South Asian ethnic groups

E66698

demographic group ethnic group classification

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.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
South Asians	2
South Asian communities	1
South Asian peoples	1

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 ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

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

Manama → ethnicGroup → South Asian ethnic groups ⓘ

this entity surface form: South Asians

Indo-Europeans → influenced → South Asian ethnic groups ⓘ

Sindhi people → partOf → South Asian ethnic groups ⓘ

this entity surface form: South Asian peoples

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