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 (5,008 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 image is recorded as Uyghur man in Kashgar.jpg[12].
  • Uyghurs's instance of is recorded as ethnic group[13].
  • Uyghurs's flag image is recorded as Kokbayraq flag.svg[14].
  • Uyghurs's ancestral home is recorded as Xinjiang[15].
  • Uyghurs's flag is recorded as flag of East Turkestan[16].
  • Uyghurs's GND ID is recorded as 4061491-8[17].
  • Uyghurs's locator map image is recorded as Map of the Uyghur Khaganate.png[18].
  • Uyghurs's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh85139324[19].
  • Uyghurs's IdRef ID is recorded as 029542758[20].
  • Uyghurs's subclass of is recorded as Turkic peoples[21].
  • Uyghurs's NDL Authority ID is recorded as 00573970[22].
  • Uyghurs's part of is recorded as Turkic peoples[23].
  • Uyghurs's Commons category is recorded as Uyghur people[24].
  • Uyghurs's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/07tc8[25].
  • Uyghurs's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as ph323744[26].
  • Uyghurs's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Uyghurs[27].

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Origins and Family

Native languages include Uyghur[3] and Chinese[4].

Personal Life

Uyghurs's religion is recorded as Sunni Islam[5].

Why It Matters

Uyghurs ranks in the top 0.18% of ethnic_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,008 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]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [6] . wikidata.org.
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  8. [13] . bbs.tianya.cn. bbs.tianya.cn. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  17. [19] . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  23. [25] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  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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