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QUICK FACTS:
People groups: 42
Population: 13,807,725
Unreached people groups: 42
UPG population: 13,807,725
Unengaged UPGs: 25
UUPG population: 760,625
Number of countries: 14
Affinity Bloc: Turkic Peoples
Overview: The Ural-Siberian people cluster might just as easily be designated 'Other Turkic' given the scope of ethnic and linguistic diversity. From the Urals, ethnic Russians who live along the lower Amu Darya and lower Syr Darya rivers, to the various indigenous peoples of Siberia, this people cluster encompasses Turkic peoples of North Asia not classified within the Altaic, Azerbaijani, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Turkish, Turkmen, Uyghur, and Uzbek clusters that account for most Turkic peoples.
Peoples within this cluster: Ainu; Altai; Aynu; Bashkir; Chukchi; Chuvash; Dolgan; Even; Khakas; Koryak; Nogay; Shorian; Soyot; Tatar; Tatar, Crimean; Tsaatan; Tuvinian; Yakut
Countries where they are found: Azerbaijan; Bulgaria; China; Japan; Kazakhstan; Kyrgyzstan; Mongolia; Russian Federation; Tajikistan; Türkiye; Turkmenistan; Ukraine; United States; Uzbekistan
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