Turkic peoples

Turkic peoples are formed on a vast area in the Altai Mountains and interact with other linguistic groups of peoples: Mongolian Tunguso-Manchu and Tibeto-Chinese. The word Altai itself goes back to the Turkic word Altyn - gold in Mongolian alt. Altan tobchi or Altan tovch (golden button or golden arch) is a Mongolian chronicle of the 17th century. Altai has been known since ancient times for its rich deposits of polymetals iron ore mercury and gold. In the process of development of the Türkic languages and peoples - their carriers - dialects and languages were formed characterized on the one hand by similarities - as a consequence of the unity of their origin and on the other hand by differences which are explained by the disintegration of the common Türkic language - first into dialects and then into separate languages and language groups.