Cumandians

The Cumandians are an indigenous people in Siberia who have just over 3,000 members and live mainly in the Altai Republic .

The Cumandians speak a Turkic language that is related to Uighur . Their language is threatened with extinction and is only used as a colloquial language by about 33%.

Web links

• The Cumandin report of the radio station "Voice of Russia"