Uriankhai

Uriankhai
Mongol Empire c. 1207, Uriankhai and their neighbours
Regions with significant populations
 Mongolia26,654 (2010 census)[1]
Languages
Oirat, Mongolian
Religion
Buddhism, Mongolian shamanism, Atheism
Related ethnic groups
Mongols, especially Oirats
Mongol states: 1. Northern Yuan dynasty 2. Four Oirat 3. Moghulistan 4. Kara Del
Map of the Jütgelt Gün's hoshuu (banner) of the Altai Uriankhai in western Mongolia.
Buryat of the Uriankh-Songol clan
Tuvans or Tagnu Uriankhai

Uriankhai /ˈʊriənxaɪ/[a] 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 also the origin of the Korean term "olangkae", 오랑캐, meaning barbarian.

  1. ^ National Census 2010


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