Khakas people - Khakas (English spelling)

Japanese: ハカス族 - ハカスぞく（英語表記）Khakas

They are pastoralists living in the Minusinsk Basin in southern Siberia, Russia. They speak a Turkic language. Formerly known as Minusin Tatar, Abakan Tatar, or Yenisei Tatar. Population: 78,500 (1989). They are thought to be descendants of the Shangjis in the Book of Tang, the Kirkis in the Turkic inscriptions, the Qilijisi in the Yuan dynasty, and the 17th century Yenisei Kyrgyz, but in the early 18th century the ruling class of the Yenisei Kyrgyz fled to Central Asia via Dzungaria and became the core of the Kyrgyz people.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

ロシア連邦，南シベリアのミヌシンスク盆地に住む牧農民。チュルク諸語に属する言語を話す。旧称はミヌシン･タタール，アバカン･タタール，エニセイ･タタール。人口7万8500(1989)。《唐書》の黠戞斯，突厥碑文のキルキスKirkis，元代の乞力吉思，17世紀のエニセイ･キルギスの末裔と考えられるが，18世紀初頭にエニセイ･キルギスの支配層がジュンガリアを経て中央アジアへ逃れ，キルギス族の中核となった。

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