Kazakhs

E50749

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.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Kazakhs canonical 36
Kazakh people 13
Kazakh 8

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)

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Kazakhstan majorEthnicGroup Kazakhs
Islamic world hasEthnicGroup Kazakhs
Tarim Basin ethnicGroups Kazakhs
Xinjiang ethnicGroup Kazakhs
Kipchak languages spokenBy Kazakhs
Western China hasEthnicGroup Kazakhs
Kazakh American ethnicOrigin Kazakhs
this entity surface form: Kazakh
Kazakhs ethnonymOf Kazakhs self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Kazakh people
Karaganda hasEthnicGroup Kazakhs
Astrakhan Oblast ethnicGroup Kazakhs
Uyghurs relatedEthnicGroup Kazakhs
Tengrism associatedPeople Kazakhs
Kyrgyz closelyRelatedTo Kazakhs
this entity surface form: Kazakh
Nogais relatedEthnicGroup Kazakhs
Salar relatedEthnicGroup Kazakhs
Kazakh SSR ethnicMajority Kazakhs
Bayan-Ölgii Province ethnicMajority Kazakhs
this entity surface form: Kazakh people
Bayan-Ölgii Province ethnicGroup Kazakhs
this entity surface form: Kazakh people
Altai people relatedEthnicGroup Kazakhs
this entity surface form: Kazakh people
Kazakh Arabic alphabet usedBy Kazakhs
this entity surface form: Kazakh people
Ürümqi ethnicGroup Kazakhs
this entity surface form: Kazakh people
Yining hasEthnicGroup Kazakhs
this entity surface form: Kazakh
Urumqi hasMajorEthnicGroup Kazakhs
Northwest China majorEthnicGroup Kazakhs
this entity surface form: Kazakh
Bashkir closelyRelatedTo Kazakhs
this entity surface form: Kazakh
tamga historicallyUsedBy Kazakhs
Kazakh cuisine ethnicGroup Kazakhs
this entity surface form: Kazakh people
aitys (improvised oral poetry contest) hasCulturalContext Kazakhs
subject surface form: aitys
this entity surface form: Kazakh culture
epic of Koblandy Batyr ethnicCulture Kazakhs
subject surface form: Epic of Koblandy Batyr
this entity surface form: Kazakh people
Senior zhuz ethnicGroup Kazakhs
Middle zhuz ethnicGroup Kazakhs
Middle zhuz traditionalDivisionOf Kazakhs
this entity surface form: Kazakh people
Junior zhuz ethnicGroup Kazakhs
epic of Alpamys Batyr associatedPeople Kazakhs
subject surface form: Epic of Alpamys Batyr
this entity surface form: Kazakh people
Kazakh Khanate ethnicBasis Kazakhs
this entity surface form: Kazakh people
Aralsk hasEthnicGroup Kazakhs
Golestan Province hasEthnicGroup Kazakhs
this entity surface form: Kazakh