South Asian ethnic groups

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South Asian ethnic groups are the diverse communities of the Indian subcontinent, encompassing a wide range of languages, cultures, religions, and historical backgrounds across countries like India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Bhutan, and the Maldives.

All labels observed (5)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (54)

Predicate Object
instanceOf demographic group ⓘ
ethnic group classification ⓘ
associatedWithDiaspora South Asian diaspora worldwide ⓘ
characterizedBy cultural diversity ⓘ
historical diversity ⓘ
linguistic diversity ⓘ
religious diversity ⓘ
historicalContext Dravidian cultural history ⓘ
partition of British India ⓘ
spread of Indo-Aryan peoples ⓘ
includesCommunitiesFrom People's Republic of Bangladesh (from East Pakistan) ⓘ
surface form: Bangladesh

Bhutan ⓘ
India ⓘ
Maldives ⓘ
Nepal ⓘ
Pakistan ⓘ
Sri Lanka ⓘ
includesEthnicGroup Adivasis ⓘ
Assamese people ⓘ
Baloch people ⓘ
surface form: Baloch

Bengali people ⓘ
surface form: Bengalis

Bhutanese people ⓘ
Gujarati people ⓘ
surface form: Gujaratis

Indians ⓘ
surface form: Kannadigas

Kashmiris ⓘ
Malayali people ⓘ
surface form: Malayalis

Maldivians ⓘ
Marathis ⓘ
Meitei people ⓘ
surface form: Meiteis

Mizos ⓘ
Phom Naga ⓘ
surface form: Nagas

Nepali people ⓘ
Odias ⓘ
Pashtuns ⓘ
Punjabi people ⓘ
surface form: Punjabis

Sindhi people ⓘ
surface form: Sindhis

Sinhalese ⓘ
Tamil people ⓘ
surface form: Sri Lankan Tamils

Tamil people ⓘ
surface form: Tamils

Telugu ⓘ
surface form: Telugus
includesMajorLanguageFamily Austroasiatic languages ⓘ
Dravidian languages ⓘ
Indo-Aryan languages ⓘ
Iranian languages ⓘ
Tibeto-Burman languages ⓘ
includesMajorReligion Buddhism ⓘ
Christianity ⓘ
Hinduism ⓘ
Islam ⓘ
Jainism ⓘ
Sikhism ⓘ
Zoroastrianism ⓘ
locatedIn South Asia ⓘ
surface form: Indian subcontinent
region South Asia ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (7)

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

Indo-Europeans → influenced → South Asian ethnic groups ⓘ
Manama → ethnicGroup → South Asian ethnic groups ⓘ
this entity surface form: South Asians
Indians → relatedGroup → South Asian ethnic groups ⓘ
this entity surface form: South Asians
Khan → usedByCommunity → South Asian ethnic groups ⓘ
this entity surface form: South Asian communities
Sindhi people → partOf → South Asian ethnic groups ⓘ
this entity surface form: South Asian peoples
Asiatic Barred Zone → appliesToEthnicGroup → South Asian ethnic groups ⓘ
this entity surface form: South Asians
Yamnaya culture → geneticContributionTo → South Asian ethnic groups ⓘ
this entity surface form: South Asian populations