The Tiele (Chinese: 鐵勒; pinyin: Tiĕlè) also named Chile (Chinese: 敕勒) Gaoche (Chinese: 高車) or Tele (Chinese: 特勒) were a confederation of nine Turkic peoples living to the north of China and in Central Asia emerging after the disintegration of the Xiongnu confederacy. Chinese sources associate them with the earlier Dingling people.
language
Turkic languages
population place
Altai Mountains, Provinces of China, Pontic-Caspian steppe, Xinjiang
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