Yazidis
religious group
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Summary
Yazidis is an ethnoreligious group[1]. Yazidis draws 16,824 Wikipedia views per month (ethnoreligious group category, ranking #8 of 45).[2]
Key Facts
- Native language: Ezdiki[3]
- Religion or worldview: Yazidism[4]
- Country: Iraq[5], Syria[6], Turkey[7], Armenia[8]
- Topic's main category: Category:Yazidi[9]
- Population: 1,000,000[10], 500,000[11], 700,000[12], 1,500,000[13]
- OpenStreetMap tag: religion=yazidi[14]
- Described by source: Otto's encyclopedia[15], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[16], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[17], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[18], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[19], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[20], New International Encyclopedia[21]
- Different from: Yazdânism[22], Yazidism[23], Q140996021[24], Yazd’îyyah[25]
Why It Matters
Yazidis has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[26] Yazidis is known by 135 alternative names across languages and contexts.[27]