Oirats
Sign in to saveOirats (; ) or Oirds ( ; ), formerly known as Eluts and Eleuths ( or ; , Èlǔtè) are the westernmost group of Mongols, whose ancestral home is in the Altai region of Siberia, Xinjiang and western Mongolia.
Key facts
- Ethnic group.group
- Oirats
- Ethnic group.image
- Bukar', Michail - Ehepaar aus dem Volksstamm der Kalmyken in ihrer Nationaltracht (Zeno Fotografie).jpg
- Ethnic group.caption
- Kalmyks who are subgroup of Oirats
- Ethnic group.pop
- 749,846
- Ethnic group.pop1
- 272,000 (2010)
- Ethnic group.pop2
- 264,346 (2020)
- Ethnic group.pop3
- 179,547 (2021 census)
- Ethnic group.region4
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- Ethnic group.pop4
- 500 (2021)
- Ethnic group.pop5
- 43,078 (2009)
- Ethnic group.pop6
- 12,000 (2018)
- Ethnic group.pop7
- 1,000
- Ethnic group.region8
- Other
- Ethnic group.pop8
- 5,000
- Ethnic group.languages
- Mainly: Oirat, Russian, other Mongolian languages Regional: Chinese
- Ethnic group.religions
- Tibetan Buddhism, Mongolian shamanism Minority: Islam
- Ethnic group.related
- Kalmyks, and other Mongol peoples
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Article
18 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- Writing system
- History
- Early history
- The Khoshut Khanate
- The Dzungar Khanate
- Kalmyks
- Xinjiang Mongols
- Alasha Mongols
- Ejine Mongols
- Culture
- Origins and genetics
- Tribes
- See also
- References
- Sources
- Further reading
- External links
Oirats (; ) or Oirds ( ; ), formerly known as Eluts and Eleuths ( or ; , Èlǔtè) are the westernmost group of Mongols, whose ancestral home is in the Altai region of Siberia, Xinjiang and western Mongolia.
The first documented reference to Elut and Yelut was in the Onginsk "rune" inscriptions dated in the sixth century. The dating of the Oirats to the 13th century is based on the text of the Secret History of the Mongols. Historically, the Oirats were composed of four major tribes: Dzungar (Choros or Olots), Torghut, Dörbet and Khoshut.