Back خوتون (شعب) Arabic Xotonlar Azerbaijani Хотондар Bashkir Khoton Catalan Khotongit Finnish Хотондар Kazakh Хотон (ястан) Mongolian Hoton (volk) Dutch Хотоны Russian Hoton Türkleri Turkish
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| Regions with significant populations | |
|---|---|
 Mongolia | 10,000 (2015)[1] |
 China | 1,200 (2004) |
| 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 Mongolian Khotons live in Uvs Province in western Mongolia. In China, the Khotons (often called Qotungs) live in Inner Mongolia, concentrated in Alxa League and are classified as ethnic Mongols. While Khotons spoke the Turkic Khoton language until the 19th century, the majority now speak the Dörbet or Alasha dialect of the Oirat language.[5] Khotons often avoid mainstream Mongolian written culture.[6] According to the Great Russian Encyclopedia, modern Khoton people are part of the "Mongols — a group of peoples who speak Mongolian languages".[7]
- ^ "Монгол улсын ястангуудын тоо, байршилд гарч буй өөрчлөлтуудийн асуудалд" М.Баянтөр, Г.Нямдаваа, З.Баярмаа pp.57-709
- ^ Донгак А. С. (2019). "Культ умерших предков в традиционной обрядности хотонов Западной Монголии" (in Russian) (Тенгрианство и эпическое наследие народов Евразии: истоки и современность ed.): 105–108.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ James Stuart Olson, (1998), An Ethnohistorical Dictionary of China, p. 179
- ^ Haiying, Yang (2004). "Between Islam and Mongols: The Qotung People in Inner Mongolia, China". Inner Asia. 6 (1): 5–22. doi:10.1163/146481704793647252. ISSN 1464-8172.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Christopher 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.
- ^ "Монголы • Большая российская энциклопедия - электронная версия". bigenc.ru (in Russian). Archived from the original on 2020-07-16. Retrieved 2021-02-02.
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