Uzbeks

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Uzbeks are a Turkic ethnic group of Central Asia, primarily associated with Uzbekistan but also forming significant communities in neighboring countries such as Afghanistan.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Uzbeks canonical 43
Uzbek people 4
Uzbek 1

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Turkic people
ethnic group
ancestralComponents Iranian-speaking sedentary populations of Central Asia
Mongol and other steppe groups
Turkic tribes
associatedState Uzbekistan
surface form: Republic of Uzbekistan
autonym Uzbek
surface form: Oʻzbek
autonymLanguage Uzbek
capitalCityOfMainState Tashkent
cuisineSpecialty lagman (noodle dish)
plov (pilaf)
somsa (samosa-like pastry)
ethnicGroupOf Uzbekistan
ethnogenesisPeriod 15th–16th centuries
folkDance Lazgi
folkMusicInstrument doira
dutar
historicalPolity Shaybanid dynasty
surface form: Ashtarkhanid (Janid) dynasty

Khanate of Bukhara
surface form: Bukhara Khanate

Khanate of Khiva
surface form: Khiva Khanate

Kokand Khanate
Shaybanid dynasty
historicalRegion Ferghana Valley
surface form: Fergana Valley

Khwarezm
Transoxiana
language Uzbek
surface form: Uzbek language
languageFamily Turkic languages
majorityIn Uzbekistan
nativeTo Central Asia
primaryPopulationOf Uzbekistan
religion Hanafi school
surface form: Hanafi school of Sunni Islam

Sunni Islam
significantPopulationIn Afghanistan
Xinjiang
surface form: China (Xinjiang)

Kazakhstan
Kyrgyzstan
Pakistan
Russia
Saudi Arabia (diaspora)
Tajikistan
Turkey (diaspora)
Turkmenistan
subgroupOf Oghuz and Karluk Turkic peoples
traditionalEconomy oasis-based trade
sedentary agriculture
traditionalReligionElements Islamic practices
pre-Islamic Turkic beliefs (residual)
UNESCOIntangibleHeritage Culture of making and sharing Uzbek plov (with others)
writingSystem Arabic script (historically and in Afghanistan/Pakistan)
Cyrillic script (widely used)
Latin script (modern official in Uzbekistan)

Referenced by (49)

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

Afghanistan ethnicGroup Uzbeks
Uzbek ethnonymFor Uzbeks
Organization of Turkic States officialLanguage Uzbeks
this entity surface form: Uzbek
Kazakhs relatedEthnicGroup Uzbeks
Bukhara, Uzbekistan ethnicGroup Uzbeks
subject surface form: Bukhara
Uyghurs relatedEthnicGroup Uzbeks
Samarkand majorEthnicGroup Uzbeks
Mirza usedByEthnicGroup Uzbeks
Oghuz Uzbek ethnogenesisOf Uzbeks
this entity surface form: Uzbek people
Nukus ethnicGroup Uzbeks
Karshi ethnicGroupMajority Uzbeks
Afghanistan (regionally, via Baluchistan) ethnicGroup Uzbeks
subject surface form: Afghanistan
Central Asian American relatedGroup Uzbeks
this entity surface form: Uzbek American
Abbas I conflict Uzbeks
Karakalpakstan ethnicGroup Uzbeks
Kokand ethnicMajority Uzbeks
epic of Alpamys Batyr associatedPeople Uzbeks
subject surface form: Epic of Alpamys Batyr
this entity surface form: Uzbek people
Herat Province ethnicGroup Uzbeks
Mazar-i-Sharif ethnicGroup Uzbeks
Osh hasEthnicGroup Uzbeks
Kyrgyz people relatedEthnicGroup Uzbeks
this entity surface form: Uzbek people
Imam Sahib District hasMajorEthnicGroup Uzbeks
this entity surface form: Uzbek people