Chuvash people

Chuvash
Чӑваш, Çăvaš, Чӑвашсем, Çăvašsem
Total population
1.5 million
Regions with significant populations
 Russia1,435,872
 Kazakhstan22,305
 Ukraine10,593
 Uzbekistan10,074
 Turkmenistan2,281
 Belarus2,242
 Moldova1,204
 United States900[source?]
 Kyrgyzstan848
 Georgia542
 Latvia534
 Azerbaijan489
 Estonia373
Languages
Chuvash
Russian
Religion
Predominantly Orthodox Christianity
Minority Vattisen Yaly, Sunni Islam
Related ethnic groups
Volga Tatars, Mari, Besermyan

The Chuvash people (UK: /ˈtʃuːvɑːʃ/ CHOO-vahsh, US: /tʃʊˈvɑːʃ/ chuu-VAHSH; Chuvash: чӑваш [tɕəˈʋaʃ]; Russian: чуваши [tɕʊˈvaʂɨ]) are a Turkic ethnic group, a branch of Oghurs, native to an area from the Volga-Ural region to Siberia. Most of them live in Chuvashia and nearby areas. They speak Chuvash, a unique Turkic language that split from other Turkic languages over a millennium ago.

Subgroups

The division of the Chuvash people are as below:

Language

References

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