Yakuts

Also known as Sakha

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.

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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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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: Flag of Yakutia

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Population: 478409

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Commons category: Sakha people
native label: саха

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==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 .