Uriankhai

Uriankhai
Altai Uriankhai herders in Mongolia
Regions with significant populations
 Mongolia26,654 (2010 census)
Languages
Oirat, Mongolian
Religion
Buddhism, Mongolian shamanism, Atheism
Related ethnic groups
Mongols, especially Oirats

Uriankhai (/ˈʊriənˌxaɪ/ UUR-ee-ən-KHY) is a term of address applied by the Mongols to a group of forest peoples of the North, who include the Turkic-speaking Tuvans and Yakuts, while sometimes it is also applied to the Mongolian-speaking Altai Uriankhai. The Uriankhai included the western forest Uriankhai tribe and the Transbaikal Uriankhai tribe, with the former recorded in Chinese sources as Chinese: 兀良哈; pinyin: Wùliánghā.


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