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Kumyks

Turkic ethnic group
Intangible ethnic_group Q211018
Kumyks
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Summary

Kumyks is an ethnic group[1]. Kumyks ranks in the top 6% of ethnic group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,107 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Native language: Kumyk[3]
  • Religion or worldview: Sunni Islam[4]
  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Dagestan[5]
  • Country: Russia[6]
  • Part of: Turkic peoples[7]
  • Commons category: Kumyk people[8]
  • Coordinate location: 42.3873, 47.9867[9]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Kumyks[10]
  • Population: 505,000[11], 565,830[12]
  • Described by source: Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[13], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[14], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[15], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 6[16], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[17]
  • Native label: къумукълар , qumuqlar[18]

Why It Matters

Kumyks has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19] Kumyks is known by 47 alternative names across languages and contexts.[20]

Related Entities

Russia

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [19] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [20] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4w ago · Bischrob · 2026-09-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sociomap id → SM255041
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  2. 20w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → ethnic group
    Country → Russia
    Part of → Turkic peoples
    Native language → Kumyk
    + 15 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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