Dzungar people
ᠴᡈᡉᠨ ᡎᠠᠷ Zöün ɣar ᠵᠡᠭᠦᠨᠭᠠᠷ Зүүнгар Züüngar | |
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| Total population | |
| 658,372-668,372 | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| China | 250,000 (2013 estimate) |
| Mongolia | 205,000 (2010 census) |
| Russia | 183,372 (Kalmyk) |
| Kyrgyzstan | 12,000 (Kalmyk) |
| Ukraine | 325 (Kalmyk) |
| United States | 1,500 (Kalmyk) |
| Languages | |
| Oirat, Chagatai | |
| Religion | |
| Tibetan Buddhism | |
| Dzungar people | |||||||||||
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| Chinese name | |||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 準噶爾 | ||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 准噶尔 | ||||||||||
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| Mongolian name | |||||||||||
| Mongolian Cyrillic | Зүүнгар, Mongolian pronunciation: [tsuːŋˈɢɑr] | ||||||||||
| Mongolian script | ᠵᠡᠭᠦᠨᠭᠠᠷ | ||||||||||
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| Kazakh name | |||||||||||
| Kazakh | Жоңғар [ʑwʊɴˈʁɑɾ] Joñğar جوڭعار | ||||||||||
| Oirat name | |||||||||||
| Oirat | ᠴᡈᡉᠨ ᡎᠠᠷ zöün ɣar | ||||||||||
The Dzungar people (also written as Zunghar or Junggar; from the Mongolian words züün gar, meaning 'left hand') are the many Mongol Oirat tribes who formed and maintained the Dzungar Khanate in the 17th and 18th centuries. Historically, they were one of the major tribes of the Four Oirat confederation. They were also known as the Eleuths or Ööled, from the Qing dynasty euphemism for the hated word "Dzungar", and as the "Kalmyks". In 2010, 15,520 people claimed "Ööled" ancestry in Mongolia. An unknown number also live in China, Russia and Kazakhstan.