Evenki people
Эвэнкил | |
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An Evenki family in the early 1900s | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Russia | 39,226 |
| China | 30,875 |
| Mongolia | 537 |
| Languages | |
| Evenki, Yakut, Russian, Chinese | |
| Religion | |
| Shamanism, Eastern Orthodox Christianity, Tibetan Buddhism (in Buryatia) | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Evens, Oroqens, Oroch | |
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| Chinese name | |||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 鄂温克族 | ||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 鄂溫克族 | ||||||
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| Alternative Chinese name | |||||||
| Chinese | 埃文基族 | ||||||
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| Mongolian name | |||||||
| Mongolian Cyrillic | Хамниган | ||||||
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| Russian name | |||||||
| Russian | Эвенки | ||||||
| Romanization | Evenki | ||||||
| Evenki name | |||||||
| Evenki | Эвэнкил / Evenkīl / ᠧᠸᠧᠩᠺᠢ | ||||||
The Evenki, also known as the Evenks and formerly as the Tungus, are a Tungusic people of North Asia. In Russia, the Evenki are recognised as one of the indigenous peoples of the Russian North, with a population of 38,396 (2010 census). In China, the Evenki form one of the 56 ethnic groups officially recognised by the People's Republic of China, with a population of 30,875 (2010 census). There are 537 Evenki in Mongolia (2015 census), called Khamnigan in the Mongolian language.