The Chelkans (native name—Chalkandu, Shalkandu) are a small group of Turkic Indigenous people of Siberia. They speak the Northern Altai Chelkan language. [2]

Chelkan (also Chalkan, Chalqandu) is a Turkic language spoken in the Altai Republic in Russia by 648 Chelkans. The Chelkans are sometimes called "Lebeds" (Russian: Лебедины, Lebediny), of the name of the river which runs through the Altai Republic, or Qu'Kiji. In the 2002 Russian census, their population rose to 855 people.

Self-ethnonym of the Chelkans is Chalkandu / Shalkandu (чалканду / шалканду). The Chelkans are an ethnic group best represented in Turachakskiy and Choyskiy districts of Altai Republic, with the most numerous communities living in villages Kurmach-Baygol and Suranash, as well as in villages Turachak, Biyka, Itkuch, Kebezen.

Chelkan is a a Northern Altai language spoken in Turachakskiy and Choyskiy districts of Altai Republic in southern Russia. Chelkan was considered a dialect of Altai, however it now classified and recognised as a separate language. According …

2012年2月10日 · The Chelkans, on the other hand, have the most divergent set of mtDNAs of the three populations. Mismatch analysis and tests of neutrality indicated that the Chelkans show signs of decreasing population size or population structure.

Chelkans (ku-kizhi (ku-kiši), lebedints, chalkantsy) - Turkic-speaking people living compactly in the Altai Republic, the villages of Kurmach-Baigol, Suronash, Maysk, Biika, Chuika, Turachak of …

The Chelkans are a small group of Turkic Indigenous people of Siberia. They speak the Northern Altai Chelkan language. Those residing in Altai Republic are some...

The Chelkans (native name—Chalkandu, Shalkandu) are a small group of Turkic indigenous people of Siberia. They speak the Northern Altai Chelkan language.

2015年9月10日 · Chelkans — or, as they are usually called by linguists and native folklorists, Chalkans — are amongst the smallest of the Turkic groups of the indigenous population of Siberia. Practically throughout the whole Soviet period of history they were known as “an ethnic group” of the (northern) Altai people.

The Chelkans originally lived as hunters to maintain their subsistence economy. They lived in yurts made out of bark or log topped with a conic bark roof. They wore short breeches, linen shirts and single-breasted robes. They live in Siberia in the Republic of …