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The Kazakhs are a central Asian people who live mainly in the Republic of Kazakhstan and in the Xinjiang Uigur autonomous Region of China. The Kazakhs constitute over 60 percent of the population of Kazakhstan. Their language, Kazakh, is a Turkic language most closely related to Kirgiz and Tatar. Traditionally, the Kazakh were migratory pastoralists who lived in yurts in summer and adobe houses in winter.  Their main diet consisted of meat and dairy products from the family herds supplemented by a variety of grains. In recent times most Kazakh have become settled agriculturalists. Traditional Kazak society was organized along descent group lines which played significant roles in regulating marriages, land rights, and religious ceremonials.

The kinship system and customs connected with the ban on pronouncing the personal names of elder relatives among the Kazakhs

Observations on changes in Kazak pastoral use in two townships in western China

Nawrïz in Kazakstan

The Kazaks of western Mongolia

Photographs

The Kazak, Kirghiz, and Kalmuck

The Kazakhs and Kirgiz of the Syr-Darya Oblast

Kazak social structure

The Kazkhs

Culture summary

The new Kazak elite

Muslim Turkistan

A note on romanization and preface

The Kazak nation

Bibliography

The dynamics of feasting and gift exchange in rural Kazakstan

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Author	Title	Publication Date
Arghynbaev, Kh. (Khalel)	The kinship system and customs connected with the ban on pronouncing the personal names of elder relatives among the Kazakhs	1984
Bedunah, Donald J.	Observations on changes in Kazak pastoral use in two townships in western China	2005
Eitzen, Hilda C.	Nawrïz in Kazakstan	1999
Finke, Peter	The Kazaks of western Mongolia	1999
Finke, Peter	Photographs	1999
Forde, Cyril Daryll	The Kazak, Kirghiz, and Kalmuck	1934
Grodekov, Nikolaĭ Ivanovich	The Kazakhs and Kirgiz of the Syr-Darya Oblast	1889
Hudson, Alfred E. (Alfred Emmons)	Kazak social structure	1938
Krader, Lawrence	The Kazkhs	1955
Kurylev, Vadim Petrovich	Culture summary	2011
Odgaard, Karen	The new Kazak elite	1999
Privratsky, Bruce G.	Muslim Turkistan	2001
Svanberg, Ingvar	A note on romanization and preface	1999
Svanberg, Ingvar	The Kazak nation	1999
Svanberg, Ingvar	Bibliography	1999
Werner, Cynthia Ann	The dynamics of feasting and gift exchange in rural Kazakstan	1999

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