yakut

• Nom désignant un membre d'un peuple turcophone autochtone du nord-est de la Sibérie, principalement dans le bassin de la Léna, ou la langue turcique de ce peuple.

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.

nom propre

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.

   Iakoute (peuple)

   • 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.

   langue iakoute

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