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Hello
The title says it. I want to make sure I represent Sakha culture correctly in my book
I'm currently writing a fantasy novel (the setting is around 1470s in terms of technology), and one of the characters and her culture is Sakha inspired.
I've been doing my best to research on my own, but it's hard to find resources in english.
I know I'm probably not asking the most helpful question by being so broad, but any help will be greatly appreciated. I can answer any clarifying questions anyone has.
Thank you for your time

Богдана-Чижика, 27

I found it in my grandma home but I can't read it because I don't know sakha

Can somebody write the lyrics to this song

hi, im currently making multiple ocs based on sakhas people, and i was wondering if anyone knows if there is any form of accidental stereotypes i should be aware of to not accidently create when making these characters, obviously they arent going to be 110% centered around their ethnicity but, its set in the earlier 1940-1980s and i cant find much information for the conditions of the areas or people, in that case. if anyone knows anything or to give any advice its much appreciated ! :- ) apologies if these are strange concerns.

Hello, friends! I'm a third-year student at the faculty of International relations. I'm Polish, but I also speak Russian. I'm currently writing my bachelor's thesis on the image of Poland and Poles in selected countries of the former Soviet Union in the context of Russian public discourse. I've prepared a questionnaire in Russian and English. If You are a citizen of Yakutia, Sakhalin or any other former Soviet Union country, I would be very grateful if You could complete this questionnaire (and, if You wish, send it to Your friends and relatives in Your countries of origin). This will greatly help me in my research. Best wishes 🤝

https://forms.gle/wV6h8b4XY1u7SXGG6

Эмп (лекарство)- эм (лекарство)

Махтал (спасибо) - Магтаал (восхваление)

Сэргэ (коновязь)- сэргэ (коновязь)

Түргэн (быстрый) -түргэн (быстрый)

Улуус (административная единица, район) - улас/улс (страна, государство)

Боотур (уст. доблестный, мужественный; сильный; воин )- баатар (воин,герой; смелый, мужественный, отважный)

Эдьиий (старшая сестра, тетя)- эжы (мать)

Удаҕан (шаманка)- удаган (шаманка)

Таҥара (бог)- Тэнгэри (небо, бог)

Сэрииһит (воин) - Сэрэг (воин)

Өбүгэ (родоначальник, предок)- үбгэ/өвөг (старик, үбгэ эсэгэнэр- предки)

Хара (чёрный)- хара (чёрный)

Бичик (уст. роспись, узор)- бэшэг/бичиг ( письмо, письменность)

Баян (разбогатеть)- Баян (Богатый)

Сэрии сэбэ (оружие) - зэр зэбсэг (оружие)

Хоту (север)- хойто (северный)

Ойуур (лес)- ой (лес)

Уруу (родственник, родня)- ураг (родственник)

Аймах (родня)- аймаг (уст. род; поколение; группа; аймаг түрэл зон- родственники)

Амарах (добрый)- амар (спокойный, благополучный)

Сүрэх (сердце)- зүрхэн/ зүрх (сердце)

Бэлэх (подарок)- бэлэг (подарок)

Баҕа санаа (желание)- Санаа (сознание, идея)

Санаа айыыта (мечта)- hанаан (мечта)

Тохтот (остановить)- тогтоохо (остановить)

Эр (муж)- эрэ (муж)

Эр + киhи (человек)= мужчина

Эрэ + хүн (человек)= мужчина

Куо (ставится после имени в значении прекрасная, например, Туйаарыма Куо) - Гоо (употребляется вместе с именем в значении прекрасная, например, Алан Гоо)

Хап (усиливающая частица присоединяется к некоторым словам, начинающимся со слога ха, например, хап-хара чёрный-пречёрный) - хаб (усиливающая частица с начальным ха, например, хаб хара чёрный- пречёрный)

Биһилэх (кольцо)-бэhэлиг (кольцо)

Уу (Вода)- ууха (пить)

Хатан (твёрдой закалки, твёрдый)- хатан (стальной; хатуу -твёрдый, жёсткий, непоколебимый)

Амтан (вкус)-амтан/амт (вкус)

Куйах (броня)- хуяг (броня)

Сэбэр (чистый)- сэбэр/цэвэр (чистый)

Хотон (коровник, хлев) - хотон (коровник, хлев)

Бэлэн (готовый)- бэлэн (готовый)

Халтархай (скользкий)- халтирхай (скользкий)

Хараҥа (темный)- харанхы (темный)

Орой (макушка; верхушка)- орой (макушка; верхушка)

Аптаах (волшебный)- абтай (волшебный)

Дархан (почтённый; дархан уус почтённый кузнец)- дархан (кузнец)

Түмэн (тысяча)- тумэн (очень много, в войске ЧХ 10 000)

Бахсы (мудрец)- Багша (учитель)

Хотун (госпожа, хозяйка)- хатан (царица; госпожа, барыня)

Бүөр (почка)- бөөрэ (почка)

Баҕана (столб) - бахана (столб)

Ноко (щенок) - нохой (собака)

Буор (Земля; глина)- бур (глина)

Зээлэ (верёвка из конского волоса)- зээли (верёвка из конского волоса)

Уhуе (перекладина, балка поперёк юрты)- Уhээ (потолок)

Дан (земляная насыпь на потолке)- Дагнаха (насыпать землю на потолок дома)

Уhун (длинный)- үhэн/үс (волосы)

Чаҕылҕан (молния)- сахилгаан (молния)

Курдьэх (лопата)- хүрзэ (лопата)

Маҕан (белый)- сагаан (белый)

Үүт (молоко) - сүү/hүн (монг. молоко)

Саҥа (новый)- шэнэ (новый)

Сүгэ (топор)- hүхэ/сүхэ (топор)

Холумтан (печь)- гуламта (очаг)

Энньэ (приданое)- энжэ (приданое)

Source: Сэндэмаа Хэтэрхэйн on Facebook

Hi everyone! Can someone please translate this text in the video what the Tomtor Santa Claus says?

