⓘ kymyz ⓘ plov ⓘ
traditionalGarment	chapan ⓘ kalpak ⓘ
traditionalLifestyle	nomadic pastoralism ⓘ
traditionalSport	eagle hunting ⓘ horse racing ⓘ Kok-boru ⓘ surface form: kok boru
UNESCOIntangibleHeritage	Epic of Manas ⓘ
writingSystem	Arabic script ⓘ Cyrillic script ⓘ Latin alphabet ⓘ surface form: Latin script