Pomaks

E649247

Slavic people ethnic group

Pomaks are a Slavic Muslim ethnic group primarily living in Bulgaria and neighboring Balkan regions, known for speaking a Bulgarian dialect and preserving distinct religious and cultural traditions.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Pomaks canonical	3
Pomak	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Slavic people ⓘ ethnic group ⓘ
ancestry	Bulgarian-speaking Slavs ⓘ
continent	Europe ⓘ
countryOfResidence	Albania NERFINISHED ⓘ Bulgaria NERFINISHED ⓘ Greece NERFINISHED ⓘ North Macedonia NERFINISHED ⓘ Turkey NERFINISHED ⓘ
culturalTrait	distinct Islamic customs within a Slavic cultural framework ⓘ distinct traditional clothing styles ⓘ preservation of local oral traditions ⓘ use of traditional Rhodope folk music ⓘ
ethnicMinorityIn	Bulgaria NERFINISHED ⓘ Greece NERFINISHED ⓘ Turkey NERFINISHED ⓘ
ethnoreligiousGroup	Muslim community ⓘ
historicalContext	Ottoman Empire rule in the Balkans ⓘ
historicalLanguageName	Pomak language NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalProcess	Islamization of Slavic populations in the Ottoman period ⓘ
language	Bulgarian language NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageFamily	South Slavic languages ⓘ
languageVariety	Rup dialects of Bulgarian ⓘ
locatedIn	Balkans ⓘ
minorityStatus	part of the Muslim minority in Greece ⓘ recognized religious community in Bulgaria ⓘ
primaryReligion	Sunni Islam NERFINISHED ⓘ
region	Albania NERFINISHED ⓘ Bulgaria NERFINISHED ⓘ Eastern Macedonia and Thrace region of Greece NERFINISHED ⓘ European Turkey NERFINISHED ⓘ North Macedonia NERFINISHED ⓘ Northern Greece NERFINISHED ⓘ Rhodope Mountains NERFINISHED ⓘ Southern Bulgaria NERFINISHED ⓘ Turkey NERFINISHED ⓘ Western Thrace NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedGroup	Bulgarians NERFINISHED ⓘ Gorani people NERFINISHED ⓘ Torbeši NERFINISHED ⓘ Turks in Bulgaria NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion	Islam ⓘ
religiousMinorityIn	Bulgaria NERFINISHED ⓘ Greece NERFINISHED ⓘ
religiousPractice	observance of Islamic holidays such as Ramadan and Eid ⓘ
selfIdentification	Bulgarian Muslims NERFINISHED ⓘ Muslim Bulgarians NERFINISHED ⓘ
traditionalOccupation	agriculture ⓘ livestock breeding ⓘ tobacco cultivation ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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

Torbeši → relatedGroup → Pomaks ⓘ

Blagoevgrad Province → ethnicMinority → Pomaks ⓘ

Komotini → languageUsed → Pomaks ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pomak

Thrace region of Bulgaria → hasMinorityGroup → Pomaks ⓘ