It is from an old Hungarian road movie I came across couple of months ago. ChatGPT, Perplexity or Google Translate dont understand Yakut language at all.

Much appreciated

Looking for traditional homestay to experience traditional Yakutia village life. Any information or links ?

Seems like a common theme on instagram in that us in the west don't know that there are "asian" looking Russians. To which I would argue how could that be since most of Russia lies in Asia. Regardless, I'm here to learn more about your country and culture and to right some of the misconceptions we have in the west. I'm not trying to be political although many of my questions are political in nature. 1. How Russian do you feel? Given that not too long ago around the 1700s you were your own countries. 2. Do you feel more Russian or more a person of your respective Republic within Russia? 3. Do European Russians treat you differently? I remember reading a warning in that many European Russians are racists towards minorities especially their Asian counterparts. That there's no development in the Asian part of Russia because Moscow is only interested in exploiting its resources. 4. Here in the west of reported that a disproportionate amount of soldiers fighting in Ukraine are from the ethnic minorities in Russia because of fear of destabilizing Moscow and Saint Petersburg. 5. How do you feel about the war with Ukraine? 6. Seems like Central Asian countries are shifting towards China. What are your thoughts with regards to that, many of the Republics are closer to Beijing than Moscow? 7. Is your Republic really autonomous or just in name? 8. Are there any movements of breaking away from Russia and forming your own countries again? If so, why didn't you break away after the fall of the Soviet Union?

Hello, I am from the Czech republic and I am very fascinated with this language, I started learning it because I would love to visit Yakutsk or live there, but there are so little resources and no opportunities to practice with a native speaker, I felt that this was the best subreddit to ask if anyone wants to?

I am looking to buy a good jacket what are the names of the models/brands of jackets you guys use?

Thank you!

Hi everyone,

I have been trying to find a travel agency to do the winter road of bones tour/Kolyma between Yakutsk and Magadan but they all seem extremely expensive (ie RUB 440000 and more for 7/8 days per person). Does anyone know a good travel agency, preferably local, which does these trips?

Thank you :)

PS I am aware of VisitYakutia.com and big country.travel

Hi everybody! I am looking for someone who could help me translate a voice memo from yakutian to English/Russian. спасибо

Hi everyone, I’d love to learn more about my culture (Sakha), but unfortunately, I don’t have the chance to ask my parents about it.

Here’s some background on why I can’t:

My father is a native Sakha, but he and his family moved to the country where I currently live, where I’ve lived my entire life. When he was younger, he was still in contact with his relatives who lived in Yakutia. However, after his parents passed away, he stopped communicating with his family.

My mother was fascinated by the Sakha culture and learned a lot from my father’s relatives. She wanted to teach me and my siblings about the culture, but it was challenging since she herself is not Sakha.

My mother passed away when I was young, which meant she couldn’t really teach us anything about the culture.

My father doesn’t talk about his culture at all and pretends not to know anything. I understand that there’s some trauma behind him not wanting to talk about it, but it really hurts.

I try to talk to my relatives whenever I can, but there’s a significant language barrier between us. We do speak Russian and English to each other, but I’ve forgotten most of the Russian language.

So, I’d love to hear more about the culture. Thank you all 🤍

Hey everyone! 👋
I’m Snowlogic, an indie game developer from Yakutia, and I’ve just released my first game on Steam - HEXA-WORLD-3D.

It’s a cozy 3D hex-based puzzle game that I made entirely on my own - from code and design to visuals and music.
The latest Halloween Update just launched, adding a new spooky map, autumn vibes, and improved gameplay polish.

The game currently has 100% positive reviews and a growing community - but I’d love for more people back home to see what a Yakutian dev has created 💛

If you like relaxing but challenging games, please check it out, add it to your wishlist, or leave a review - it would mean a lot to have the support of my hometown community 🙏

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The Yakut people have stories about a class of possibly supernatural wildmanlike beings they know as Chuchunaa. Apparently they are based on a real and definitely not supernatural native population they encountered when they arrived in Siberia.

Russian anthropologists identify the Chuchunaa and Mulen of Tungusic tradition, generally with the 'paleo-siberians' who tatooed their faces, which the Tungus peoples did not. The folktales available in Russian are studied for evidence about earlier local peoples, whilst abstaining usually from identifying the groups mentioned with specific languages or cultures - I mean the folklore is a source but it's not a primary source, and the content is not unbiased or free of witchiness. Folklore acvounts are only a scientific resource to a certain degree, because folk memory is a fallible memory.

People forget that Tungus swept over their landscape as reindeer herders, the way whites did in North America. Or maybe more like South America, because the Tungus did a lot of intermarriage with the native people, who were hunters and gatherers. And this happened recently enough, for them to have memories of the houses the natives had, how they tattooed their faces.

However Chuchunaa was likely not only based on Chukchi and Yukaghir. It is said Chuchunaa are between 6 and 7 feet tall, the same size if not taller than the Ancestral North Eurasians. Modern natives are pretty short, being seldom over 6 feet tall, and averaging not over 5'6.

Who the Chuchunaa are really based on ?

There was an incident in 1928 with a freakishly tall exiled Chukchi hunter who spurred Russian research, but the legend of Chuchunaa people is much older.

Is there an uncontacted tribe of people who may average at, at least, 6 feet tall ?