Khoton (Mongolian people)
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Name (Latin)
Khoton (Mongolian people)
Other forms of name
Hoton (Oirat-speaking people)
Khotong (Mongolian people)
Qotong (Oirat-speaking people)
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Ethnology Mongolia
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Other Identifiers
Wikidata:
Q3875052
Library of congress:
sh2009005794
Sources of Information
- Work cat.: Khoton tany ugiĭn zuraglal, 2004(Khoton [in Mong. script Qotong]; ethnic group found in Uvs Aĭmag, Mongolia; ethnicity Turkic)
- Ethnologue, 2000(Khoton; Hoton; speak Oirat dialect; originally of Turkic origin and Muslim; not to be confused with Chinese-speaking Qotong (Hoton))
- Encycl. of Mongolia and the Mongol Empire, c2004(Khotong (Khoton, Hoton); small subethnic group in Uws Province; pop. ca. 6100 in 1989; were deported by the Zunghars from Central Asian cities and were given land in today's Uws Province when their lord, Dr̈böd prince Tseren Ubashi, surrendered to the Qing in 1753; lost their original Turkic language and speak a Dörböd dialect of Oirat; syncretic religion retaining some aspects of Islam; avoid Mongolian written culture and intermarriage with other ethnic groups; Khotong was originally the Mongol designation for Muslim oases dwellers and in Inner Mongolia designates the Hui or Chinese-speaking Muslims)