Telengits
Sign in to saveTelengits or Telengut () are a Turkic ethnic group native to Central Asia that are recognized as one of the minor indigenous peoples of Russia. They mainly live in the Kosh-Agachsky District of the federal Altai Republic.
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- Ethnic group.group
- Telengits
- Ethnic group.image
- File:Telengits.jpg
- Ethnic group.image_caption
- Pavel Mikhailovich Kosharov - "Telengits", 1889
- Ethnic group.pop1
- 3,712
- Ethnic group.languages
- Southern Altai (Telengit), Russian
- Ethnic group.religions
- Tengrism, Russian Orthodox, Burkhanism
- Ethnic group.related
- Teleuts, Altai-Kizhi, Kyrgyz, Siberian Tatars, and other Turkic peoples
- Ethnic group.native_name
- Телеҥеттер
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- Population
- 2730
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Telengits or Telengut () are a Turkic ethnic group native to Central Asia that are recognized as one of the minor indigenous peoples of Russia. They mainly live in the Kosh-Agachsky District of the federal Altai Republic.
== History == Chinese chroniclers might have mentioned Telengits as Middle Chinese: *, (Standard Mandarin Chinese: ). During Dzungar domination, the Telengits had to pay a fur tribute or yasak to the Dzungars.
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