Oroks
Sign in to savethumb|400px|Settlement of the Uilta (Oroks) in the Far Eastern Federal District by urban and rural settlements in %, 2010 census
Key facts
- Ethnic group.group
- OroksAlternative names:Orok, Ul'ta, Ulcha, Uil'ta, Nani
- Ethnic group.native_name
- Ульта, Ульча, Уильта, Нани
- Ethnic group.flag_caption
- Ethnic flag of the Orok
- Ethnic group.image
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- Ethnic group.image_caption
- Ulta people (before 1945)
- Ethnic group.population
- 360 (est.)
- Ethnic group.pop1
- 295
- Ethnic group.pop2
- 20 (1989)
- Ethnic group.langs
- Orok, Russian, Japanese
- Ethnic group.rels
- Shamanism, Russian Orthodox Christianity
- Ethnic group.related
- Evens, Evenks, Ulchs, Nanai, Oroch, Udege
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- Etymology
- Population and settlement
- History
- Language and culture
- Rites of passage
- Notes
- References
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thumb|400px|Settlement of the Uilta (Oroks) in the Far Eastern Federal District by urban and rural settlements in %, 2010 census
Oroks (Ороки in Russian; self-designation: Ulta, Ulcha), sometimes called Uilta, are a people in the Sakhalin Oblast (mainly the eastern part of the island) in Russia. The Orok language belongs to the Southern group of the Tungusic language family. According to the 2002 Russian census, there were 346 Oroks living in Northern Sakhalin by the Okhotsk Sea and Southern Sakhalin in the district by the city of Poronaysk. According to the 2010 census there were 295 Oroks in Russia.