Altai people
Turkic people living in the Siberian Altai Republic, Russia
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Summary
Altai people is an ethnic group[1]. They draws 3,260 Wikipedia views per month (ethnic group category, ranking #464 of 4,529).[2]
Key Facts
- Native language: Altai[3]
- Religion or worldview: Burkhanism[4], Shamanism in Siberia[5], Tengrism[6], Eastern Orthodoxy[7], Tibetan Buddhism[8]
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Altai Republic[9]
- Country: Russia[10]
- Instance of: people[11]
- Ancestral home: Altai[12]
- Named after: Altai Mountains[13]
- Location: Altai[14]
- Subclass of: Asian people[15], indigenous peoples of Siberia[16], human population[17]
- Part of: Turkic peoples[18], ethnic groups in Russia[19]
- Commons category: Altai people[20]
- Has part(s): Chelkans[21], Telengits[22], Tubalar[23]
- Topic's main category: Category:Altai people[24], Category:Indigenous peoples of the Altai Republic[25]
- Population: 78,125[26]
- Native label: Алтайлар[27], Altailar[28]
- Language used: Southern Altai[29], Russian[30]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: concrete/abstract disjunction anomalies[31]
- Related category: Category:Altai peoples[32], Category:Population of the Altai Republic[33]
Why It Matters
Altai people has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[34] They is known by 38 alternative names across languages and contexts.[35]