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| languages        = '''First language'''<br>[[Neo-Tocharian Language|Neo-Tocharian]]<br><small>'''Second language'''<br>[[Tokhari language|Tokhari]], {{wpl|Mandarin Chinese|Mandarin}}</small>
| languages        = '''First language'''<br>[[Neo-Tocharian Language|Neo-Tocharian]]<br><small>'''Second language'''<br>[[Tokhari language|Tokhari]], {{wpl|Mandarin Chinese|Mandarin}}</small>
| religions        = {{wpl|Folk religion}}, {{wpl|Bon}}, {{wpl|Buddhism}}
| religions        = {{wpl|Folk religion}}, {{wpl|Buddhism}}
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| related_groups  = [[Izilakh people|Izilakhs]], [[Tokhari people|Tokharis]]
| footnotes        = <small>{{note|a}}Northern dialect<br>{{note|b}}Sorthern dialect</small>
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The '''Agneans''' (''Agniyi'', singular ''Agniya'') are an ethnic group native to the {{wpl|Kaidu River}} valley in Hejing County, located within Korlâ Prefecture, [[Loulan]], who speak the [[Neo-Tocharian language]]. They are very closely related to the neighbouring [[Tokhari people|Tokharis]], and their language is likely descended from the vernacular of the [[Loulan Kingdom]] prior to the kingdom's cultural and linguistic [[Loulan#Persification of Loulan|Persianisation]]. A sizeable Agnean population exists in the city of Qara-Shahr, which in the Agnean Neo-Tocharian language is called ''Agni''.

Revision as of 16:01, 26 May 2019


Agneans
Agniyi
烏孫
Agneans.jpg
Total population
126,146 (2015)
Regions with significant populations
Flag of Loulan.png Hejing County
Korlâ Prefecture, Loulan
126,146
Languages
First language
Neo-Tocharian
Second language
Tokhari, Mandarin
Religion
Folk religion, Buddhism
Related ethnic groups
Izilakhs, Tokharis

The Agneans (Agniyi, singular Agniya) are an ethnic group native to the Kaidu River valley in Hejing County, located within Korlâ Prefecture, Loulan, who speak the Neo-Tocharian language. They are very closely related to the neighbouring Tokharis, and their language is likely descended from the vernacular of the Loulan Kingdom prior to the kingdom's cultural and linguistic Persianisation. A sizeable Agnean population exists in the city of Qara-Shahr, which in the Agnean Neo-Tocharian language is called Agni.