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Abazins
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thumb|Abazin country The Abazin, Abazinians or Abaza (Abaza and Abkhaz: Абаза; Circassian: Абазэхэр; ; ; ) are an ethnic group of the Northwest Caucasus, closely related to the Abkhaz and Circassian peoples. Today, as a result of atrocities committed by Imperial Russia during the Circassian genocide, they live mostly in Turkey, Syria, Jordan, Egypt and in Karachay-Cherkessia and Stavropol Krai in the North Caucasus region of Russia. The Tapanta (:ru:Тапанта), a branch of the Abaza, lived between the Besleney and Kabardian princedoms on the upper Kuban.
The Abazin are an ethnic group from the Northwest Caucasus region who are closely related to the Abkhaz and Circassian peoples. Today, they primarily live in Turkey, Syria, Jordan, and Egypt, as well as in parts of Russia, having been dispersed largely due to the Circassian genocide carried out by Imperial Russia.
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Key facts
- Ethnic group.pop4
- 128
- Ethnic group.flag
- Proposed Naval Jack of the Republic of Abkhazia.svg
- Ethnic group.flag_caption
- Flag of the Abazins
- Ethnic group.group
- AbazaАбаза
- Ethnic group.pop
- 210,000 (est.)
- Ethnic group.pop1
- 15,000–150,000
- Ethnic group.pop2
- 43,34136,9193,646418
- Ethnic group.pop3
- 5,000–15,000
- Ethnic group.rels
- Predominantly Sunni Islam
- Ethnic group.langs
- Abaza, Russian, Arabic, Turkish
- Ethnic group.related
- Abkhazians, Circassians
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- ethnic group
- Subclass of
- Northwest Caucasian peoples
- Languages spoken
- Abaza
- Native language
- Abaza
- Religion
- Sunni Islam
- Country
- Ukraine
- Population
- 68000
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thumb|Abazin country The Abazin, Abazinians or Abaza (Abaza and Abkhaz: Абаза; Circassian: Абазэхэр; ; ; ) are an ethnic group of the Northwest Caucasus, closely related to the Abkhaz and Circassian peoples. Today, as a result of atrocities committed by Imperial Russia during the Circassian genocide, they live mostly in Turkey, Syria, Jordan, Egypt and in Karachay-Cherkessia and Stavropol Krai in the North Caucasus region of Russia. The Tapanta (:ru:Тапанта), a branch of the Abaza, lived between the Besleney and Kabardian princedoms on the upper Kuban.
Abaza people historically speak the Abaza language, a Northwest Caucasian language most closely related to Abkhaz, and more distantly related to the Ubykh and Circassian languages. There are two dialects of Abaza spoken in Karachay-Cherkessia: Ashkharua and Tapanta. The culture and traditions of the Abazin are similar to those of the Circassians. On many old maps Abazin territory is marked as part of Circassia (Adygea).
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Abazins” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.