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Mongol peoples

Mongols
Монголчууд
Mongolchuud
ᠮᠣᠩᠭᠣᠯᠴᠤᠳ
Total population
(10 million (2010))
Regions with significant populations
 China
(Inner Mongolia)
5,981,840 (2010)
 Mongolia 2,921,287
 Russia 647,417
 South Korea 34,000
 United States 15,000–18,000
 Kyrgyzstan 12,000
 Czech Republic 7,515
 Japan 5,401
 Canada 5,350
 Germany 3,852
 United Kingdom 3,701
 France 2,859
 Turkey 2,645
 Kazakhstan 2,523
 Austria 1,955
 Malaysia 1,500
Languages
Mongolian language
Religion
Predominantly Tibetan Buddhism, background of shamanism. minority Sunni Islam, Eastern Orthodox Church, Taoism, Bön and Protestantism.
Related ethnic groups
Proto-Mongols, Khitan people

The Mongols (Mongolian: Монголчууд, Mongolchuud, [ˈmɔŋɡɔɮ.t͡ʃuːt]) are an East-Central Asian ethnic group native to Mongolia and China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. They also live as minorities in other regions of China (e.g. Xinjiang), as well as in Russia. Mongolian people belonging to the Buryat and Kalmyk subgroups live predominantly in the Russian federal subjects of Buryatia and Kalmykia.

The Mongols are bound together by a common heritage and ethnic identity. Their indigenous dialects are collectively known as the Mongolian language. The ancestors of the modern-day Mongols are referred to as Proto-Mongols.

Broadly defined, the term includes the Mongols proper (also known as the Khalkha Mongols), Buryats, Oirats, the Kalmyk people and the Southern Mongols. The latter comprises the Abaga Mongols, Abaganar, Aohans, Baarins, Gorlos Mongols, Jalaids, Jaruud, Khishigten, Khuuchid, Muumyangan and Onnigud.


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