Yakuts, self-designation: Sakha, are a
Turkic people associated with the
Sakha (Yakutia) Republic. The
Yakut or Sakha language belongs to the Northern branch of the
Turkic family of languages. There are about 456,000 speakers (Russian census, 2002) mainly in the Republic of
Sakha (Yakutia) in the
Russian Federation, with some extending to the
Amur,
Magadan,
Sakhalin regions, and the
Taimyr and
Evenki Autonomous Districts. The population of Yakutia is about 980,000 of whom approximately 382,000 are Yakuts or about 39% of the population in Yakutia; their share lowered during Soviet rule due to forced immigration, and other relocation policies, but has slightly increased since. Given the large number of speakers, the
Yakut language is considered to be somewhat less endangered than most other regional languages of the Russian Federation.
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