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Ethnic group
Khoton
Regions with significant populations
Mongolia
10,000 (2015)[1]
Languages
Oirat
Religion
Religious syncretism (Sunni Islam, including elements of Buddhism and Shamanism)[2]
Related ethnic groups
Uyghurs, Huis, Dörbets
The Khoton or Qotung people are a formerly Turkic, now Mongolized ethnic group in (Outer) Mongolia and Inner Mongolia.[3][4] Most Khotons of Mongolia live in Uvs Province, especially in Tarialan, Naranbulag and Ulaangom, whereas Qotungs of Inner Mongolia are concentrated in Alxa League. While Khotons spoke a Turkic language Khoton until the 19th century, the majority now speak the Dörbet dialect of the Oirat language.[5] Khotons often avoid mainstream Mongolian written culture.[6]
There were officially about 6,100 Khotons in 1989.[6] According to the Great Russian Encyclopedia, modern Khoton people are part of the "Mongols — a group of peoples who speak Mongolian languages".[7]
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^James Stuart Olson, (1998), An Ethnohistorical Dictionary of China, p. 179
^"Between Islam and Mongols: The Qotung People in Inner Mongolia, China". Brill.
^Finke, Peter (1999). "The Kazaks of western Mongolia". In Svanberg, Ingvar (ed.). Contemporary Kazaks: Cultural and Social Perspectives. London: Curzon. p. 109. ISBN 0-7007-1115-5.
^ abChristopher Atwood Encyclopedia of Mongolia and the Mongol Empire, c. 2004 Khotong was originally the Mongol designation for Muslim oases dwellers and in Inner Mongolia designates the Hui or Chinese-speaking Muslims.
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Dynasty. According to some scholars, the Khotons are Mongolized Uyghurs as a result. Unlike most Mongolians, Khotons follow a syncretic form of Islam that...
year and considered an extinct language. Khotons use Oirat dialect of Mongolic languages in daily life. Khoton is classified as Uyghur by various researchers...
The Muslim Khotons were transferred to western Mongolia from Xinjiang in the 17th or 18th century by the Dzungar Khanate. Most Khotons today live in...
Khoton Lake (Mongolian: Хотон нуур, Chinese: 霍屯湖, 和屯湖) is a freshwater lake in Altai Tavan Bogd National Park in Bayan-Ölgii Province, western Mongolia...
Dörbet, 34.2% is Bayid and 13.6% is Khalkha. Also, there are many Tuvans, Khotons, and Kazakhs living in this province. At the end of 2014, 20,719 households...
Sino-Tibetan language but later became Mongolian, can be given as an example. Khotons are Mongolic but formerly were of Turkic ethnicity. De-Sinicization Sinicization...
The Hui people also use the Arabic alphabet in the religious field. The Khotons also in . almost Manchu, Mongolian "World Economic Outlook Database, October...
largest ethnic minority and constitute c. 3.9% of Mongolia's population. Khotons and Chantuu are Mongolized people with Turkic origin and speak Mongolian...
of Tavan Bogd, the highest mountain of Mongolia. It includes the lakes Khoton, Khurgan, and Dayan. The protected area is inhabited by species such as...
Khovd Zakhchin in the sums of Mankhan, Altai, Üyench, Zereg and Möst, Khovd Khoton in Tarialan, Uvs. There are some varieties of Oirat that are difficult to...
groups (Derbet, Torgut, Khoshut, Olot, Dzungar (Zunghar), Bayad, Zakhchin, Khoton, Myangad, Buzava) across a wide geographical area of Uvs and Khovd provinces...
approximately 120,000 Kazakh Muslims (mostly in Bayan-Olgiy), there are 30,000 Khoton Muslims residing primarily in the province of Uvs. There are more than 40...
or other religions; together with Hispano-American Roman Catholicism. Khotons follow a syncretic form of Islam that incorporates Buddhist and traditional...
Global Information
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