Altai people

Also known as Altaians, Altai-Kizhi

Turkic people living in the Siberian Altai Republic, Russia

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The Altai people are a Turkic ethnic group living in the Altai Republic, a region in Siberia, Russia. They are significant as one of Russia's indigenous minority populations with their own distinct language and cultural traditions.

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Vinony's link graph records 643 inbound references to Altai people, and connects out to Kyrgyz people, Gorno-Altai Autonomous Oblast and Russia.

It is catalogued under topics including Altai Mountains, Altai people and Ethnic groups in Russia.

Vinony links it to 58 Wikipedia language editions.

Wikidata facts

Instance of: people
Subclass of: human population
Part of: ethnic groups in Russia
Has part: Tubalar
Named after: Altai Mountains
Native language: Altai
Religion: Burkhanism
Country: Russia
Located in: Altai Republic
Population: 78125
Image: Altais.jpg

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Commons category: Altai people
language used: Russian
native label: Altailar
topic's main category: Category:Indigenous peoples of the Altai Republic

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Encyclopedic overview

Flag of the Altai Republic

The Altai peoples (Altay: Алтай-кижи, romanized: Altay-kiji, IPA: [ɐɫtʰɐ́ɪ̯ kʰɪʑí]) or Altaians (Altay: Алтайлар, romanized: Altaylar, IPA: [ɐɫtʰɐɪ̯ɫɐ́r]) are a several related Turkic-speaking ethnic groups of Siberia mainly living in the Altai Republic, a federal subject of Russia. Several thousand of the Altaians also live in Mongolia (Altai Mountains) and China (Altay Prefecture, Xinjiang) but are not officially recognized as a distinct group and listed under the name "Oirats" as a part of the Mongols, as well as in Kazakhstan where they number around 200. For alternative ethnonyms see also Tele, Black Tatar, and Oirats. During the Northern Yuan dynasty, they were ruled in the administrative area known as Telengid Province.

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