The Mongols (Mongolian: Монголчууд, ᠮᠣᠩᠭᠣᠯᠴᠤᠳ, Mongolchuud, ᱪᱷᱟᱸᱪ:IPA-mn) are an East Asian ethnic group native to Mongolia and to 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.

Mongols
Монголчууд
Mongolchuud
ᠮᠣᠩᠭᠣᠯᠴᠤᠳ
Mongolia, near Ulaanbaatar
A Mongolian Buddhist Monk
ᱜᱩᱴ ᱦᱚᱲ ᱮᱞ
ᱜᱚᱴᱟᱜᱩᱴᱤ 10–11 million (2016)
ᱰᱷᱮᱨ ᱧᱚᱜ ᱦᱚᱲ ᱮᱞ ᱢᱮᱱᱟᱜ ᱠᱚ ᱴᱚᱴᱷᱟ
 China6,146,730 (2015)[]
ᱪᱷᱟᱸᱪ:Country data Mongolia     3,201,377[]
 Russia822,763[]
 South Korea41,500[]
 United States18,000–20,500[]
ᱪᱷᱟᱸᱪ:Country data Czech Republic10,200[]
ᱪᱷᱟᱸᱪ:Country data Kyrgyzstan10,000[]
 Japan7,340[]
 Canada6,311[]
 Germany4,056
 United Kingdom3,331
 Kazakhstan2,723
 France2,459
ᱪᱷᱟᱸᱪ:Country data Turkey2,143
ᱪᱷᱟᱸᱪ:Country data Austria2,007[᱑᱐]
 Malaysia1,530
ᱯᱟᱹᱨᱥᱤ ᱠᱚ
Mongolian language
ᱫᱷᱚᱨᱚᱢ
Predominantly Tibetan Buddhism, background of shamanism.[᱑᱑][᱑᱒][᱑᱓] minority Tengrism or Folk religion, Sunni Islam, Eastern Orthodox Church, Taoism, Bön and Protestantism.
ᱥᱩᱯᱩᱨ ᱥᱟᱹᱜᱟᱹᱭᱟᱱ ᱡᱟᱹᱛ ᱠᱚ
Proto-Mongols, Khitan people

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.

The designation "Mongol" briefly appeared in 8th century records of Tang China to describe a tribe of Shiwei. It resurfaced in the late 11th century during the Khitan-ruled Liao dynasty. After the fall of the Liao in 1125, the Khamag Mongols became a leading tribe on the Mongolian Plateau. However, their wars with the Jurchen-ruled Jin dynasty and the Tatar confederation had weakened them.

In the thirteenth century, the word Mongol grew into an umbrella term for a large group of Mongolic-speaking tribes united under the rule of Genghis Khan.[᱑᱔]

ᱪᱷᱟᱸᱪ:History of the Mongols

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