Urum
Urum may refer to the Urums, a Turkic-speaking ethnic group in the Caucasus and surrounding regions, as well as to their language, known as Urum. The Urums are a minority group primarily found in Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan and Turkey, with diaspora communities in Russia and Iran. They trace origins to various Turkic populations that settled in the Caucasus during the 18th and 19th centuries, including groups with connections to the Crimean Tatars. The term "Urum" is used by some communities and researchers to distinguish this group from neighboring Armenian, Georgian and Turkish-speaking populations.
The Urum language is a Turkic language of the Oghuz branch. It is related to Azerbaijani and
Culturally, the Urums have maintained distinct linguistic traditions and, in some regions, their own religious and