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Mongolic peoples
Summary
The Mongolic peoples are a collection of East Asian-originated ethnic groups in East, North, South Asia and Eastern Europe, who speak Mongolic languages. Their ancestors are referred to as Proto-Mongols. The largest contemporary Mongolic ethnic group is the Mongols. Mongolic-speaking people, although distributed in a wide geographical area, show a high genetic affinity to each other, and display continuity with ancient Northeast Asians.
In addition, Mongolized Soyots live in Buryatia. Their population is 3600 people. A number of orientalists (Nanzatov, Baldaev and others) traditionally consider modern Soyots as a sub-ethnos within the Buryat people.
A large Mongolian component took part in the ethnic formation of the Hazaras. The high frequency of haplogroup C2-M217 is consistent with the purported Mongolian origin of many of the Hazaras. Modern Hazaras speak the Hazaragi, one of the dialects of the Dari/Persian language.
The Mughals, descendants of the Barlas and other Mongol tribes, currently speak Urdu.
Proto-Mongols
Donghu
Xianbei — founders, in the 1st century CE, of the first Mongolic empire, namely Xianbei state
Wuhuan
Rouran
Yujiulü
Duan
Yuwen
Kumo Xi
Murong
Tuyuhun
Tuoba
Qifu
Tufa
Shiwei
Didouyu
Khitan
Yelü
Zubu
Mongolic languages
Languages of the Mongolic peoples belong to the Mongolic language family. The Mongolic languages are a language family spoken in Eastern Europe (Kalmykia), Central Asia, North Asia and East Asia. The best-known member of this language family, Mongolian, is the primary language of most of the residents of Mongolia and the Mongol residents of Inner Mongolia and Buryatia, with an estimated 5.7+ million speakers.
The Mongolic ethnicities possibly related to the Turkic and Tungusic peoples, whose languages together would include in the hypothetical Altaic language family.
The Mongolic peoples are predominantly followers of Tibetan Buddhism. In 1576 the Gelug Tibetan school which was founded by the half-Mongol Je Tsongkhapa became the state religion of Mongolia.
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