Eastern Mongols may refer to:
*
Buryats
The Buryats ( bua, Буряад, Buryaad; mn, Буриад, Buriad) are a Mongolic peoples, Mongolic ethnic group native to southeastern Siberia who speak the Buryat language. They are one of the two largest indigenous groups in Siberia, the oth ...
,
Khalkhas
The Khalkha ( Mongolian: mn, Халх, Halh, , zh, 喀爾喀) have been the largest subgroup of Mongol people in modern Mongolia since the 15th century. The Khalkha, together with Chahars, Ordos and Tumed, were directly ruled by Borjigin ...
and
Inner Mongolians settling in Eastern
Greater Mongolia Greater Mongolia may refer to:
* In Pan-Mongolism, idea that advocates cultural and political solidarity of Mongols
* The Mongol heartland, the contiguous geographical area in which the Mongols primarily live
See also
* Mongolia (disambiguation)
...
(as opposed to
Oirats
Oirats ( mn, Ойрад, ''Oirad'', or , Oird; xal-RU, Өөрд; zh, 瓦剌; in the past, also Eleuths) are the westernmost group of the Mongols whose ancestral home is in the Altai region of Siberia, Xinjiang and western Mongolia.
Histor ...
(= Western Mongols))
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Khorchin and
Kharchin Mongols who mainly settle in south-western
Manchuria as farmers and herder-farmers and speak ''Eastern Mongolian'' dialects (as opposed to
Khalkha and
Chahar Mongols who live as pure herders in their west and speak ''Central Mongolian'' dialects)
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