The Soyot people live in Russia. According to the 2002 census

Census

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, there were 2769 Soyots in Russia

Russia

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. Their extinct language was of Turkic

Turkic peoples

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 type and basically similar to the Tuvans

Tuvans

Tuvans or Tuvinians are Turkic peoples living in southern Siberia. They are historically known as one of the Uriankhai, from the Mongolian designation...

, but they live in the Oka Region of Buryatia. Their language has been reconstructed and a textbook has been published. The language is currently taught in some schools in Oka

Oka

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They live dispersed among the Buryats and now speak the Buryat language.

External links

• Oleg Aliev's expedition to the Soyots
• Photos of the Soyots

• http://lingsib.iea.ras.ru/en/languages/soiot.shtml The Soyot language
• http://www.joshuaproject.net/peopctry.php?rog3=RS&rop3=210867 People-in-Country Profile