Yakuts
Sign in to saveThe Yakuts or Sakha (, ; , ) are a Turkic ethnic group native to North Siberia, primarily the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) in the Russian Federation. They also inhabit some districts of the Krasnoyarsk Krai. They speak Yakut, which belongs to the Siberian branch of the Turkic languages.
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The Yakuts, also called Sakha, are a Turkic ethnic group living primarily in North Siberia, mainly in the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) in Russia. They are notable as speakers of the Yakut language, which is part of the Siberian branch of Turkic languages.
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Key facts
- Ethnic group.group
- Yakuts
- Ethnic group.native_name
- Саха
- Ethnic group.image_caption
- A Yakut family
- Ethnic group.pop
- 500,000
- Ethnic group.pop1
- 470,000 (2010)
- Ethnic group.pop2
- 7,885 (2020)
- Ethnic group.pop3
- 4,933 (2021)
- Ethnic group.languages
- Yakut and Russian (in Russia) English (in Canada and the U.S.A.)
- Ethnic group.religions
- Orthodox Christianity, Aiyy Faith, Shamanism, Tengrism
- Ethnic group.related
- Dolgans, Tuvans, Buryats, Mongols (partially, possibly through Kurykans), Evenks, Evens and Yukagirs
- Ethnic group.flag
- Flag of Sakha.svg
- Ethnic group.flag_caption
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The Yakuts or Sakha (, ; , ) are a Turkic ethnic group native to North Siberia, primarily the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) in the Russian Federation. They also inhabit some districts of the Krasnoyarsk Krai. They speak Yakut, which belongs to the Siberian branch of the Turkic languages.
==Etymology== According to Yakut philosopher Alexey Kulakovsky, the Russian word was taken from the Evenki , while Marjorie Mandelstam Balzer claims the Russian word is actually a corruption from the Tungusic form. According to ethnographer Dávid Somfai Kara, the Russian yakut derives from the Buryat yaqud, which is the plural form of the Buryat name for the Yakuts, yaqa. The Yakuts call themselves .