Oroks

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Oroks
Alternative names:
Orok, Ul'ta, Ulcha, Uil'ta, Nani

Ульта, Ульча, Уильта, Нани
Group of Uilta people
Total population
c. 360 (est.)
Regions with significant populations
Russia  Sakhalin	295[1]
Japan	20 (1989)
Languages
Orok, Russian, Japanese
Religion
Shamanism, Russian Orthodox Christianity
Related ethnic groups
Evens, Evenks, Ulchs, Nanai, Oroch, Udege

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.