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| Regions with significant populations | |
|---|---|
 Kyrgyzstan | 12,000 (2012)[1] |
| Languages | |
| Oirat (Sart Kalmyk), Kyrgyz | |
| Religion | |
| Sunni Islam | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Kyrgyz, other Mongols, especially Oirats | |
The Sart Kalmyks are an ethnic group of the Oirats, who live in Issyk Kul Province, Kyrgyzstan. Their population is estimated to be c. 12,000. They are descendants of the Ööled tribes, who moved to the territory of the Russian Empire after the failure of the Dungan revolt, some part inhabited the area during the rule of the Zunghar Khanate.[2] They used to speak Sart Kalmyk, a dialect of the Oirat language, but have largely switched to the Kyrgyz language by now. As a result of their long co-inhabitance with Kyrgyz people, they have largely incorporated into the Kyrgyz nation, though some Kyrgyz still consider them to be distinct.[3] Today the majority of Sart Kalmyks also identify themselves as Kyrgyz, or as "almost Kyrgyz".[4] They belong to the Muslim faith.[5][6]
- ^ The office of the President of Mongolia, Public Relations & Communications Division "President.mn". Archived from the original on 2016-12-06. Retrieved 2016-12-04.
- ^ NTV (Mongolia) television, "Mongols in search of Mongols"
- ^ Terbish, Baanjarav (February 2021). "The Sart Kalmaks in Kyrgyzstan: people in transition". Central Asian Survey. 40 (3): 325.
- ^ Terbish, Baanjarav (February 2021). "The Sart Kalmaks in Kyrgyzstan: people in transition". Central Asian Survey. 40 (3): 313–329.
- ^ B.Z. Nanzatov, M.M. Sodnompilova. "Sart-kalmaks in contemporary Kyrgyzstan". Cultural inheritance of the Central Asian nations. Edition 3: Культурное наследие народов Центральной Азии. Выпуск 3: collection of articles (in Russian) // Ulan-Ude, Publishing House of The Buryat Scientific Center of the Siberian Department of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 2012, pg. 34-37
- ^ "Кыргызстан Улсын Өөлд, Хотуун Монголчууд" [Kyrgyzstani Olot and Hotuun Mongols] (video). youtube.com (in Mongolian). NTV. April 28, 2013.
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