Yakuts
Саха | |
|---|---|
Flag of Yakutia | |
| Total population | |
| c. 500,000 | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Russia | 470,000 (2010) |
| United States | 7,885 (2020) |
| Canada | 4,933 (2021) |
| Languages | |
| Yakut and Russian (in Russia) English (in Canada and the U.S.A.) | |
| Religion | |
| Orthodox Christianity, Aiyy Faith, Shamanism, Tengrism | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Dolgans, Tuvans, Buryats, Mongols (partially, possibly through Kurykans), Evenks, Evens and Yukagirs | |
The Yakuts or Sakha (Yakut: саха, saxa; plural: сахалар, saxalar) are a Turkic ethnic group native to North Siberia, primarily the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) in the Russian Federation. They also inhabit some districts of the Krasnoyarsk Krai. They speak Yakut, which belongs to the Siberian branch of the Turkic languages.