Uyghurs

E80070
Turkic people ethnic group

The Uyghurs are a Turkic-speaking, predominantly Muslim ethnic group native to the Xinjiang region of northwest China, with a distinct culture, language, and history.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form Occurrences
Uyghur 5
Uighur 1
Uighurs 1

Statements (59)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Turkic people ⓘ
ethnic group ⓘ
autonomousRegion Xinjiang ⓘ
surface form: Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region
capitalRegionCity Ürümqi ⓘ
convertedToIslam between 9th and 16th centuries ⓘ
country China ⓘ
culturalRegion Central Asia ⓘ
Central Asia ⓘ
surface form: Inner Asia
diaspora Australia ⓘ
Canada ⓘ
Germany ⓘ
Kazakhstan ⓘ
Kyrgyzstan NERFINISHED ⓘ
Saudi Arabia ⓘ
Turkey ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States

Uzbekistan NERFINISHED ⓘ
ethnicMinorityIn China ⓘ
ethnonymLanguage Uyghur language (historically) ⓘ
surface form: Uyghur language
historicalRegion East Turkestan Republic ⓘ
surface form: East Turkestan

Turkestan ⓘ
ISO639-1Code ug ⓘ
ISO639-2Code uig ⓘ
ISO639-3Code uig ⓘ
languageFamily Turkic languages ⓘ
majorCity Aksu ⓘ
Hotan ⓘ
Kashgar ⓘ
nativeTo Northwest China ⓘ
Xinjiang ⓘ
Xinjiang ⓘ
surface form: Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region
populationCenter Tarim Basin ⓘ
primaryLanguage Uyghur language (historically) ⓘ
surface form: Uyghur language
recognizedAsMinorityBy China ⓘ
surface form: People's Republic of China
relatedEthnicGroup Kazakhs ⓘ
Kyrgyz ⓘ
Tatars ⓘ
Turks ⓘ
Uzbeks ⓘ
religion Islam ⓘ
Sunni Islam ⓘ
religiousLawTradition Hanafi school ⓘ
surface form: Hanafi Sunni Islam
religiousMinorityIn China ⓘ
scriptDirection right-to-left (Arabic-based script) ⓘ
subgroupOf Turkic peoples ⓘ
traditionalDance meshrep ⓘ
traditionalFood laghman ⓘ
nan ⓘ
polu ⓘ
traditionalMusic muqam ⓘ
traditionalOccupation oasis agriculture ⓘ
trade ⓘ
traditionalReligion Sunni Islam ⓘ
traditionalReligionHistory Buddhism ⓘ
Manichaeism ⓘ
Nestorianism ⓘ
surface form: Nestorian Christianity
writingSystem Uyghur Arabic alphabet ⓘ
Uyghur Cyrillic alphabet ⓘ
Uyghur Latin alphabet ⓘ

Referenced by (13)

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

Xinjiang → autonomousFor → Uyghurs ⓘ
Xinjiang → ethnicGroup → Uyghurs ⓘ
Tarim Basin → ethnicGroups → Uyghurs ⓘ
Kashgar → ethnicMajority → Uyghurs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Uyghur
Islamic world → hasEthnicGroup → Uyghurs ⓘ
Islamic world → hasEthnicGroup → Uyghurs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Uighurs
this entity surface form: Uighur
Western China → hasEthnicGroup → Uyghurs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Uyghur
this entity surface form: Uyghur
this entity surface form: Uyghur
Xinjiang → regionalLanguage → Uyghurs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Uyghur
this entity surface form: Uyghur people