Language family

Turkic Peoples

Steppe-descended peoples from Anatolia through Central Asia to Siberia, linked by the Turkic language continuum.

22
Member ethnic groups
6
Branches represented
4
World regions spanned

Kipchak9 groups

Balkars woman from Kabardino-Balkaria (Russia)

Balkars

Kabardino-Balkaria (Russia)

Bashkirs woman from Bashkortostan (Russia)

Bashkirs

Bashkortostan (Russia)

Karachays woman from Karachay-Cherkessia (Russia)

Karachays

Karachay-Cherkessia (Russia)

Karakalpaks woman from Karakalpakstan (Uzbekistan)

Karakalpaks

Karakalpakstan (Uzbekistan)

Kazakhs woman from Kazakhstan

Kazakhs

Kazakhstan

Kumyks woman from Dagestan (Russia)

Kumyks

Dagestan (Russia)

Kyrgyz woman from Kyrgyzstan

Kyrgyz

Kyrgyzstan

Nogais woman from Russia (Stavropol Krai, Dagestan)

Nogais

Russia (Stavropol Krai, Dagestan)

Tatars woman from Tatarstan (Russia)

Tatars

Tatarstan (Russia)

Oghuz7 groups

Azerbaijanis woman from Azerbaijan, Iranian Azerbaijan (Iran)

Azerbaijanis

Azerbaijan, Iranian Azerbaijan (Iran)

Gagauz woman from Gagauzia (Moldova), Budjak (Ukraine)

Gagauz

Gagauzia (Moldova), Budjak (Ukraine)

Khorasani Turks woman from Khorasan (Iran)

Khorasani Turks

Khorasan (Iran)

Qashqai woman from Fars Province (Iran)

Qashqai

Fars Province (Iran)

Salar woman from China (Qinghai, Gansu)

Salar

China (Qinghai, Gansu)

Turkmens woman from Turkmenistan, Turkmen Sahra, Afghanistan

Turkmens

Turkmenistan, Turkmen Sahra, Afghanistan

Turks woman from Turkey

Turks

Turkey

Other Turkic groups6 groups

Chuvash woman from Chuvashia (Russia)

Chuvash

Chuvashia (Russia)

Dolgan woman from Taymyr Peninsula, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia

Dolgan

Taymyr Peninsula, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia

Tuvans woman from Tuva (Russia)

Tuvans

Tuva (Russia)

Uyghurs woman from Uyghuristan (China)

Uyghurs

Uyghuristan (China)

Uzbeks woman from Uzbekistan

Uzbeks

Uzbekistan

Yakuts woman from Yakutia (Russia)

Yakuts

Yakutia (Russia)

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