The Circassians are a Northwest Caucasian people indigenous to the region along Russia's Black Sea coast historically known as Circassia, speaking Adyghe and Kabardian, two closely related languages, and traditionally governed through a customary code of conduct and honor called Adyghe Khabze. Following Russia's prolonged conquest of the Caucasus, culminating in 1864, the great majority of Circassians were killed or expelled in events many scholars and, since 2011, Georgia's government have characterized as a genocide, with survivors resettled chiefly across the Ottoman Empire. As a result, a large Circassian diaspora lives today across Turkey, Jordan, Syria and other former Ottoman lands, considerably outnumbering those who remain in their Caucasus homeland within Russia's Adygea, Kabardino-Balkaria and Karachay-Cherkessia republics.
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Group TypeSourced to the subject's own accountEthnic group (transnational diaspora) 1 Typical RegionSourced to the subject's own accountNorth Caucasus (historic Circassia along Russia Black Sea coast), with major diaspora populations in Turkey and Jordan. 1 Population EstimateSourced to the subject's own accountApproximately two million ethnic Circassians live in Turkey, home to the largest Circassian population of any country. 1 Primary LanguageSourced to the subject's own accountAdyghe and Kabardian, the two Circassian languages. 1 Group Type
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Circassian customary law (Xabze) traditionally incorporated blood feud and its resolution through mediated blood-money compensation between kin groups.
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The two Circassian languages natively spoken by the Circassian people are western Adyghe and eastern Kabardian.
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The Circassians, also known as the Cherkess or the Adyghe (Adyghe and Kabardian: Адыгэхэр, romanized: Adygəxər, IPA: [aːdɘɣəxə́r]), are a Northwest Caucasian ethnic group native to Circassia, a region and former country in the North Caucasus.
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As a consequence of the 19th-century Russo-Circassian War and the Circassian genocide, most Circassians were exiled from their homeland and scattered in what was then the Ottoman Empire.
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All citizens of Turkey are considered Turks by the government, but it is estimated that approximately two million ethnic Circassians live in Turkey.
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The two Circassian languages natively spoken by the Circassian people are western Adyghe and eastern Kabardian.
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The Circassians, also known as the Cherkess or the Adyghe, are a Northwest Caucasian ethnic group native to Circassia, a region and former country in the North Caucasus.
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