Siberian Tatars
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Siberian Tatars refers to the indigenous Siberian
population of the forests and steppes of South Siberia stretching from somewhat east of the Ural Mountains
to the Yenisey river. They speak Siberian Tatar, which has been sometimes considered a dialect of Tatar
; detailed study demonstrates that Siberian Tatar idioms are quite remote from Volga Tatar by origin.
Siberian Tatars' ancestry was partly from Turkic
, Ugric, Mongolic, Ket
and Samoyedic
tribes, but their main ancestors were the Kypchaks. Their language also derived from Kypchak, but was influenced by Volga-Ural Tatar
(which was also partly derived from Kypchak language
).
Indigenous peoples of Siberia
Including the Russian Far East, the population of Siberia numbers just above 40 million people.As a result of the 17th to 19th century Russian conquest of Siberia and the subsequent population movements during the Soviet era, the demographics of Siberia today is dominated by native speakers of...
population of the forests and steppes of South Siberia stretching from somewhat east of the Ural Mountains
Ural Mountains
The Ural Mountains , or simply the Urals, are a mountain range that runs approximately from north to south through western Russia, from the coast of the Arctic Ocean to the Ural River and northwestern Kazakhstan. Their eastern side is usually considered the natural boundary between Europe and Asia...
to the Yenisey river. They speak Siberian Tatar, which has been sometimes considered a dialect of Tatar
Tatar language
The Tatar language , or more specifically Kazan Tatar, is a Turkic language spoken by the Tatars of historical Kazan Khanate, including modern Tatarstan and Bashkiria...
; detailed study demonstrates that Siberian Tatar idioms are quite remote from Volga Tatar by origin.
Siberian Tatars' ancestry was partly from Turkic
Turkic peoples
The Turkic peoples are peoples residing in northern, central and western Asia, southern Siberia and northwestern China and parts of eastern Europe. They speak languages belonging to the Turkic language family. They share, to varying degrees, certain cultural traits and historical backgrounds...
, Ugric, Mongolic, Ket
Ket people
Kets are a Siberian people who speak the Ket language. In Imperial Russia they were called Ostyaks, without differentiating them from several other Siberian peoples. Later they became known as Yenisey ostyaks, because they lived in the middle and lower basin of the Yenisei River in the Krasnoyarsk...
and Samoyedic
Samoyedic peoples
The term Samoyedic peoples is used to describe peoples speaking Samoyedic languages, which are part of the Uralic family. They are a linguistic grouping, not an ethnic or cultural one. The name derives from the obsolete term Samoyed used in Russia for some indigenous peoples of Siberia...
tribes, but their main ancestors were the Kypchaks. Their language also derived from Kypchak, but was influenced by Volga-Ural Tatar
Tatar language
The Tatar language , or more specifically Kazan Tatar, is a Turkic language spoken by the Tatars of historical Kazan Khanate, including modern Tatarstan and Bashkiria...
(which was also partly derived from Kypchak language
Kypchak language
Kypchak language may refer to:*Kipchak languages, a group of Turkic languages*Kipchak language, an extinct language of that group...
).
