Kazakhs
Turkic people of Eastern Europe and the northern parts of Central Asia
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Summary
Kazakhs is an ethnic group[1]. Kazakhs ranks in the top 1% of ethnic group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (11,747 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Religion or worldview: Islam[3]
- Country: Kazakhstan[4]
- Part of: Turkic peoples[5]
- Commons category: Kazakh people[6]
- Topic's main category: Category:Ethnic Kazakh people[7]
- Population: 16,000,000[8]
- Described by source: Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia[9], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[10], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[11]
- Languages spoken, written or signed: Kazakh[12], Russian[13]
- Different from: Kazaki[14], Cossacks[15], Kazakh[16], Kazakhstanis[17]
- Madhhab: Hanafism[18]
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Influence
Things named for Kazakhs include Kazakhstan[19], a sovereign state[20], in Kazakhstan[21], founded in 1991[22].
Why It Matters
Kazakhs has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[23] Kazakhs is known by 103 alternative names across languages and contexts.[24]
Works attributed to Kazakhs include Qobylandy Batyr[25], an epic poem[26], founded in 1500[27]. Entities named for Kazakhs include Kazakhstan[19], a sovereign state[20], in Kazakhstan[21], founded in 1991[22].