Turkic peoples
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The Turkic peoples are a collection of diverse ethnic groups of West, Central, East, and North Asia as well as parts of Europe, who speak Turkic languages.[37][38]
Total population | |
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Over 170 million[1] | |
Regions with significant populations | |
Turkey | 60,000,000–65,000,000[2][3] |
Uzbekistan | 31,900,000[4][additional citation(s) needed] |
Iran | 15,000,000–20,000,000[5][6] (18% of population[7]) |
Russia | 12,751,502[citation needed] |
Kazakhstan | 12,300,000[8][additional citation(s) needed] |
China | 11,647,000[9][additional citation(s) needed] |
Azerbaijan | 10,000,000[10][additional citation(s) needed] |
European Union | 5,876,318[citation needed] (Bulgaria 508,375[11]) |
Afghanistan | 4,600,000–5,300,000 (2017)[12][13] |
Turkmenistan | 4,233,600[14][15][16][note 1] |
Kyrgyzstan | 4,500,000[19][additional citation(s) needed] |
Iraq | 3,000,000[20][21] |
Tajikistan | 1,200,000[22][additional citation(s) needed] |
United States | 1,000,000+[23] |
Syria | 800,000–1,000,000+[24] |
Ukraine | 398,600[25] |
Northern Cyprus | 313,626[26] |
Australia | 59,488[27] (Turkish) |
Mongolia | 135,618[28][29] |
Lebanon | 200,000[30][31][32][33] |
Moldova | 126,010[34] |
North Macedonia | 81,900[35][36] |
Languages | |
Turkic languages | |
Religion | |
Various religions |
According to historians and linguists, the Proto-Turkic language originated in Central-East Asia,[39] potentially in Altai-Sayan region, Mongolia or Tuva.[40][41][42] Initially, Proto-Turkic speakers were potentially both hunter-gatherers and farmers; they later became nomadic pastoralists.[43] Early and medieval Turkic groups exhibited a wide range of both East Asian and West-Eurasian physical appearances and genetic origins, in part through long-term contact with neighboring peoples such as Iranic, Mongolic, Tocharian, Uralic and Yeniseian peoples.[44]
Many vastly differing ethnic groups have throughout history become part of the Turkic peoples through language shift, acculturation, conquest, intermixing, adoption, and religious conversion.[1] Nevertheless, Turkic peoples share, to varying degrees, non-linguistic characteristics like cultural traits, ancestry from a common gene pool, and historical experiences.[1] Some of the most notable modern Turkic ethnic groups include the Altai people, Azerbaijanis, Chuvash people, Gagauz people, Kazakhs, Kyrgyz people, Turkmens, Turkish people, Tuvans, Uyghurs, Uzbeks, and Yakuts.