Gagauz

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Turkic people ethnic group

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

Aliases (4)

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Turkic people → ethnic group →
autonomousRegionIn	Gagauzia →
capitalOfAutonomousRegion	Comrat →
continent	Europe →
culturalInfluences	Balkan → Moldovan → Slavic → Turkic →
ethnonym	Gagauz people →
GagauziaIsAutonomousWithin	Moldova →
historicalRegionOfSettlement	Bessarabia →
historicalWritingSystem	Cyrillic alphabet →
ISO639-3Code	gag →
languageFamily	Oghuz branch of Turkic languages →
languageStatusInGagauzia	official language →
majorDenomination	Eastern Orthodoxy →
migrationOriginHypotheses	Oghuz Turkic tribes → Seljuk Turks →
minorityStatus	recognized ethnic minority in Moldova →
otherOfficialLanguagesInGagauzia	Romanian → Russian →
primaryChristianCalendar	Julian calendar (religious use) →
primaryCountry	Moldova →
primaryLanguage	Gagauz language →
region	Eastern Europe →
relatedEthnicGroups	Azerbaijanis → Balkan Turks → Gagaouzians in Bulgaria → Turks →
religion	Christianity → Eastern Orthodox Christianity →
religiousAffiliationCharacteristic	Orthodox Christian Turkic people →
religiousJurisdiction	under Orthodox churches of the region →
selfDesignation	Gagauzlar →
significantPopulationIn	Bulgaria → Moldova → Russia → Turkey → Ukraine →
traditionalCuisineInfluences	Bulgarian → Moldovan → Turkish →
traditionalLivelihoods	agriculture → animal husbandry →
traditionalMusic	Turkic-Balkan folk music →
traditionalReligionBranch	Eastern Orthodox Church →
UNESCOLanguageStatus	vulnerable language →
writingSystem	Latin alphabet →

Referenced by (17)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Azerbaijanis → Azərbaycanlılar → Turkmens → Turks →	relatedEthnicGroup
Turkic languages → Turkic world →	hasMajorLanguage
Turkmen language ("Gagauz language") →	closelyRelatedTo
Bolhrad, Odesa Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union →	commonlySpokenLanguage
Gagauz ("Gagauz people") →	ethnonym
Oghuz →	hasDescendant
Southwestern Turkic →	hasMember
Turkish Americans ("GagauzAmericans") →	hasNotableSubgroup
Dobruja →	historicallyInhabitedBy
Gagauz ("Gagauz language") →	primaryLanguage
Moldova →	recognizedLanguage
Azərilər →	relatedEthnicity
Gagauz ("Gagauzlar") →	selfDesignation