Uyghurs

Turkic ethnic group of Central and East Asia
Intangible ethnic_group Q46118
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The Uyghurs are a Turkic ethnic group whose native language is Uyghur. They predominantly practice Sunni Islam.

Uyghur serves as the primary means of communication within the community. Their religious identity is closely tied to Sunni Islamic traditions.

Uyghurs

Summary

Uyghurs is an ethnic group[1]. Uyghurs ranks in the top 0.18% of ethnic_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (13,241 views/month, #8 of 4,529).[2]

Key Facts

  • Uyghur was Uyghurs's native language[3].
  • Chinese was Uyghurs's native language[4].
  • Uyghurs's religion is recorded as Sunni Islam[5].
  • Uyghurs is in the country of People's Republic of China[6].
  • Uyghurs is in the country of Kazakhstan[7].
  • Uyghurs is in the country of Kyrgyzstan[8].
  • Uyghurs is in the country of Uzbekistan[9].
  • Uyghurs is in the country of Russia[10].
  • Uyghurs is in the country of Turkmenistan[11].
  • Uyghurs's instance of is recorded as ethnic group[12].
  • Uyghurs's ancestral home is recorded as Xinjiang[13].
  • Uyghurs's flag is recorded as flag of East Turkestan[14].
  • Uyghurs is a type of Turkic peoples[15].
  • Uyghurs is part of Turkic peoples[16].
  • Uyghurs's Commons category is recorded as Uyghur people[17].
  • Uyghurs's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Uyghurs[18].
  • Uyghurs's Commons gallery is recorded as Uyghur people[19].
  • Uyghurs has a population of {'amount': '+12314800'}[20].
  • Uyghurs's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia[21].
  • Uyghurs's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[22].
  • Uyghurs's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[23].
  • Uyghurs's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[24].
  • Uyghurs's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[25].
  • Uyghurs's described by source is recorded as Yuzhakov Big Encyclopedia[26].
  • Uyghurs's demonym is recorded as {'lang': 'ro', 'text': 'uigur'}[27].

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Definition and Type

Uyghurs's instance of is recorded as ethnic group[12]. Uyghurs is a type of Turkic peoples[15].

Use and Application

Uyghurs is part of Turkic peoples[16].

Why It Matters

Uyghurs ranks in the top 0.18% of ethnic_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (13,241 views/month, #8 of 4,529).[2] Uyghurs has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] Uyghurs is known by 121 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

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  7. [12] . bbs.tianya.cn. bbs.tianya.cn. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  18. [20] . joshuaproject.net. joshuaproject.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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