Altaic peoples - Citizendia

Altaic peoples are the peoples who speak Altaic languages (note that the existence of the Altaic language family as a genetically related group is controversial). Altaic, according to its proponents is a language family that includes 66 Languages ref> Altaic languages spoken by about 348 million people mostly in and around Genetic, in Linguistics, means due to descent from a common ancestor language rather than borrowing at some time in the past between languages that were not necessarily descended

Turkic peoples, speaking Turkic languages (about 150 million speakers: Central Asia, North Asia, the Caucasus, Asia Minor, minorities in Iran and Iraq, and small groups scattered about Eastern Europe)
Mongolians and other Mongol peoples, speaking Mongolic languages (about 9 million speakers: Central Asia, North Asia, and the north Caucasus)
Tungusic peoples, speaking Tungusic languages (about 63,000 speakers and endangered: East Asia, North Asia)

The term Turco-Mongol refers to Turkic and Mongolic peoples or tribes in combination, in particular in the context of the migration period Huns, which were comprised of unions of multiple ethnicities of Altaic clans, and the medieval Mongol Empire ("Turco-Mongol Empire"). The Turkic peoples are Eurasian peoples residing in northern central and western Eurasia who speak languages belonging to the Turkic language family The Turkic languages constitute a Language family of some thirty languages spoken by Turkic peoples across a vast area from Eastern Europe and the Central Asia is a region of Asia from the Caspian Sea in the west to central China in the east and from southern Russia in the north to northern Pakistan in the south North Asia or Northern Asia is sometimes defined as a Subregion of Asia consisting only of the Asian portion of Russia. The Caucasus ( also referred to as North Caucasus) is a geopolitical region located between Europe Asia & Middle East Anatolia (Anadolu Ανατολία Anatolía) or Asia minor, comprising most of modern Turkey, is the geographic region bounded by the Black For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Iran topics. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Iraq topics. Eastern Europe is a general term that refers to the Geopolitical region encompassing the easternmost part of the European continent. Mongolia (mɒŋˈɡoʊliə, literally Mongol country/nation,) is a Landlocked Country in East The Mongolic languages are a group of languages spoken in Central Asia. Central Asia is a region of Asia from the Caspian Sea in the west to central China in the east and from southern Russia in the north to northern Pakistan in the south North Asia or Northern Asia is sometimes defined as a Subregion of Asia consisting only of the Asian portion of Russia. The Caucasus ( also referred to as North Caucasus) is a geopolitical region located between Europe Asia & Middle East The term Tungusic peoples is used to describe peoples speaking a Tungusic language. The Tungusic languages (also known as Manchu-Tungus Tungus are spoken in Eastern Siberia and Manchuria. North Asia or Northern Asia is sometimes defined as a Subregion of Asia consisting only of the Asian portion of Russia. The Huns were an early confederation of Central Asian equestrian nomads or semi-nomads with a Turkic core of aristocracy The Mongol Empire ( Mongolyn Ezent Güren or mn Их Mонгол улс Ikh Mongol Uls; 1206–1368 was the largest contiguous Empire

There has been debate on a possible relationship with Uralic peoples the term used to describe peoples speaking a Uralic language. The term Uralic peoples is used to describe peoples speaking a Uralic language. Uralic peoples are divided into two groups: Finno-Ugric peoples (including Hungarians, Finns, and Estonians) and Samoyedic peoples (including Nenets).

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