Uriankhai

Uriankhai

Mongol Empire c 1207, Uriankhai and their neighbours
Regions with significant populations
Mongolia	26,654 (2010 census)[1]
Languages
Oirat, Mongolian
Religion
Buddhism, Mongolian shamanism, Atheism
Related ethnic groups
Mongols, especially Oirats

Uriankhai (traditional Mongolian: ᠤᠷᠢᠶᠠᠩᠬᠠᠢ, Mongolian Cyrillic: урианхай; Yakut: урааҥхай; traditional Chinese: 烏梁海; simplified Chinese: 乌梁海; pinyin: Wūliánghǎi), Uriankhan (ᠤᠷᠢᠶᠠᠩᠬᠠᠨ, урианхан) or Uriankhat (ᠤᠷᠢᠶᠠᠩᠬᠠᠳ, урианхад), 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). It is the origin of the Korean term "barbarian", 오랑캐.