Turanians
Turanian is a term that has been used in reference to diverse groups of people. It has had currency in Turanism, Pan-Turkism, and historic Turkish nationalism.
Many of the uses of the word are obsolete. It may refer to:
- The Turanid race
- An Iranian ethnic group mentioned in the Avesta; see Turan
- Any historical people of Transoxiana or present-day Turkestan
- Obsolete term for any historical people speaking languages of the obsolet Ural–Altaic family, in particular:
- The Turkic peoples during Turkic expansion
- The Huns described by the Europeans[citation needed][dubious ] and Chinese[citation needed][dubious ]
- Finnic peoples like the Finns, Estonians and Udmurts
- Hungarians.
See also[]
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Wikisource has the text of the 1921 Collier's Encyclopedia article Turanian. |
- Turanid race
- Altaic peoples
- Hungarian Turanism
- Turan
- Turanism
- Turkic peoples
- Turanian languages
Categories:
- Pan-Turkism
- Turanism
- Turkish nationalism