wpaadminYagnob Yagnob Population Unavailable Language group Eastern group of Iranian languages Language Yagnob Region Tajikistan Religion Islam/Sunnite The Yagnob (self-designation the Yagnobi) are a not-so-numerous ethnographic group living in the basin of the river Yagnob and its tributary, the Kull, in Tajikistan. They are representatives of Indo-Mediterranean race. They speak Yagnob, this language is also … Read more
Yakuts Yakuts Population 382,000 Language group Turkic Language Yakut Region Yakut Autonomous Republic, northern parts of Krasnodar Territory, Magadan, Sakhalin and Amur regions Capital Yakutsk Religion Christianity, Animism, Shamanism *Population estimates for 1994 The Yakuts constitute the native population of the Yakut Autonomous republic (Yakutia) which is one of the biggest (according to the territory) … Read more
Yukagir Yukagir Population 1,100 Language group Paleoasiatic Language Yukagiric Region East Siberia Religion Shamanism *Population estimates for 1994 By territory, the Yukagir people are divided into two parts: one part of them is settled along the Kolyma tributaries, the other part of the Yukagir people inhabits “forest edges.” They were as numerous as the stars … Read more
Zackur Zackur Population 23,000 Language group Lezgin group of the Caucasian languages Language Zackur Region Daghestan, Azerbaijan Religion Islam/Sunnite *Population estimates for 1994 The Zackur (or Tsahur) are a part of the Lak national group. They live in the western part of Rutul district of Daghestan and Kazakh, Zakatolsk and Belokansk districts of Azerbaijan. The … Read more