Talysh

E93953

Iranian people ethnic group

The Talysh are an Iranian ethnic group primarily inhabiting the southwestern coast of the Caspian Sea in northern Iran and southeastern Azerbaijan, with their own distinct Talysh language and cultural traditions.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Talysh language	5

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Iranian people ⓘ ethnic group ⓘ
associatedRegion	Talysh Mountains ⓘ Mughan plain ⓘ surface form: Talysh lowlands
autonym	Toliš ⓘ
continent	Asia ⓘ
country	Azerbaijan ⓘ Iran ⓘ
culturalArea	Caspian littoral ⓘ
culturalTradition	Agrarian customs ⓘ Distinct folk music ⓘ Distinct traditional dress ⓘ Oral poetry ⓘ
diaspora	Europe ⓘ Russia ⓘ Turkey ⓘ
ethnicity	Iranian ⓘ
ethnicMinorityIn	Iran ⓘ
historicalLanguageRelation	Related to Old Azeri (Iranian) language ⓘ Related to Tati language ⓘ
language	Talysh self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Talysh language
languageFamily	Indo-European language family ⓘ surface form: Indo-European languages Indo-Iranian languages ⓘ Iranian languages ⓘ Northwestern Iranian languages ⓘ
majorReligion	Shia Islam ⓘ
minorReligion	Sunni Islam ⓘ
neighboringPeople	Azerbaijanis ⓘ Gilaks ⓘ Persians ⓘ Tat people ⓘ
partOfLargerGroup	Iranian peoples ⓘ
primaryRegion	Southwestern coast of the Caspian Sea ⓘ
primaryRegionInAzerbaijan	Southeastern Azerbaijan ⓘ
primaryRegionInIran	northern Iran ⓘ surface form: Northern Iran
recognizedMinorityIn	Azerbaijan ⓘ
regionOfOrigin	South Caucasus ⓘ surface form: Eastern Transcaucasia northwestern Iran ⓘ surface form: Northwestern Iran
religion	Islam ⓘ
religiousAffiliation	Twelver Shia ⓘ surface form: Twelver Shia Islam
sea	Caspian Sea ⓘ
traditionalEconomy	Agriculture ⓘ Animal husbandry ⓘ Rice cultivation ⓘ Tea cultivation ⓘ
traditionalTerritory	Talysh region ⓘ
writingSystemUsed	Latin alphabet ⓘ Persian alphabet ⓘ