Yakuts
Yakuts or Sakha (саха, saxa; plural: сахалар, saxalar) are a Turkic ethnic group native to North Siberia, primarily the Republic of Sakha in the Russian Federation, with some extending to the Amur, Magadan, Sakhalin regions, and the Taymyr and Evenk Districts of the Krasnoyarsk region. They speak the Yakut, which belongs to the Siberian branch of the Turkic languages.
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Flag of Yakutia | |
| Total population | |
| c. 500,000 | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Russia | 478,085 (2010 census) |
| Kazakhstan | 415 (2009 census) |
| Ukraine | 304 (2001 census) |
| Latvia | 37 (2021 statistics) |
| Languages | |
| Yakut, Russian | |
| Religion | |
| Orthodox Christianity, Aiyy Faith, Shamanism, Tengrism | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Dolgans, Tuvans, Khakas, Altay, Mongols and Buryats (partially, possibly through Kurykans), Tungusic people, other Turkic people | |
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