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"The Altaians, the native people of Altai Republic (south Siberia) number up to 60,000 persons. “Altaians” is the common denomination for seven formerly distinct Turkic-speaking groups: the Altai-Kizhi, Teleuts, and Telenghits, who are southern Altaians, and the Chelkans, Kumandins, Tubalars, and Maimalars, who are northern Altaians. The differences between southern and northern Altaians are well established, on the basis of anthropological, linguistic, and classical genetic-marker studies (Potapov 1969; Alexeev and Gohman 1984; Luzina 1987). Anthropologically, southern Altaians are typical central Asian Mongoloids (like Mongolians, Yakuts, and Buryats), whereas northern Altaians exhibit some Caucasoid anthropological features, similar to those of Ugric and Samoyedic groups."

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1226041/

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