Kalmyk people - Kalmyk (English spelling)

Japanese: カルムイク族 - カルムイクぞく(英語表記)Kalmyk
Kalmyk people - Kalmyk (English spelling)
They are also called Kalmuks or Karmouks. The name given by Europeans to the Mongolian Oirats. It is a corrupted version of the Qalmaq, which the Turkic peoples of Central Asia called them. Traditionally they are nomadic, with a strong patrilineal kinship system and extended families. They currently live in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of China, as well as in Kazakhstan and the Republic of Kalmykia in Russia. Their population in Russia is about 160,000.

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Japanese:
カルムック族,カルムーク族ともいう。モンゴル系のオイラート (瓦剌)族に対してヨーロッパ人が用いた呼称。中央アジアのチュルク族が彼らをカルマク Qalmaqと呼んだのをなまったもの。伝統的に遊牧民で,親族組織は強力な父系制をとり,拡大家族を構成する。現在は,中国のシンチヤン (新疆) ウイグル自治区ならびにカザフスタンやロシアのカルムイク共和国に住んでいる。ロシアにおける人口約 16万。

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