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Uriankhai
Ethnic groups of Mongolia region / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Uriankhai (traditional Mongolian: ᠤᠷᠢᠶᠠᠩᠬᠠᠢ, Mongolian Cyrillic: урианхай; Yakut: урааҥхай; traditional Chinese: 烏梁海; simplified Chinese: 乌梁海; pinyin: Wūliánghǎi), Uriankhan (ᠤᠷᠢᠶᠠᠩᠬᠠᠨ, урианхан) or Uriankhat (ᠤᠷᠢᠶᠠᠩᠬᠠᠳ, урианхад), is a term of address applied by the Mongols to a group of forest peoples of the North, who include the Turkic-speaking Tuvans and Yakuts, while sometimes it is also applied to the Mongolian-speaking Altai Uriankhai. The Uriankhai included the western forest Uriankhai tribe and the Transbaikal Uriankhai tribe, with the former recorded in Chinese sources as Chinese: 兀良哈; pinyin: Wùliánghā). It is the origin of the Korean term "barbarian", 오랑캐.
Quick Facts Regions with significant populations, Mongolia ...
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![]() | 26,654 (2010 census)[1] |
Languages | |
Oirat, Mongolian | |
Religion | |
Buddhism, Mongolian shamanism, Atheism | |
Related ethnic groups | |
Mongols, especially Oirats |
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