Kazakhs

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Kazakhs are a Turkic ethnic group native to the Central Asian steppe, known for their nomadic heritage, distinct language, and cultural traditions centered in modern-day Kazakhstan.

Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Kazakh 2
Kazakh people 1

Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Turkic people
ethnic group
ancestralRegion Eurasian Steppe
surface form: Great Steppe
citizenshipMajority Kazakhstan
surface form: Republic of Kazakhstan
diaspora China
Mongolia
Russia
Turkey
Uzbekistan
ethnonymOf Kazakhs self-linksurface differs
surface form: Kazakh people
historicalState Kazakh Khanate
language Kazakh language
languageFamily Kipchak branch of Turkic languages
majorReligion Islam
nativeTo Central Asian steppe
Kazakhstan
primaryCountry Kazakhstan
relatedEthnicGroup Kyrgyz
Nogais
Tatars
Turkmens
Uzbeks
religion Hanafi school
surface form: Hanafi school of Islam

Sunni Islam
subdivision Junior zhuz
Middle zhuz
Senior zhuz
traditionalBeliefElements Tengrism
traditionalClothing chapan (robe)
tymaq (fur hat)
traditionalDwellings yurt
traditionalEpic epic of Alpamys Batyr
epic of Koblandy Batyr
traditionalFood beshbarmak
kazy (horsemeat sausage)
kumis (fermented mare’s milk)
traditionalGames asyk (knucklebone game)
kiz kuu (equestrian game)
Kok-boru
surface form: kokpar (buzkashi-type game)
traditionalInstrument dombra
kobyz
traditionalLifestyle nomadic pastoralism
traditionalLivestock camels
cattle
horses
sheep
traditionalMusic dombra music
traditionalPoetry aitys (improvised oral poetry contest)
traditionalSocialStructure tribal organization (zhuz system)
UNESCOIntangibleHeritage Kazakh traditional dombra music (as part of related nominations)
writingSystem Cyrillic script
surface form: Cyrillic script (Kazakh alphabet)

Latin script (Kazakh alphabet, in transition)

Referenced by (16)

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

Tengrism associatedPeople Kazakhs
Kyrgyz closelyRelatedTo Kazakhs
this entity surface form: Kazakh
Astrakhan Oblast ethnicGroup Kazakhs
Xinjiang ethnicGroup Kazakhs
Tarim Basin ethnicGroups Kazakhs
Kazakh American ethnicOrigin Kazakhs
this entity surface form: Kazakh
Kazakhs ethnonymOf Kazakhs self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Kazakh people
Islamic world hasEthnicGroup Kazakhs
Karaganda hasEthnicGroup Kazakhs
Western China hasEthnicGroup Kazakhs
Kazakhstan majorEthnicGroup Kazakhs
Uyghurs relatedEthnicGroup Kazakhs
Kipchak languages spokenBy Kazakhs