Hamnigan
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| c. 10,000[1][2] | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
 Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia Northeastern Mongolia Hulunbuir, China | |
| Languages | |
| Khamnigan Old Barag dialect of Evenki | |
| Religion | |
| Mongolian shamanism, Tibetan Buddhism[3][4][5] | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Mongolic peoples, Evenks |
The Khamnigan, Hamnigan Mongols, or the Tungus Evenki,
After 1880 Russia's Khamnigan moved to semi nomadic herding of cattle, sheep, camels and horses. Some time after 1918 the Evenks, along with their Buriat neighbors, fled over the border into Mongolia and Hulun Buir, establishing the current Khamnigan communities there. The Khamnigan of Mongolia, numbering 300 households, are scattered among the Buriats and speak only the Khamnigan dialect of
Another community migrated to Inner Mongolia in China. They still use a language heavily influenced by Russian and attach symbolic importance to bread.[6]
There are approximately 535 Hamnigans in Mongolia and approximately 3,000 Hamnigans in Selenge Province, Mongolia. Not all Hamnigans are of Tungusic origin; there are some Mongols among the Hamnigans. In China, the Khamnigan (around 2,500) are classified as Evenks.
Notable Hamnigan
- Semyon Nomokonov (1900–1973), Soviet sniper during World War II
References
- ^ Дамдинов, Д. Г. (1995). Язык ононских хамниган (PhD thesis/Автореферат диссертации по филологии) (in Russian). Улан-Удэ. p. 8.
- ^ "Хүн ам, орон сууцны 2015 оны завсрын тооллогын үр дүн" (PDF) (in Mongolian).
- ^ Ewenki, Solon — Asia Harvest
- ^ Ewenki, Tungus — Asia Harvest
- ^ Шубин А. Ц. Краткий очерк этнической истории эвенков Забайкалья (XVIII-XX век). Улан-Удэ: Бурят. кн. изд-во, 1973. С. 64, 65 (in Russian)
- ^ a b Mark, Gamsa (2020). Manchuria: A Concise History. I.B. Tauris. p. 12.
- ^ "WWW.MEDEELEL.MN :: Танин мэдэхүй Мэдээлэл Сурталчилгааны сайт". Archived from the original on 2012-10-15. Retrieved 2013-06-20.