Oirat people

E372827
Mongolic people ethnic group

The Oirat people are a group of western Mongolic tribes historically known for their powerful nomadic confederations in Central Asia and for founding the Dzungar Khanate.

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All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Oirat people canonical 2

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Mongolic people ⓘ
ethnic group ⓘ
culturalArea Eurasian Steppe ⓘ
diasporaGroup Kalmyk ⓘ
surface form: Kalmyks

Torguts ⓘ
surface form: Torguts of the Volga
ethnicGroupOf Central Asia ⓘ
China ⓘ
Kazakhstan ⓘ
Kyrgyzstan ⓘ
Mongolia ⓘ
Russia ⓘ
historicalEnemy Khalkha Mongols ⓘ
Qing dynasty ⓘ
historicalEvent Oirat migration to the Volga region ⓘ
Oirat–Khalkha conflicts ⓘ
founding of the Dzungar Khanate ⓘ
historicalRegion Altai Republic ⓘ
surface form: Altai region

Dzungarian Basin ⓘ
surface form: Dzungaria

Yenisei River valley ⓘ
surface form: Upper Yenisey region

western Mongolia ⓘ
surface form: Western Mongolia
includesTribe Bayad ⓘ
Dörbet ⓘ
Khoid ⓘ
Khoshut ⓘ
Öölds ⓘ
surface form: Ööld

Torghut Oirats ⓘ
surface form: Torghut
language Oirat language ⓘ
languageFamily Mongolic languages ⓘ
notableState Dzungar Khanate ⓘ
Kalmyk Khanate ⓘ
Khoshut Khanate ⓘ
partOf Torghut Oirats ⓘ
surface form: Western Mongols
religion Islam ⓘ
Tibetan Buddhism ⓘ
shamanism ⓘ
subgroupOf Mongol ⓘ
surface form: Mongols
traditionalEconomy pastoral nomadism ⓘ
traditionalLivestock camels ⓘ
cattle ⓘ
goats ⓘ
horses ⓘ
sheep ⓘ
traditionalReligion Oirat shamanism ⓘ
tribalConfederation Dörbet Oirats ⓘ
surface form: Dörben Oirat
usesCalendar lunisolar calendar ⓘ
writingSystem Clear script (Todo script) ⓘ
surface form: Clear Script

Cyrillic script ⓘ
Latin alphabet ⓘ
surface form: Latin script

Classical Mongolian script ⓘ
surface form: Mongolian script

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kalmyk → subgroupOf → Oirat people ⓘ
subject surface form: Kalmyk people
Oirat language → spokenBy → Oirat people ⓘ