Teleuts

Teleuts
Altay: тэлэңэт, тэлэңут
Telenget, Telengut
Regions with significant populations
 Russia 2,643[1]
Languages
Teleut
Religion
Predominantly Russian Orthodox
Minority Sunni Islam, shamanism
Related ethnic groups
Altaians, Chelkans, Khakas, Kumandins, Siberian Tatars, Shors, Tofalar

Teleuts (Altay: тэлэңэт, тэлэңут, romanized: Telenget, Telengut) are a Turkic Indigenous people of Siberia living in Kemerovo Oblast, Russia.[2] According to the 2010 census, there were 2,643 Teleuts in Russia. They speak the Teleut language/dialect of Southern Altai language.[3][4]

In the Soviet years and until 2000, the authorities considered the Teleuts to be part of the Altai people. Currently, according to the Resolution of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 255 dated March 24, 2000, as well as 2002 and 2010 Russian Census, they are recognized as a separate ethnic group within Indigenous small-numbered peoples of the North, Siberia and the Far East.

  1. ^ "1Win Официальный сайт - 1Вин зеркало и вход". perepis-2010.ru.
  2. ^ Library of Congress - Classification Web : web link
  3. ^ Nevskaya I.A. "The Teleut Language". Endangered Languages of Indigenous Peoples of Siberia. UNESCO. Retrieved 2021-07-16.
  4. ^ Altai Republic - Teleuts (Республика Алтай - Телеуты) : web link Archived 2006-06-14 at the Wayback Machine (in Russian)