Chelkans

Chelkans
Чалкъанду, Шалкъанду, Къуу-кижи
Chalqandu, Shalqandu, Quu-kizhi

Regions with significant populations
Russia	1,181[1]
Languages
Altai, Russian
Related ethnic groups
Altay

The Chelkans (native name - Shalgan) are a small Turkic people living in southern Siberia. Those residing in Altai Republic are sometimes grouped together with the Altay ethnic group and those in Kemerovo Oblast are grouped with the Shors; however, they are recognized as a separate ethnic group by ethnographers. According to the 2010 census, there were 1,181 Chlenkans in Russia.

External links

• International Arctic Social Sciences Association, 2001
• The Chelkan Language page of Endangered Languages of Indigenous Peoples of Siberia

References

1. Russian Census 2010: Population by ethnicity (Russian)