Mongolic peoples

Not to be confused with Mongols.
Geographic distribution of the Mongolic languages
A map of the places that Mongolic peoples live. The orange line shows the extent of the Mongol Empire in the late 13th century. The red areas are the places dominated by the Mongolic groups.
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The Mongolic peoples are a collection of East Asian-originated ethnic groups in East, North, South Asia and Eastern Europe, who speak Mongolic languages. Their ancestors are referred to as Proto-Mongols. The largest contemporary Mongolic ethnic group is the Mongols.[1] Mongolic-speaking people, although distributed in a wide geographical area, show a high genetic affinity to each other,[2] and display continuity with ancient Northeast Asians.[3]

  1. ^ Ochir 2008; Zhukovskaia 2007, p. 354; Nimaev 2011.
  2. ^ Bai; et al. 2018.
  3. ^ Wang; et al. 2021.