Chantuu

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Chantuu
Regions with significant populations
 Mongolia132 (2010 census)
Languages
Oirat
Religion
Tibetan Buddhism, Mongolian shamanism , Atheism
Related ethnic groups
Mongols, especially Oirats

The Chantuu people are Mongol sub-group in Hovd province, Mongolia. Their name from the Chantou (Chinese: 纏頭) called Turkic peoples in Central Asia.[1]

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  1. ^ Андрас Рона-Тас (1964). По следам кочевников: Монголия глазами этнографа. Prograss. p. 185.