ALTAIC PEOPLES

'Altaic peoples' are the peoples who speak Altaic languages. The existence of the Altaic language family as a genetically related group is controversial, and that of Altaic peoples even more so.

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Linguistic subdivisions
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Linguistic subdivisions



Turkics (about 150 million speakers: Siberia Central Asia, North Asia, the Caucasus, Asia Minor, and small groups scattered about Eastern Europe)

Mongols (about 9 million speakers: Central Asia, North Asia, and the north Caucasus)

Tungus (about 63,000 speakers and endangered: East Asia, North Asia)

See also



Turkic languages

Mongolic languages

Tungusic languages

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