Gagauz

E45586
Turkic people ethnic group

The Gagauz are a Turkic-speaking Orthodox Christian ethnic group primarily living in Moldova and neighboring regions of Eastern Europe.

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All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Gagauz canonical 26
Gagauz language 3
Gagauz people 3

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Turkic people ⓘ
ethnic group ⓘ
autonomousRegionIn Gagauzia ⓘ
capitalOfAutonomousRegion Comrat ⓘ
continent Europe ⓘ
culturalInfluences Balkans ⓘ
surface form: Balkan

Moldovan ⓘ
Slavic ⓘ
Turkic ⓘ
ethnonym Gagauz self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Gagauz people
GagauziaIsAutonomousWithin Moldova ⓘ
historicalRegionOfSettlement Bessarabia ⓘ
historicalWritingSystem Cyrillic script ⓘ
surface form: Cyrillic alphabet
ISO639-3Code gag ⓘ
languageFamily Oghuz branch of Turkic languages ⓘ
languageStatusInGagauzia official language ⓘ
majorDenomination Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ
surface form: Eastern Orthodoxy
migrationOriginHypotheses Oghuz ⓘ
surface form: Oghuz Turkic tribes

Seljuk Empire ⓘ
surface form: Seljuk Turks
minorityStatus recognized ethnic minority in Moldova ⓘ
otherOfficialLanguagesInGagauzia Romanian language ⓘ
surface form: Romanian

Russian ⓘ
primaryChristianCalendar Julian calendar ⓘ
surface form: Julian calendar (religious use)
primaryCountry Moldova ⓘ
primaryLanguage Gagauz self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Gagauz language
region Eastern Europe ⓘ
relatedEthnicGroups Azerbaijanis ⓘ
Turks ⓘ
surface form: Balkan Turks

Gagaouzians in Bulgaria ⓘ
Turks ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ
religiousAffiliationCharacteristic Orthodox Christian Turkic people ⓘ
religiousJurisdiction under Orthodox churches of the region ⓘ
selfDesignation Gagauz self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Gagauzlar
significantPopulationIn Bulgaria ⓘ
Moldova ⓘ
Russia ⓘ
Turkey ⓘ
Ukraine ⓘ
traditionalCuisineInfluences Bulgarian ⓘ
Moldova ⓘ
surface form: Moldovan

Turkish language ⓘ
surface form: Turkish
traditionalLivelihoods agriculture ⓘ
animal husbandry ⓘ
traditionalMusic Turkic-Balkan folk music ⓘ
traditionalReligionBranch Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ
surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church
UNESCOLanguageStatus vulnerable language ⓘ
writingSystem Latin alphabet ⓘ

Referenced by (35)

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

Azerbaijanis → relatedEthnicGroup → Gagauz ⓘ
Turkmen language → closelyRelatedTo → Gagauz ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gagauz language
Southwestern Turkic → hasMember → Gagauz ⓘ
Moldova → recognizedLanguage → Gagauz ⓘ
Turks → relatedEthnicGroup → Gagauz ⓘ
Azərbaycanlılar → relatedEthnicGroup → Gagauz ⓘ
Turkic world → hasMajorLanguage → Gagauz ⓘ
Azərilər → relatedEthnicity → Gagauz ⓘ
Turkmens → relatedEthnicGroup → Gagauz ⓘ
Gagauz → ethnonym → Gagauz self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gagauz people
Gagauz → primaryLanguage → Gagauz self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gagauz language
Gagauz → selfDesignation → Gagauz self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gagauzlar
Turkic languages → hasMajorLanguage → Gagauz ⓘ
Turkish American → hasNotableSubgroup → Gagauz ⓘ
subject surface form: Turkish Americans
this entity surface form: GagauzAmericans
Dobruja → historicallyInhabitedBy → Gagauz ⓘ
Bolhrad, Odesa Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union → commonlySpokenLanguage → Gagauz ⓘ
Oghuz → hasDescendant → Gagauz ⓘ
Oghuz Turkic language → includesLanguage → Gagauz ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gagauz language
Turkic peoples → hasEthnicSubgroup → Gagauz ⓘ
Chișinău → usesLanguage → Gagauz ⓘ
Bessarabia → languageHistoricallySpoken → Gagauz ⓘ
Bessarabia → ethnicGroupHistoricallyPresent → Gagauz ⓘ
Gagauzia → officialLanguage → Gagauz ⓘ
Gagauzia → ethnicMajority → Gagauz ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gagauz people
Gagauzia → ethnicGroup → Gagauz ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gagauz people
Comrat → heritage → Gagauz ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gagauz Turkic
Comrat → hasRegionalLanguage → Gagauz ⓘ
Comrat → hasEthnicGroup → Gagauz ⓘ
Common Turkic branch → includesLanguage → Gagauz ⓘ
Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic → ethnicMinority → Gagauz ⓘ
Odesa Oblast → languageUsed → Gagauz ⓘ
Giurgiulești → hasMinorityLanguage → Gagauz ⓘ
Bolhrad Raion → hasEthnicCommunity → Gagauz ⓘ
Bolhrad Raion → hasMinorityLanguagePresence → Gagauz ⓘ
Budjak → ethnicGroup → Gagauz ⓘ