yakut

• Substantiv, das einen Angehörigen eines turksprachigen Volkes im Nordosten Sibiriens, hauptsächlich im Einzugsgebiet der Lena, bezeichnet; auch deren Sprache.

A noun referring to a member of a Turkic people native to northeastern Siberia, primarily in the Lena river basin, or to their Turkic language.

Eigenname

1. A member of a Turkic peopleB2formal

   A person belonging to a Turkic ethnic group native to northeastern Siberia, primarily in the Lena River basin.

   Angehöriger eines turkischen Volkes

   • The Yakut have a rich cultural tradition of epic storytelling.
   • Many Yakut still practice traditional reindeer herding.
   • She is a Yakut from the Sakha Republic.

2. The Turkic language of the Yakut peopleB2formal

   The Turkic language spoken by the Yakut people, also known as Sakha.

   Jakutische Sprache

   • He is learning to speak Yakut.
   • The Yakut language has many loanwords from Russian.
   • There are several dialects of Yakut spoken across the region.