Altaic peoples
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Altaic peoples are the peoples who speak Altaic languages. The existence of the Altaic language family as a genetically related group is controversial, and that of Altaic peoples even more so.
[edit] Linguistic subdivisions
- Turks (about 150 million speakers: Central Asia, North Asia, Asia Minor, and the south Caucasus)
- Mongols (about 9 million speakers: Central Asia, North Asia, and the north Caucasus).
- Tungus (about 63,000 speakers and endangered: North Asia)
