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1396 CE to 2215 CE
The Altay or Altai are a Turkic people living in the Siberian Altai Republic and Altai Krai.
Alternative ethnonyms include Teleut, Tele, Telengit, Black Tatar, and Oirot.
The Altaians are presented by two ethnographic groups:
The Northern Altaians include the Tubalar (the Tuba-Kizhi), the Chelkans, the Kumandin, the Shors.
The Southern Altaians include the Altaian (the Altai-Kizhi), the Teleut, the Teles, the Telengit.
The Northern and Southern Altayans forms in the Altay area on the basis of tribes of Kimek-Kipchaks.
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