Kumandin people

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The Kumandin people are a small Indigenous Turkic ethnic group native to the Altai region of Siberia in Russia, traditionally known for their semi-nomadic lifestyle, shamanistic beliefs, and distinct cultural heritage.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Kumandin people canonical 4
Kumandin ethnic group 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Indigenous people
ethnic group
continent Asia
cosmology belief in spirits of nature
veneration of mountains
veneration of rivers
country Russia
culturalHeritage epic songs
oral folklore
traditional costumes
traditional music
ethnicity Turkic people
linked to: Turkic peoples
ethnogenesisRegion Altai Mountains
geographicEnvironment mountainous taiga
river valleys
historicalRegion Northern Altai
languageFamily Turkic languages
languageShift Russian language
nativeTo Altai region
linked to: Altai Republic

Siberia
partOf Turkic world
populationStatus small-numbered Indigenous people of Russia
recognizedAs Indigenous small-numbered people of the North, Siberia and the Far East of Russia
region Altai Krai
Altai Republic
relatedEthnicGroup Altai people
Chelkan people
Khakas people
linked to: Khakas

Shor people
Telengit people
Teleut people
religion Russian Orthodoxy
shamanism
spiritualSpecialist shaman
traditionalBeliefSystem shamanism
traditionalEconomy animal husbandry
fishing
gathering
hunting
traditionalHousing portable dwellings
yurt
traditionalLeadership clan elders
traditionalLifestyle semi-nomadic
traditionalReligionType ancestor worship
animism
usesScript Cyrillic script

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kumandin language spokenBy Kumandin people
Kumandin language ethnicGroup Kumandin people
Kumandin Turkic spokenBy Kumandin people
Kumandin Turkic ethnicGroupPopulation Kumandin people
Kumandin Turkic spokenByMinorityOf Kumandin ethnic group
linked to: Kumandin people