...An ethnic group with roots in North Asia, who later became Turkic and live in Central Asia. They number 2.53 million (1989) in Central Asia, formerly part of the Soviet Union, and are the main ethnic group that makes up the Republic of Kyrgyzstan. They speak the Kyrgyz language, call themselves Kyrgyz, and are mostly Sunni Muslims. They are thought to have originated from an ethnic group that lived in the Minusinsk region in the upper reaches of the Yenisei River in ancient times, and was already known as the Kenkun or Hakun during the Han Dynasty in China. In this region, not only did people hunt and raise livestock in the forests and grasslands, but they also engaged in small-scale irrigation agriculture, and metallurgy and handicrafts that utilized mineral resources, as exemplified by the Minusinsk metallurgical culture (Tashtyk culture). From the Turkic Inscription… Turk Large and small stone monuments erected during the Aztec period (552-744). Of these, the Kyol Tegin inscription, discovered in the Hosho Tsaidam area of the old Orkhon River basin, was erected in 732, and the Bilge Hagan inscription, discovered nearby, was erected in 735. The Tonyukuk inscription, discovered in Bayin Tsokt upstream of the Tora River, is believed to date to an even earlier period than the previous two. *Some of the terminology used in reference to the "Kyol Tegin Inscription" is listed below. Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information |
…北アジアに祖をもち,のちトルコ化して中央アジアに住む民族。旧ソ連邦の中央アジアに253万(1989)が住み,キルギスタン共和国を構成する主要民族である。キルギス語を話し,自称はキルギズ,大部分がスンナ派のイスラム教徒である。古くはエニセイ川上流域のミヌシンスク地方にいて,中国の漢代にすでに堅昆,鬲昆などの名で知られた民族がその祖と考えられている。この地域では森林・草原の狩猟・牧畜のみならず,小規模灌漑農耕,そしてミヌシンスク金属文化(タシュティク文化)に代表されるような,鉱産資源を活用した冶金・手工業も行われていた。… 【突厥碑文】より…突厥時代(552‐744)に建てられた大小の石碑。このうち,オルホン川の旧流域ホショ・ツァイダムから発見されたキョル・テギン碑文は732年に,その近辺で発見されたビルゲ・ハガン碑文は735年にそれぞれ建置された。トラ川上流のバイン・ツォクトで発見されたトニユクク碑文は前2者よりさらに早い時代のものと推定されている。… ※「キョル・テギン碑文」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。 出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報 |
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