Misplaced Pages

Eljigin

Article snapshot taken from Wikipedia with creative commons attribution-sharealike license. Give it a read and then ask your questions in the chat. We can research this topic together.

Ethnic group

Eljigin
Regions with significant populations
Mongolia	6592 (2010)
Languages
Eljigin subdialect of Khalkha Mongolian language
Religion
Tibetan Buddhism, Shamanism
Related ethnic groups
Mongols, especially Khalkha Mongols

The Eljigin people are a Khalkha Mongolian sub-ethnic group. They live in Uvs province. The name sounds similar to Mongolian word "el" for "this" and to Turkic word "tegin" for "lord"

References

Demographics of Mongolia

v
t
e

Mongolic peoples

Medieval tribes

Ethnic groups

Southern Mongols	Asud Baarin Chahar Eastern Dorbet Kharchin Khorchin Jaruud Naiman Ordos Tumed Urad Üzemchin

Other

See also: Donghu and Xianbei · Turco-Mongol
Mongolized ethnic groups.Ethnic groups of Mongolian origin or with a large Mongolian ethnic component.