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| The ethnic identity of the Burtas is disputed, with several different theories ranging from them being a ] tribal confederacy (probably later assimilated to Turkic language), and therefore perhaps the ancestors of the modern ], or that they were an ] tribe, possibly the ancestors of the modern ]. | The ethnic identity of the Burtas is disputed, with several different theories ranging from them being a ] tribal confederacy (probably later assimilated to Turkic language), and therefore perhaps the ancestors of the modern ], or that they were an ] tribe, possibly the ancestors of the modern ]. | ||
| Recently, some scholars have suggested that the Burtas were actually ] or another ] ethnolinguistic group. |
Recently, some scholars have suggested that the Burtas were actually ] or another ] ethnolinguistic group. An Alanic (]) origin would also explain their name as ''furt''/''fort'' ('big river' in ]) and the Alanic endonym ], cf. ] (Caucasian ]) and ] (] or Hungarian ]). | ||
| == Literature == | == Literature == | ||
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Burtas (Template:Lang-ru, Burtasy; Template:Lang-cv, Părtassem; Template:Lang-tt) were a tribe of uncertain ethnolinguistic affiliation inhabiting the steppe region north of the Caspian Sea in medieval times (modern Penza Oblast, Ulyanovsk Oblast and Saratov Oblast of the Russian Federation). They were subject to the Khazars.
The ethnic identity of the Burtas is disputed, with several different theories ranging from them being a Uralic tribal confederacy (probably later assimilated to Turkic language), and therefore perhaps the ancestors of the modern Moksha people, or that they were an Iranic tribe, possibly the ancestors of the modern Mishars.
Recently, some scholars have suggested that the Burtas were actually Alans or another Iranian ethnolinguistic group. An Alanic (Sarmatian) origin would also explain their name as furt/fort ('big river' in Middle Iranian language) and the Alanic endonym as, cf. Ossetians (Caucasian Alans) and Jasses (Jasz or Hungarian Alans).
Literature
- Kevin Alan Brook. The Jews of Khazaria. 2nd ed. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc, 2010.ISBN 978-0-7425-4981-4
- "Бортаслар". Tatar Encyclopaedia (in Tatar). Kazan: The Republic of Tatarstan Academy of Sciences. Institution of the Tatar Encyclopaedia. 2002.
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