Torbeshi

E649246
Muslim community ethnic group

Torbeshi are a Slavic-speaking Muslim ethnic group primarily living in North Macedonia and neighboring Balkan regions.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Torbes 1
Torbesi 1

Statements (39)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Muslim community ⓘ
ethnic group ⓘ
alternativeClassification sometimes classified with Macedonian Muslims ⓘ
associatedStateLanguage Macedonian language ⓘ
countryOfResidence Albania NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kosovo NERFINISHED ⓘ
North Macedonia NERFINISHED ⓘ
culturalSphere Balkan Islam NERFINISHED ⓘ
South Slavic culture ⓘ
culturalTraditions Balkan Muslim folk customs ⓘ
demography small population compared to major Balkan ethnic groups ⓘ
ethnicReligionCombination Slavic-speaking Muslims ⓘ
ethnogenesis Balkans NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalContext descendants of Islamized Slavic populations in the Ottoman period ⓘ
historicalEmpire Ottoman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
interethnicRelations historically linked to both Slavic and Albanian communities ⓘ
languageFamily South Slavic languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
linguisticCharacteristic use of Macedonian dialects with Turkish and Albanian loanwords ⓘ
minorityStatus ethnic minority in North Macedonia ⓘ
religious minority in the Balkans ⓘ
neighboringEthnicGroups Albanians NERFINISHED ⓘ
Bosniaks NERFINISHED ⓘ
Gorani NERFINISHED ⓘ
Macedonians NERFINISHED ⓘ
primaryLanguage Macedonian language ⓘ
Slavic languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
regionOfResidence Debar region NERFINISHED ⓘ
Gora region NERFINISHED ⓘ
Polog region NERFINISHED ⓘ
Struga region NERFINISHED ⓘ
Western North Macedonia NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion Islam ⓘ
Sunni Islam ⓘ
religiousMinorityWithin majority Christian Slavic environment ⓘ
religiousPractice Sunni Islamic traditions with local customs ⓘ
selfIdentification Muslim Macedonians (for some members) ⓘ
Torbeshi (endonym used by group members) NERFINISHED ⓘ
writingSystem Cyrillic script ⓘ
Latin alphabet ⓘ
surface form: Latin script

Referenced by (3)

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

Torbeši → alsoKnownAs → Torbeshi ⓘ
Torbeši → alsoKnownAs → Torbeshi ⓘ
this entity surface form: Torbesi
Torbeši → alsoKnownAs → Torbeshi ⓘ
this entity surface form: Torbes