Telengits

Telengits
Телеҥеттер
Pavel Mikhailovich Kosharov - "Telengits", 1889
Regions with significant populations
 Russia3,712[1]
Languages
Telengit, Southern Altai, Russian
Religion
Tengrism, Russian Orthodox, Burkhanism
Related ethnic groups
Other Turkic peoples

Telengits or Telengut (Altay: Телеҥеттер) are a Turkic ethnic group belonging to minor indigenous peoples. They mainly live on the territory of the Kosh-Agach district of the Altai Republic.[2]

  1. ^ Russian Census 2010: Population by ethnicity (in Russian)
  2. ^ "ЕДИНЫЙ ПЕРЕЧЕНЬ коренных малочисленных народов Российской Федерации (с изменениями на 18 декабря 2021 года)". Archived from the original on 2023-04-18.